How far is There? How near is Here?

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

(Chris and "THERE", it should have been Tere but the video editor was so busy reaching the deadline after two months who cares about the video cover right?)

When someone tells and points you "there", how long will it take you to reach "there"? Two kilometers? I doubt it is. How about when someone tells you "here", are you really "here" when you reach "here"? Two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. How can you be in the same "here"?

When you reach "there" aren't you now "here", and when you reach "here" wouldn't you be "there"?

"I'll see you when we get "there"", where is "there"? Is "here" just a metaphor of something that doesn't exist? Are "there" and "here" just a state of mind? It is like the irony of saying "Nobody is "here", when we all know in fact that you are "there"".

You can never reach "there" because once you are "there", you are already here. Ignore the universal question "Are we "there" yet?". You can never be "here" because "here" is inside everyone of us, "here" is at the vocal chords. If you don't believe me listen when someone says "here".

--inspired from a two hour walk following a someone with a sense of direction so good that after the walk we weren't able to recognize if what above us was the sun or moon

The Kamote Empire got marooned in the "NEXT WAVE CITY" for two days. We had no choice but to stay in a hotel(?) that has a price for everything, has signs to conserve everything, and recycles everything. Don't be surprised if the soap you get is shaped like a ball which is made up of used soap.


(We tried to change our mind on staying but the hotel has an unwritten policy about not getting a refund if you didn't like the hotel)


(Glass Fish)

(Portable Theater)


(That's what you get for watching Harry Potter)

(Advantage of being a Nurse and an IT, you both get to operate an analog and digital spygmomanometer)
(The view from my bed upon waking up, wow a wall)

(Bridal Motorcycle)

(The best time to buy quail eggs is when the sunshine hits your face)

(Lounging before an impending death march, we plan to go to the MALL)

(The smiles we had a few feet of our being lost, no MALL in sight)

(Follow the person with the best sense of lost direction)

(You know your lost when the one your following points out the obvious, "I know where we are, we're at the Balanga City Public Market")

(There)

(An hour of walking we decide to ask the locals, and she answers "There, not far from here")

(Two worlds apart, a computer shop in the middle of a meadow)

(There)

(There)

(Local says "There")

(If I could remember right there was still sunlight when we started walking, I'm out of oxygen)

(We saw the MALL but was too tired to step in and decided to eat at a fastfood just outside the MALL)
(Hooked Fish)

(Can't wait to reach our room)

2 comments:

reena said...

Hahaha.. ang kulit. especially the "there" photos...

- reena

kamote said...

I really think he has no clue where were going, just kept saying "there", but we had fun along the way