FAQs
FAQs – Formspring Asked Questions
Tada! Yes, I have a
Formspring account; I’ve had it since 2010. For the first few months, I was actively using it and answering queries like I’m a crazy old man. But just like what I do with my other online accounts, I abandoned it when a new craze sprouted in the World Wide Web. I just checked it again a few days ago, and questions
piled up in my Inbox. Half of them were annoying chain messages (e.g. “Pass this to your beautiful followers”, or “Pass this if you believe in aliens”); only a few made sense. And since I always feel like I need to explain myself to others even though nobody asks so (I kind of assume a lot), I will try to answer the few sensible questions from my followers as decently as I can.
iamsuperjha17: What’s your best asset?
I can
confidently say that I have no idea what my best asset is. I’ve looked at myself in the mirror long enough to realize that no, I have
nothing beautiful or best in me. My body is unflattering; my zits are scary; my posture is like an ape’s; my color has different hues; my eyes are a bit brown but they’re poor. This isn’t self-pity happening here. I would like to brag have I got something to brag about. Poof, I have none. Maybe my hair’s my best asset? My height? My long fingers?
My reading skills? Ugh.
Anonymous: How can you make someone love you back?
I’m not sure if I can answer this properly because, as far as I can remember, I haven’t seriously tried making someone love me back – well, not as far as resorting to becoming his shadow and flinging myself into him like I’m an obsessed lover or anything. Incredulous, but I’m still
innocent. These are the basic 101 ways I know on how to not have an unrequited love: First, make sure this someone is single – you
cannot make someone love you back when his/her heart is already owned by another person. (Don’t be a third party: it’s embarrassing and it’s immoral.) Second, do not push. Don’t be too clingy and all-out about your feelings. Yes, flowers and chocolates are sweet, but big, flashy signs saying “I’ll give you the stars and the moon, my darling” is a little too
overboard, don’t you think? Lastly, always be yourself. Never make someone fall for the unreal you. If you really like someone for who he/she is, make sure he/she will love you back for the same reason, too.
lekdellosa: How can you say you’re in love?
Please tell me someone’s
not asking me this question. Really, I have to answer this?
Me? This is quite funny. I’ve always said that I can’t be sure if whether or not I’m in love since I’m infinitely confused. But okay, let’s see… I think you
can’t really say if and when you’re in love. You can feel it inside you, but you won’t know it unless someone names this tingling sensation and pleasing pain you feel all day and all night. People have different takes on love, hence different reasons why they say they got bitten by the love bug. A person can be in love because he/she is inspired, or because he/she can’t last a day without seeing this person, or perhaps because it hurts yet it feels right. Paulo Coelho said that “love simply is”. So I guess you yourself can only feel and say why you’re in love. It’s hard when you try to explain – it’s
impossible to explain. When you’re in love, it’s because you’re
in love. No more, no less.
JoyVillacorta: Paano mo masasabeng worth it ang isang bagay o tao? (How can you say that something or someone is worth it?)
If this “worth it” has something to do with love or passion, I guess it’s worth it when it
hurts. Things that matter hurt, especially when they threaten to leave us. We always hear people say that when we’re happy, we’re going to be okay. No, please, that’s
not true. We can never be happy if we don’t experience pain and suffering. There’s no racing game where there aren’t obstacles, and you need to surpass these obstacles to get to the finish line. How can you say that you’re happy this day when you’re also happy yesterday? How can you say this food tastes good when you don’t know what tastes bad? We can’t know what is good or what is bad when we don’t experience both. So if you doubt that this person or this thing is worth it because it hurts you, think again. People or things that can hurt us are those that have already deeply planted seeds in our hearts, slowly growing roots that would hurt if pulled out. And we only let others make a mark in us if we think they’re worth it, right?
einregernie: Would you rather spend the rest of your life without a significant other, or would you rather have a partner who is extremely difficult?
I’d choose the latter. As I said before, we love someone because we love them. We love them even though they’re extremely difficult or have bad hygiene or have revolting foot fetishes. We don’t get to choose who we should love since when love gets you, it
gets you. There are no reasons. If there are, we can’t properly name them. We love someone just because. If it gets to that moment when you already have to live with someone, then you can last living with this someone even if he/she is extremely difficult. You loved them even when they were extremely difficult and you never asked them to change, so why not love and live longer with them just like before? Why not love them just the same? And heck, it’s sad and it sucks being forever alone. I’d always pick extremely difficult – or even a slob – over eternal loneliness.
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FAQs
FAQs – Formspring Asked Questions
Tada! Yes, I have a
Formspring account; I’ve had it since 2010. For the first few months, I was actively using it and answering queries like I’m a crazy old man. But just like what I do with my other online accounts, I abandoned it when a new craze sprouted in the World Wide Web. I just checked it again a few days ago, and questions
piled up in my Inbox. Half of them were annoying chain messages (e.g. “Pass this to your beautiful followers”, or “Pass this if you believe in aliens”); only a few made sense. And since I always feel like I need to explain myself to others even though nobody asks so (I kind of assume a lot), I will try to answer the few sensible questions from my followers as decently as I can.
iamsuperjha17: What’s your best asset?
I can
confidently say that I have no idea what my best asset is. I’ve looked at myself in the mirror long enough to realize that no, I have
nothing beautiful or best in me. My body is unflattering; my zits are scary; my posture is like an ape’s; my color has different hues; my eyes are a bit brown but they’re poor. This isn’t self-pity happening here. I would like to brag have I got something to brag about. Poof, I have none. Maybe my hair’s my best asset? My height? My long fingers?
My reading skills? Ugh.
Anonymous: How can you make someone love you back?
I’m not sure if I can answer this properly because, as far as I can remember, I haven’t seriously tried making someone love me back – well, not as far as resorting to becoming his shadow and flinging myself into him like I’m an obsessed lover or anything. Incredulous, but I’m still
innocent. These are the basic 101 ways I know on how to not have an unrequited love: First, make sure this someone is single – you
cannot make someone love you back when his/her heart is already owned by another person. (Don’t be a third party: it’s embarrassing and it’s immoral.) Second, do not push. Don’t be too clingy and all-out about your feelings. Yes, flowers and chocolates are sweet, but big, flashy signs saying “I’ll give you the stars and the moon, my darling” is a little too
overboard, don’t you think? Lastly, always be yourself. Never make someone fall for the unreal you. If you really like someone for who he/she is, make sure he/she will love you back for the same reason, too.
lekdellosa: How can you say you’re in love?
Please tell me someone’s
not asking me this question. Really, I have to answer this?
Me? This is quite funny. I’ve always said that I can’t be sure if whether or not I’m in love since I’m infinitely confused. But okay, let’s see… I think you
can’t really say if and when you’re in love. You can feel it inside you, but you won’t know it unless someone names this tingling sensation and pleasing pain you feel all day and all night. People have different takes on love, hence different reasons why they say they got bitten by the love bug. A person can be in love because he/she is inspired, or because he/she can’t last a day without seeing this person, or perhaps because it hurts yet it feels right. Paulo Coelho said that “love simply is”. So I guess you yourself can only feel and say why you’re in love. It’s hard when you try to explain – it’s
impossible to explain. When you’re in love, it’s because you’re
in love. No more, no less.
JoyVillacorta: Paano mo masasabeng worth it ang isang bagay o tao? (How can you say that something or someone is worth it?)
If this “worth it” has something to do with love or passion, I guess it’s worth it when it
hurts. Things that matter hurt, especially when they threaten to leave us. We always hear people say that when we’re happy, we’re going to be okay. No, please, that’s
not true. We can never be happy if we don’t experience pain and suffering. There’s no racing game where there aren’t obstacles, and you need to surpass these obstacles to get to the finish line. How can you say that you’re happy this day when you’re also happy yesterday? How can you say this food tastes good when you don’t know what tastes bad? We can’t know what is good or what is bad when we don’t experience both. So if you doubt that this person or this thing is worth it because it hurts you, think again. People or things that can hurt us are those that have already deeply planted seeds in our hearts, slowly growing roots that would hurt if pulled out. And we only let others make a mark in us if we think they’re worth it, right?
einregernie: Would you rather spend the rest of your life without a significant other, or would you rather have a partner who is extremely difficult?
I’d choose the latter. As I said before, we love someone because we love them. We love them even though they’re extremely difficult or have bad hygiene or have revolting foot fetishes. We don’t get to choose who we should love since when love gets you, it
gets you. There are no reasons. If there are, we can’t properly name them. We love someone just because. If it gets to that moment when you already have to live with someone, then you can last living with this someone even if he/she is extremely difficult. You loved them even when they were extremely difficult and you never asked them to change, so why not love and live longer with them just like before? Why not love them just the same? And heck, it’s sad and it sucks being forever alone. I’d always pick extremely difficult – or even a slob – over eternal loneliness.
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Already several months had passed, and I am missing
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry more and more each fleeting day. There are just some things in life that we can never forget – especially that something that had given us knowledge, skills, strong relationships and a second home. I am glad that everything in the magical world is now at peace, since Voldemort (yes, I can now say his name; no need to be afraid) had died. I had secretly admired Tom Marvolo Riddle (Voldemort’s birth name) though, because of his intelligence, passion and love for magic. Wasn’t he very clever to think of and conjure his seven
Horcruxes to preserve his life, or form a clan of
Death Eaters who were very loyal to him and would give up their lives just for him to succeed? Not everybody can acquire that much loyalty from people these days. I do not, however, admire him for the way he had carried out all of his plans. He had a good agenda, his means just weren’t morally right. But he still is one of the darkest wizards of all time… and let’s leave it that way.
Oh, for all those who are baffled of what I’m saying here and who the heck I am, my name is
Christine Faye Ordas, and I am an alumnus of Hogwarts. I came from the bronze-and-blue-clad house of the smart ass witch Rowena Ravenclaw and her dictum
“Wit beyond measure is a man’s greatest treasure.” And yes, I know the wonderful Luna Lovegood (she’s such a darling) and Harry Potter’s first crush Cho Chang. I had just left Hogwarts last May. Right now I am trying to pursue a career in magical researches, literature and writing. It’s my dream to inscribe intellectual books, publish and sell them in
Flourish and Blotts for the future Hogwarts students’ use. I am also planning to credibly write for the
Daily Prophet, the magical world’s primary news bulletin. And of course, I will be very much honored to contribute to Mr. Xenophilius Lovegood’s
Quibbler (hence, my interest in magical researches). I have always found the Lovegoods a fascinating family, and I bet working with and for them will be very exciting. Or maybe, in Merlin’s beard’s time, I can write legends and bedtime stories like the famous – and wickedly brilliant – Beedle the Bard.
And that’s how my life goes these days. I am utterly missing my old school, my friends, the Great Hall, the bronze eagle knocker just outside the Ravenclaw common room, Professor Flitwick (the head of our house), Hogsmeade, the Quidditch matches (although I didn’t actually play for the house), the moving portraits, the castle ghosts, the pumpkins on Halloween, the giant pine trees on Christmas, Rubeus Hagrid’s (Hogwarts’ gamekeeper) tea and treacle fudge – even the crabby Argus Filch (Hogwarts’ caretaker) I miss. Maybe I can visit the school grounds sometimes and see how the magical world’s been doing since Voldemort died (I’ve been spending my months in the muggle world, you see). I’ve heard everybody’s been moving on and starting all over again; the ministry is back on work under Kingsley Shacklebolt; and Harry Potter’s scar haven’t been disturbing him since.
All is well, indeed.
And because of that, we should celebrate and drink firewhisky! Oh, I still don’t drink firewhisky; I can take butterbeer or tea or pumpkin juice – just not firewhisky, please.
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