Doppelgangers

“Are they real? Or is it just our imagination?”

Do you have an exact double somewhere in the world? Can a person be in two places at once? There are many intriguing accounts throughout history of people who claim to have either encountered apparitions of themselves - their doppelgangers - or have experienced the phenomenon of bilocation, being in two separate locations at the very same time.

Doppelganger ( as what I have researched ) is German for "double walker" - a shadow self that is thought to accompany every person. Traditionally, it is said that only the owner of the doppelganger can see this phantom self, and that it can be a harbinger of death. Occasionally, however, a doppelganger can be seen by a person's friends or family, resulting in quite a bit of confusion. Causing confusion…. I think that may come in handy someday…^_^

For example, a person can either spontaneously or willingly project his or her double, known as a "wraith," to a remote location. This double is indistinguishable from the real person and can interact with others just as the real person would.

One of the most fascinating reports of a doppelganger comes from American writer Robert Dale Owen who was told the story by Julie von Güldenstubbe, the second daughter of the Baron von Güldenstubbe. In 1845, when von Güldenstubbe was 13, she attended Pensionat von Neuwelcke, an exclusive girl's school near Wolmar in what is now Latvia. One of her teachers was a 32-year-old French woman named Emilie Sagée. And although the school's administration was quite pleased with Sagée's performance, she soon became the object of rumor and odd speculation. Sagée, it seemed, had a double that would appear and disappear in full view of the students.

In the middle of class one day, while Sagée was writing on the blackboard, her exact double appeared beside her. The doppelganger precisely copied the teacher's every move as she wrote, except that it did not hold any chalk. The event was witnessed by 13 students in the classroom. A similar incident was reported at dinner one evening when Sagée's doppelganger was seen standing behind her, mimicking the movements of her eating, although it held no utensils.

The doppelganger did not always echo her movements, however. On several occasions, Sagée would be seen in one part of the school when it was known that she was in another at that time. The most astonishing instance of this took place in full view of the entire student body of 42 students on a summer day in 1846. The girls were all assembled in the school hall for their sewing and embroidery lessons. As they sat at the long tables working, they could clearly see Sagée in the school's garden gathering flowers. Another teacher was supervising the children. When this teacher left the room to talk to the headmistress, Sagée's doppelganger appeared in her chair - while the real Sagée could still be seen in the garden. The students noted that Sagée's movements in the garden looked tired while the doppelganger sat motionless. Two brave girls approached the phantom and tried to touch it, but felt an odd resistance in the air surrounding it. One girl actually stepped between the teacher's chair and the table, passing right through the apparition, which remained motionless. It then slowly vanished.

Sagée claimed never to have seen the doppelganger herself, but said that whenever it was said to appear, she felt drained and fatigued. Her physical color even seemed to pale at those times.

Hmmm… well I also have one experience about Doppelgangers. But I’m still not sure if it was real. Well it was noon time, all of my friends are in the H.E. room. I went back to our room to get my things and on my way, I saw my friend rushing towards me, he was very recognizable he has dark skin and has a curly hair. He ran past me and hurriedly went to the stairs. When I returned to the H.E. room, I was confused when I saw my friend, the one which I saw running towards the stairs, was sleeping in the table. I asked my classmates inside the room if he went out, but they said he didn’t. But until now I’m still not convinced that it was his “Doppelganger” I saw but still… I really want to see one; I think it would be a spine-tingling experience that I won’t forget.

Here are some famous Doppelgangers throughout the ages that I have picked up from the net:


=Guy de Maupassant, the French novelist and short story writer, claimed to have been haunted by his doppelganger near the end of his life. On one occasion, he said, this double entered his room, took a seat opposite him and began to dictate what de Maupassant was writing. He wrote about this experience in his short story "Lui."

=John Donne, the 16th century English poet whose work often touched on the metaphysical, was visited by a doppelganger while he was in Paris - not his, but his wife's. She appeared to him holding a newborn baby. Donne's wife was pregnant at the time, but the apparition was a portent of great sadness. At the same moment that the doppelganger appeared, his wife had given birth to a stillborn child.


=Percy Bysshe Shelley, still considered one of the greatest poets of the English language, encountered his doppelganger in Italy. The phantom silently pointed toward the Mediterranean Sea. Not long after, and shortly before his 30th birthday in 1822, Shelley died in a sailing accident - drowned in the Mediterranean Sea.

=Queen Elizabeth I of England was shocked to see her doppelganger laid out on her bed. The queen died shortly thereafter.


=In a case that suggests that doppelgangers might have something to do with time or dimensional shifts, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the 18th century German poet, confronted his doppelganger while riding on the road to Drusenheim. Riding toward him was his exact double, but wearing a gray suit trimmed in gold. Eight years later, von Goethe was again traveling on the same road, but in the opposite direction. He then realized he was wearing the very gray suit trimmed in gold that he had seen on his double eight years earlier! Had von Goethe seen his future self?

So, it still remains a mystery, some people believe it, some don't.......

Let's Play Audition!!

Everyone is talking about the new MMOG to hit this side of the virtual dance floor. Audition: Online Dance Battle is the latest rhythm game from IP e-Games. In the tradition of classics like O2Jam, Audition is indeed another jam-packed revolution in Philippine online gaming.

So what’s the hype to Audition? It is fairly simple: by perfecting the arrow combination displayed onscreen, you can make your online character execute incredible dance maneuvers. But what’s really immersive about this game is the multiplayer experience. Here, players compete as to who has the quickest hands, with perfecting button coordination and timing as key to make their online avatars dance their way to victory. Added by high-quality music and cool in-game animations, expect only the best in gaming experience. Indeed the sight of four or five characters dancing in perfect unison, or a single player standing out from the rest is thrilling in itself.

What's more, you can accentuate your character with Den, the in-game currency. By going to the shopping mall, you can further wow your opponents with your fashoin bling!!

Audition has a quite massive following all over Asia. The game has local versions in several countries and has an international version as well. That's one of the main resaons why all the people are doing it now, even the oldies!! Filipinos have always been known to be great music lovers and you WILL love this casual party game. Its high time to show the world what Pinoys can do in the virtual dance floor.

So that's the lastest online game that took the country by storm. The easy part is all you have to do is to follow the arrow keys and hitting the spacebar. And the hard part is you have to do all of it on the given time, which depends on the type of beat the song has ( ex. 105 Bpm, 140 Bpm ), Bpm stands for Beats per Minute. If you think you still can't compete with the big leagues, pick and song which has a slow beat, but if you think you got the handles, the skill and has the finger power try selecting a fast beat and I'm sure after the song your finger will be shaking.

Of course, perfect the arrow combination to watch your character execute the most complex dance steps. Different styles cater for single and team gaming: from the pretty easy Freestyle category to the master’s only Expert Choreography. The game boasts a huge roster of international dance hits that's sure top please, every eager dancer and music lover ( That's true SHE even thinks that its catchy and cute... ). Beat it hip-hop, dance or techno, newbie or pro, there's a perfect tune for everyone ( But most new players usually like the Audition Cannon Groove because of its music and great tempo ).

So I guess IF SOME PEOPLE are foolish enough to read this I guess that you don't understand a thing that I have posted in here right? Me too!! But really, if you have time, maybe this summer you can try this and who knows you might enjoy it and get hooked to it. So that's it my first entry...... yehey!! ... at last!! Hope you like it because I don't!! ^_^