For Thy Love

Prolouge

"In November 11, 2009, Andrew D. Basiago revealed what he experienced and learned during the early year of time travel research and development by the United States government, DARPA.

        "Imagine a world in which one could jump through Grand Central Teleport in New York City, travel through a vortal tunnel in the space continuum, and emerge several seconds later at Union Teleport in Los Angeles. Such a world has been possible since 1968, when teleportation was first achieved by DARPA's Project Pegasus. When my quest, Project Pegasus, succeeds, such a world will emerge, and human beings linked globally via teleportation will proclaim the Time-Space Age has begun."         -Andrew D. Basiago"

- A fact from the official website of Project Pegasus

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What is time anyway?

        Is it the thing that is measured as seconds, minutes, hours, days, years?

        Is a particular minute or hour shown by a clock?

        Is the time in a particular area or part of the world?

     Is it measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues?

       Is it a nonspatial continuum that is measured on terms or events which succeed one another from past through present to fututre?

        Is it the point or period when something occurs?

        Is it an appointed, fixed, or customary moment or hour for something to happen, begin, or end?

        Is it an opportune or suitable moment?

        Is it a historical period?

        Is it a division of geological chronology?

        Is it a period of apprenticeship? A term of military service? A prison sentence? A rate of speed? Or is it a moment, hour, day, or year as indicated by a clock or a calendar?

When everything in this universe stopped, can we say that the time stopped? Therefore, is time a movement?

When we say 'eternity', it is a time without end. A continous life. A continous time. Therefore, is time a life?

When we say that the time passed slowly or quicly, can we conclude that time is one person's understanding in his environment? Therefore, each person has his own meaning of time?

Therefore time has no definite meaning at all?

What is time anyway?

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        "Anong oras na?"

        "Late na'ko!"

        "The meeting will start in 5 minutes."

        "Timer starts now!"

        "You only have 6 months to live."

                                        TICK TOCK.        

Bakit hindi mo subukang mamuhay ng hindi iniisip ang oras?

Walang late.

Walang inaabangan.

Walang hinahabol.

Walang 7:30, 10:30, 12 noon, 3 pm, 6 o'clock, 22:00.

Hindi mo kaya.

Alam mo kung anong taon na, buwan, araw, oras, minuto, segundo. Meron kang relo. Meron kang wall clock sa sala, kwarto, kusina. Merong orasan sa classroom, building, opisina, grocery store, ospital, simbahan, sasakyan, motor at kahit ang bike. Merong orasan, time, stopwatch, at alarm ang phone mo. May countdown ang pasko, bagong taon, o kahit ang Valentine's Day at birthday mo.

Lahat sinusukat.

Lahat binibilangan.

Lahat inoorasan.

Bawat minuto pwedeng magpabago ng buhay.

Bawat segundo hinihingian ng milagro. Lalo na sa basketball, volleball, commercial, operating room, music, at kahit sa panganganak.

Pero sa paligid mo, walang kwenta ang oras, hindi pinapansin. Hindi nalalate ang mga ibon. Hindi nagaalarm ang mga aso. Hindi nagaabang ng oras ang mga puno at hindi nagtatanghalian ng 12 noon ang mga isda.

Tayong tao lang ang sumusukat ng panahon.

Tayong tao lang ang sumusukat ng TICK TOCK ng orasan.

At dahil dun, tayong tao lang din ang nakakaranas ng takot. Takot na walang ibang hayop ang nakakaalam.

ANG TAKOT NA MAUUBUSAN NG ORAS.