"You see, evil always contains the seeds of its own destruction. It is ultimately negative, and therefore encompasses its downfall even at its moments of apparent triumph. No matter how grandiose, how well-planned, how apparently foolproof an evil plan, the inherent sinfulness will by definition rebound upon its instigators. No matter how apparently successful it may seem upon the way, at the end it will wreck itself. It will founder upon the rocks of iniquity and sink headfirst to vanish without trace into the seas of oblivion."

~ the angel aziraphale, in neil gaiman's/terry pratchett's "good omens"

[paying for new jeans at the counter]

CASHIER: isang buwang sweldo ko na yan, sir.
SIR: mahigit na limang taong ko rin naman siyang gagamitin.

S: magkano pala ang sweldo mo?
C: P135 lang po per day.
S: hindi ba below minimum wage yan?
C: ano po yun?

"we are what we repeatedly do. excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."

~ aristotle

"i think that also means that mediocrity and incompetence are habits as well."

~ aryxtotle

what do you think? (",)

"most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people."

~ in neil gaiman's/terry pratchett's "good omens"

"the thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities."

~ sydney smith

eid mubarrak! (",)

jaime lannister: if your gods are real and if they're just, why is the world so full of injustice?
catelyn stark: because of men like you.
jaime lannister: there are no men like me. only me.

~ in episode 10 of hbo's adaptation of g.r.r. martin's "a game of thrones"

as i've mentioned before, i'm not a fan of book-to-screen adaptations because the purist in me struggles to reconcile what is being shown to what has been written. i have always "liked the book better".

but this mini-series has not only managed to stay true to the text but it has captured the essence of "a game of thrones".

so far.

i am actually looking forward to the continuation in 2012! (",)

i finished the fifth book (the ebook version) two weeks ago and i am also looking forward to the sixth in the series. i hope i won't have to wait another two years!

"love is the death of duty. we're all human. we all do our duty when there's no cost to it; honor comes easy then. yet, sooner or later in every man's life, there comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose."

~ maester aemon targaryen, in episode 9 of hbo's adaptation of g.r.r. martin's "a game of thrones"