Today, I was in UP taking pictures of war games using airsoft
rifles. They use plastic pellets which can still be a bit painful
if it hits you directly. I thought of myself as a photojournalist
covering a war. Although it was all make-believe and just a game
(as the marshall rightfully reminded all the participants), the sense
of realism was still there. I had to use some protective covering
against the pellets, get bitten by insects, and hide behind the trees
just like the rest. On the overall, I was practically a
participant in the assault games they were playing. Although I
couldn't feel the exhilaration of their victory, but going over the
pictures I took gave me a sense of my own victory, nevertheless.
We can view life as a game, a make-believe. Especially when we cannot
accept our situation or ourselves. And you keep dodging the harsh
words and even physical abuse, thinking that if we do, that's all we
have to go through. Forgetting that we can leave people,
situations, places, but we can never leave ourselves. This is one
reality that we cannot avoid. And so, we forgive ourselves,
pamper ourselves, and be friends with our innermost being. Only
then can reality be kind to us.
Those were the thoughts that ran in my mind as I position myself taking
photographs and hiding behind the trees. Life is no different
from the games we play.
 | well said sir. i agree completely. and just like a war, we win some and we lose some... God bless... c",) |
 | nice...dami na aadik nyan sa airsoft....hehehe.... |
 | maybe, it is just people venting their feelings toward the violence they see so often - the wars and street violence on the news, tv shows, etc. |
| i wanted to join, kami sa ako kauban sa haus...din toyab pa jud na sha ha.......ganahan mg kamang kamang sa lapuk..lols...kaso wala kaming gear...puedi ra man mghulam ug pusil...hahaha...tska expensive..mas maayo pa ipalet ug sako nga bugas..lols..
i think its fun man sad siguro....kay i can see the look sa ilang mga dagway..lols |
 | ako sir on why i play airsoft,kasi nsa dugo ko yung pagiging sundalo, yun nga lang those in the family who have actually been a soldier and seen combat dissuaded us to join the army.huhuhuhu.eh di sir like in the movie were Mel Gibson played an officer leading is troops to vietnam wherein Barry Pepper played a photojournalist then exchanged his camera for a m16 just to live in that encounter w/ 3,000 vietcong troops, baka ganun mangyari sa inyo sir? hehehehe |
| you're right. sometimes, the thought comes over me to join the fray. but reason rules and i decide not to. better leave the game to the young and let me just record the events. a bystander but a chronicler of events. i guess that's my role. |
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