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I had just been a grade 2/3 student in the year 2000. I was only 7/8 years old. How far has that been? How much has changed? With me and the things around me? Friendster was not yet 'uso' that time! Or has it been? :-/

How much scientific discovery has been made these past 10 years? I remember that the single-core desktops are where the demands pointed. Now, we have quad-cores and laptops in a phone! If juxtaposed the two, you would not notice the phone anymore due to the enormousness of the desktop. In Astronomy, where are right now? Hotels in space!! Worth what? Billions of Billions (and yes, BILLIONS) of DOLLARS; not just peso! 

As for me, how much has changed? What has changed and what has remained? What was my height then? 4" something? I was then always in front of the line. Now what? Last line I went to, I was at the back. 

I only then knew of pooping in my pants and some stuff. Now, it came to my knowledge how much I did not know about the world; how ignorant I am back then and right now. 

How much of our politics has changed? I DO NOT KNOW. I do not even know then that there is such thing as POLITICS. As far as I know, now, people are shedding blood. I cannot help but think of the eruption of Mayon Volcano. Has the archipelago himself (yes, not it) got mad to us? Political-related Killings. Uncontented-with-power President. Hopeless Elections. 

Putting all these things at the back, I am still looking forward for the next decade. 2010. God, what will lie before us and how will we deal with what is behind us. Life is as its full speed. I cannot afford to be left behind. My sister graduating in less than 2 years. Soon, I am next. I can still remember the first days of my and my sister's schooling. She was crying then; she won't let go of my father, who was carrying me back then. As for me, I went to school one day ahead. Mommy said that back then, I was so excited to go to school that they had to make a fake ID for me. Now, she is graduating, at the last stages of school. Planning to be a doctor, she embarks on a journey of her own. I'm also embarking of my journey of my own. I want to do these. I want to take these. Sometimes, I get scared of my own plans. (My plan is another blog) 

JUST MAYBE, this is why life is INTERESTING. Worth LIVING. An ADVENTURE journey to savor. AND I WANT ADVENTURE. If you have family and friends, what is worth fearing about? Though, the goal is not as enjoying as expected. It may just be a boiling mud. And say,"What an AWESOME HIKE!" 

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