"Dangerous Assignments"

"Reporting on conflict is no walk in the park, but journalists can minimize their risks by taking precautions." -Yvonne Chua.

Dangerous assignments of journalists or reporters like conflict between factions can cost their life.
"Knowing more means having more shit to deal with, you know." -Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu). But they take risks and chances to have a good story to present to their network. And, to broadcast nationwide. "Hard work betrays none, but dreams betrays many." -Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu)

August 1897, a renegades, turncoats or traitors were attempting another coup against the Aquino goverment. On the other hand, GMA-7 reporter Jessica Soho made sure she was on the scene, which the enemy factions or rebel soldiers have taken over. However, Soho know that fighting could break out any time, and she and her crew sought for a shelter nearby. But she couldn't help herself peep through a window not knowing what's happening outside. " You want to get shot?", a Viva employee yelled at her. So the crew and Soho stayed close to the floor for cover. While the team is taking shelter, a few minutes later, Soho say the employee sprawled or fall on the ground, taken down by sniper rifle's fire. "Life is something that can never be lived twice. Even this pointless act will eventually end. And while thinking that one day, I'll surely regret its end... "-Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu)

Photojournalist Romeo Gacad know that he was on dangerous ground in Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf War when he had to drive through an oil field. That's why, he made sure he drove over tire marks left by the previous vehicles making sure that they won't hit a landmine, and stopped once the marks ended. And then, he looked out through window and saw a landmine sticking out on the ground beside of his vehicle's left tire. His companion, a British journalist, inspected the car's right tire without getting off the car, and then he found another landmine. "We backed out right away," Gacad says.

Gacad and Soho are veterans in coverings, particularly in between conflicts. In the Philippines, they have covered the communists, militaries, and Muslim rebellions. Another is, People Power Revolutions. Marches, rallies, and demonstrations. Labor strikes, bombings, and hostage-taking incidents. "There's no point in incapable people pushing themselves. You're better off calling for an expert in the field." -Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu). In overseas, Gacad was assigned to the Desert Storm operation in the early 1990s and the war in Afghanistan more recently. Soho just got back from reporting on Israel. Earlier, she was in Pakistan. Both have emerged from all these assignments unscathed partly because they have taken this advice to heart: "No story is worth your life." While they take risks, as most journalists do, they avoid taking unnecessary ones that could cost their—or other people's—lives or limbs. "There are things that cannot be taken back. But the world will keep on spinning wether you laugh or cry." -Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu).

"Loners are forced to do things alone"

"Animals are fundamentally social creatures. There's hierarchy among carnivores. If you can't become the boss, until you die the stress will continue to pile up. Herbivores face the dilemma of wether or not to sacrifice one of their own in order to survive when attacked by their natural enemy. Something like the "individual" has no benefit for those social creatures...
Then I will choose the path of the BEAR: To never socialize.
Bears are creatures that feel no insecurity in living alone. They're an animal that lives in isolation. Plus, they can hibernate. What a fabulous thing that is. If were to reborn, I definitely want to be a bear."
-Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu)

He implies that with social groups there is a choice. One can either be a "carnivore" or "herbivore". "Carnivores" form social hierarchies and those who aren't on top are burdened with failure until they die. On the other hand, "herbivores" must abandon their comrades " or friends" to avoid predators which leads to guilt. He may imply that "herbivores" form groups for specific reasons such as avoiding predators. In either case, forming a group of herbivores only benefits the strongest individuals reliably. Thus, both groups counter-intuitively only benefit the individuals at the top of each respective group. In other words, to an average or below person there is no benefit.

For me the answer is:
"The world won't change, you must change yourself in this world. Now, how will you change yourself? Answer is, you become the god of the new world."
-Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu)
and then another option is:
"We only change to avoid the current situation. The true meaning of not running away is planting your feet firmly in the ground and doing the best you can with your present. Who's running away now? Why can't you just accept who you are and who you were?"
-Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu)

Bonus Quotes:
"People often say, "If I change myself, I'll change the world." That's a load of crap. People's judgment of others create a stereotype, and that's the impression that lasts. Loners are forced to do things alone. If you try to stand out by working hard at something, you just become a target for attack. It's the rotten rule of the children's kingdom."
-Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu)

"Youth is a hoax. It's evil. People who make a big deal of their "youth", are just inviting trouble. They try to keep up with everything going on around them. For them, if there's something that's to do with their "youth", they jump at it without second thought. From normal daily life, to rebelling against the views of society. If you fall in with them, lies, secrets, failure, and even crime await you. But for them, it's just the spice of life. And if failure is also the mark of "youth", then... Isn't it ironic, that a person who has failed to make any friends, is also technically leading his "youth". Though I wonder if they'd agree. Everything runs in their schedule. Then let me be clear. The people who enjoy their "youth", will eventually fall apart."
-Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu)

Sorry guys for the emotional loner quotes of this week. I just want to expressed my loner side because I think I really am. Why? I am lonely, either so many people around me or there's no one around. This time I'll post a drawing of mine, illustrating Hachiman want to change the world!

"What color do you want to be?"

"Hey, what color do you want to be?"
"Me? I've never thought about it."
"Then think about it."
"I don't know what I want to be in the future, but for now, I guess, Opal?"
"Opal, is that a color?"
"They shine in every color, but what I meant to say was that my color wasn't very clear, what about you?"...

Hi! I'm Paul Justine and if I have given a chance, I want to be a concept artist...
Opal is not specific but they shine in every color. That "Opal" thing is the color that describe me as a person, I don't know yet who I am and what I want to be in the future and I don't know yet what this so called God if he has other plans for my life and give me a very clear purpose of my existence.

I live in the world of visual art and moving pictures, basically it is Anime and drawings. The quote in the beginning is from the anime "Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo" or "The Pet girl of Sakurasou". The story revolves around comedy, romance and drama, to be specific, struggles of their life by trying to know who they really are and what they truly feels.

"I want to be a concept artist", this is me having a conversation to myself.
"If you really want it, the world can change colors in a flash."
-Sorata Kanda.
"Opportunities wait for no one! if you let an opportunity slip through your fingers with an excuse like "I wasn't prepared". You'll never get another opportunity like that again! But it is your life. Live it the way you want".
-Sorata Kanda.

Life is short and for me I want to spend the all of my time doing all the things I want and have fun. Others want to live their existence just like everyone else, but when the time comes that even you didn't even know when it will strike, you'll never get the chance to correct your life by reversing the time and start over. For me, life is not really like video game that when you make the wrong move, you can start again and change your playstyle.
"Oh youth, why art thou such a cruel mistress?"
-Sorata Kanda

Well, this describes me too. I like to draw images without color just like manga, black and white, just pen and paper is enough. And by that, you can easily tell or identify my mood by just looking at my drawings. I am a boring and anti-social, I rarely speak even in front of my very close friends.
"There are some things you can't say to someone, no matter how close you are".
-Aoyama Nanami

This blog thing is started when a blog is required for the prelim exam, even though, I want this blog to last and become the exhaust fan or the body of my thoughts. Quotes, drawings or illustrations, and sharing of my experience or feelings is to be expected weekly.

"Hey, what color do you want to be?"
-Mashiro Shiina