Minsan kampante ka na magiging okay ang lahat, kahit walang kasiguraduhan, naniniwala kang magiging okay ang lahat. Bakit ka naman magdududa, e halos buong buhay mo nang nararanasan at nararamdaman yung ganong sitwasyon. Alam mo na sa sarili mo kung kailan ka hihinto, at kung kelan ka magpapatuloy. Pero imahinasyon lang pala yon. Minsan din talaga darating at darating ang panahon na magkakamali ka at hindi mo matatantya na tae na pala yun. Buong paniniwala ko na utot lang siya. Nasa karpet pa man din ako nakaupo. Malas din na laing yung kinain ko netong umaga. Ramdam ko siyang dumadaloy sa hita ko. Ramdam ko yung init. Pakiramdam ko ang dumi dumi ko. Sa pag punta ko sa CR, dahan dahan kong hinubo yung pajama ko sa takot na baka kumalat o bumagsak sa sahig. Pero nagtagumpay ako, hindi sya kumalat. Pagupo ko sa inodoro, sabay ng pagbagsak ng dumi ko ay sabay bumuhos yung mga salitang "Sana hindi ko na ni-risk" "Sana hindi nalang ako nagtiwala na okay lang ang lahat."
Hindi ko na hinayaan yung sarili ko na labhan yung boxers ko, tinapon ko na siya sa basurahan. Sa pag sampa ko sa bathtub para hugasan ang mga binti ko, kitang kita kong malayang naglalanguyan ang mga dahon ng gabi sa tub. Ang saya. Paikot ikot silang naglalaro hanggang tuluyan na silang maglaho.
Sana talaga hindi ko na ni-risk.
I think I was in 2nd year high school when I was chosen to be one of the few students who were sent to Ateneo de Manila to take an exam for summer classes, or to know if you're eligible to study there for college. I was extremely excited and incredibly nervous. I felt like this exam will determine if I will be successful in the future or not. I think I was 15 at that time, 2nd year highschool e. In retrospect, I feel like as a 15-year old kid, one should really not be putting that much importance in what you should be in the future. But I did. I imagine myself walking the corridors of Ateneo and eventually graduating with honors. See, I am not exceptionally smart. I wasn't born with a brain, designed to be outstanding in terms of academics. Don't even get me started with Math. What I can do is use all my resources to achieve a certain goal. I may not be innately smart, but I know how to study as fuck. I am very proud and very determined when trying to achieve something that I really want.
But for some reason, I don't know what got into me, I didn't even make an effort to study for the exams. I was really stupid and got way overconfident with what I already know. I don't understand why I trusted myself thinking that I will pass the exams.
Ang haba ng pila. First time ko nun sa Ateneo. Grabe probinsyanong probinsyano ang datingan ko nun. Lingon dito lingon doon. Hinding hindi pa ko makapaniwala na may ercon yung CR nila. Tsaka marmol shit! Hindi linoleum o de-tiles. Marmol!
Tapos ang lawak lawak ng lugar. Lahat ng mga estudyante parang hindi sanay sa alikabolk. Tsaka parang lahat naka braces. Ilang na ilang pako magtanong tanong kasi baka Inglishin ako.
Tapos ayun na. Pagpasok namin sa class room, ang saya ko kasi walang ercon, de elektrik fan lang hahaha daig pa namin sa Cavite. Haha pero malamig naman kasi open field yung tanawin sa bintana.
First exam. English. "Fuck! Sisiw" Kung tutuusin, English kasi pinaka malakas na subject ko. Kahit hindi halata sa mga wrong gramming ko dito.
First question. Synonym antonym.
"Which word has the closest meaning to the word liaison?"
PUTANGINA talaga! hinding hindi ko makakalimutan to. Malay ko ba sa LIAISON! First question palang nanlamig na yung pawis ko. Parang taeng taena nako. 15 years old. Malay ko naman sa liaison. Di naman namin ginagamit yun sa kabite. Tsaka bakit an daming "i". Ni hindi ko alam kung pano bigkasin yan.
Meron pang. synonyms ng HONEST!
a) Sincere b) Genuine c) Truthful d) Righteous
Putang ina talaga. Puro mura na nasa isip ko nyan. Kasi seryoso ba to??? E pare parehas lang yan e!
Alam mo yung parang ang tanga tanga mo kasi, ano nga bang synonyms ng Honest?? Umiikot na ung paningin ko na parang naiiyak na ko kasi pakiramdam ko ako yung pinaka bobo sa classroom na yun. Laking sampal sa mukha ko ung reyalidad na madami pa talaga akong kakaining bigas.
Yung pinasa na yung Math exams samin, alam kong wala ng pagasa. Binigyan pa ko ng tatlong puting puting bond paper para "scratch" daw. Habang pinagmamasdan yung test papers, iniisip ko nalang tumalon sa bintanan o kaya itusok ung Monggol no. 2 sa mata ko para matapos na yung paghihirap.
Nagmamasid masid ako sa mga katabi ko kung pareho kami ng sitwasyon, pero nakita ko silang gamit na gamit yung "scratch" paper nila. Samantalang yung akin ang linis linis padin, walang bahid ng lukot. Ang ending kunyari nag sulat sulat nalang ako sa "scratch" para kunyari may alam ako. hahahaha alam mo yung natatawa ka sa kagaguhan mo pero masakit. Grabe talaga kung ano anong mga Cosign cosign tangent mga pinagsusulat ko dun kahit Geometry talaga yung test. Bahala na talaga si batman.
I tried so hard to bury this memory in the past. I keep on hoping that I could forget about this part of my life because it still haunts me til this day. I felt so stupid, I was so ashamed of myself. I still consider that as THE WORST failure in my entire life to date.
I could've prepared for it. I could've become the only one in the family who graduated from Ateneo.
Failure. Growing up, self evaluation thought me that I don't react to failure very well. I am not used to failing something that I know I can pass. I don't fight battles I know I'd lose. This limits me from failing throughout my life. I always know I'm going to be successful even when I was a kid. This is not even a brag, coz I feel like everybody thinks this way too... they just can't say it outright coz they're afraid it will be taken as being conceited. Again, I am a very proud person, a very determined one. So when I fail, I take it seriously. And there is nothing wrong with that.
Failure did manage to make me a better person. It always drives me mad and focused and careful.
So when I failed my driving test, it fucking killed me. It shattered my confidence level. It's like 2nd year high all over again. In my defense, I never really had formal training when it comes to the rules and regulations of the road here in Canada. How would I know that you have to fucking count 1-2-3 before turning right on a red light!!!
But yeah, NO EXCUSES. A fail is a fail.
I will never ever forget this. This is honestly the one thing that holds me back from feeling like an actual adult. I got myself a house, a car, a job, a social life, insurance, a retirement plan, savings, great credit score, fucking groceries, but I still can't drive.
November 22, 2017, Wednesday, 11 am.
I passed my Driving Exam!
I honestly can't believe it. Because I know that if I fail one more time, I would fucking lose it. It would probably take me two or four years to finally get my confidence back. (exaggeration)
But I passed. I studied. I took my time. I was careful. I was dedicated.
It makes me happy to know that there's someone who kept on doubting that I'd pass the exams, and yet he can't pass himself for the 5th time now.
It makes me so happy that shitty people stays shitty. That's probably my mission in life. To make good people prosper and wreck the shitty ones.
See I have one thing he doesn't. Humility. HAHAHA it doesn't seem like it, but yeah. Acceptance that YOU ARE NOT THE GREATEST PERSON ALIVE. Acceptance that you are capable of mistakes, that you will fail once in a while. That somehow, you'll need to stop, and listen, and learn. That you can... and will fail.
Failure is always around the corner. When they say "There's no crying over spilled milk"... I really believe that. You just have to shake shit off and move on. That's just it. Maybe take time to evaluate your mistakes and what you can do to correct them, but that's just it. Move on.
Ngayon, naisip ko lang. Kahit pala bumasak ako sa Ateneo, parang masayan parin naman ako e, nakukuha ko naman yung mga trip ko. Pakiramdam ko naman successful parin ako. Iniisip ko rin na kung pumasa ako sa Ateneo, hindi ko makikilala ang mga kaibigan ko sa Lasalle Dasma.
Yung mga kaibigang pang-matagalan. Hindi ko rin siguro mararanasan yung maginom at mag saya ng walang humpay. Yung mga kalokohang naeenjoy ko talaga. Hindi siguro ako makakatambay sa tabi ng kalsada ng disoras ng gabi habang nag%?%&?%, at nag&*?&*?(*. Tipong di ko siguro mararanasang `MABUHAY` nung college.
Hindi naman din kasi ako bagay sa Ateneo. Baka buong maghapon ko lang pinagloloko yung paraan nila nang pagsasalita. Baka wala nga kong maging tropa dun. Baka ako lang yung namumukud tanging nagdadala ng sugo sa inuman. Baka hindi naman talaga para sakin.
Yung mga simpleng failure parang kayang kaya naman yan. Maliit na bagay. Pero yung mga di mo talaga inaasahan, yung mga bagay na kumpyansa kang okay lang ang lahat, at yung mga bagay na inaasam asam mo, pag nabigo ka, yun talaga yung magpapatumba sayo e. Yun talaga yung mapapaisip ka nalang na "Sana hindi ko nalang ni-risk"
Kagaya ng pagutot mo kahit tae na pala, biglaan, hindi mo inaasahan. Ganun din dumarating ang failure. At the back of your mind iniisip mo na may posibilidad na tae ito, pero nga dahil posibilidad lang to at walang kasiguraduhan, ilalaban mo.
Nasasayo nalang yan kung hahayaan mong kumalat sa hita mo't manatiling mabaho't basa, o tatayo ka para maghugas at maramdamang hindi dito natatapos ang lahat.
Keep An Open Mind. Stories of pure fiction loosely based on true events which were probably not true more or less.
Nagpapaliwanag Lang
Paunawa: Pakiunawa lang ng sobra
Satire; is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government or society itself, into improvement.
Sunday, December 10, 2017
Sunday, September 03, 2017
"Ano Gawa Mo?", "Bahay Ka Na?" at Iba Pang Kalandian
Nakakapagod din talaga minsan
gamitin yung utak palagi. Mejo nakaka drain kasi parang andami mong iniisip.
Kaya siguro eto na yung tamang panahon para magsulat tungkol sa phase ng isang
tao kung saan utak-biya tayong lahat. Teenage love.
Sa
mga intelektwal, mga rebelde, mga astigin, at sa mga cool kids, pagpasensya nyo
na. Minsan masarap din pagusapan ang tungkol sa mga kacornihan nung mga bata
bata pa tayo. Lalong lalo na pag lasing na lahat tas sabay tugtog nung "Especially For You" ng MYMP.
Malamang
sa malamang. May disclaimer na naman bago ako mag kwento. Hindi po tungkol
sakin at sa mga nakalandian ko dati to, base po ito sa mga kwento ng mga tropa,
tropa ng tropa, at mga experiences ng mga dating teenager. Chismis ba, in
short.
I
really can't believe I'm already 26. I just can't fathom the idea that it all
happened just like that. If you're 18, or 19 now and you're reading this, Remember this moment, remember when I say that it will all go so fast you won't
even notice. And life is absolutely bigger than your teenage love affair.
Now
that I'm 26, I am just realizing that there are actually so many people younger
that I am. I know this doesn't make so much sense, or any sort of importance,
but see... when you're young, you don't really notice age. It just isn't a
thing. You don't consider it as a factor in your every day life. But now that
I'm 26, I feel like I'm on the other side of the spectrum already. I have
this feeling that most of the people around me are teenagers, even if they're
just 2 years younger that I am. I used to be the one calling people Kuya or
Ate. I used to be the one who makes fun of 'old' people.
So
my issue with the gap between my age and the rest of the younger generation
lead me to write something about them and their most life-threatening ordeal,
their love life.
Nagsisimula lang talaga yan sa
tuksuhan e. Lalo na sa classroom. Pag ikaw ang napagdiskitahan ng class clown
ipareha sa pinaka balahurang babae sa room, patay ka na. Matik crush nayan.
Matik buong taon kayo na ang gagawing Escort at Muse. Itanggi man ng lahat, matik isa sanyo, magka ka crush sa isa. Imposibleng hindi.
It is a valid feeling. No matter how many adults tell you that it's a stupid thing to think about at that age. It is something real. Stupid, but very much real. The sensation is undeniable. It`s physiological.
Yung pag katabi mo siya, sobrang bilis ng tibok ng puso mo, tas hindi mo alam kung bakit parang tuyong tuyo ung bibig mo. Nagtatalo yung mga salita sa utak mo kasi hindi mo alam kung anong dapat sabihin para lang mapahaba yung conversation niyo. Multi-tasking nga. Lahat ng senses mo gumagana pati ilong mo hinahanap hanap ung amoy ng Patene niyang shampoo habang pinapakiramdaman mo yung bawat hampas nya sa braso mo pag napatawa mo siya. Tapos kapag napatawa mo siya parang pakiramdam mo kayo na agad. Tapos muka ka ng tanga kasi conscious na conscious ka na kung nahahalata niya ba na pilit kang umiwas sa mga mata niya. Parang tanga. Yun ka talaga. Kilig na kilig. Ito na ata yung pakiramdam kong sitwasyon na naranasan nating lahat nung bata pa. Pinagkaiba lang siguro yung brand ng shampoo.
Teenage love is a huge part of your life. You can't deny that it is essential in one's social life. Being able to appreciate and be appreciated by someone is a big deal. It teaches you how to invest feeling, and more importantly, time to someone you care about.
Tipong matutunan mong mag sakripisyo. Yung tipong kahit kailangnan mo nang umuwe, willing ka padin ihatid siya kahit sa Zamboanga pa sya nakatira. Minsan yung kahit antok na antok ka na, kelangan mo parin siyang antayin matapos sa klase niya, o intayin siyang matapos magshopping kahit halatang halata na sa muka mong bugnot na bugnot ka na kakatingin sa sappatos mo habang nakaupo sa loob ng Forever 21. Kumbaga makikilala mo yung sarile mo, kung anong klaseng tao ka. Hanggan saan yung kaya mong ibigay para sa mga taong nasa social circle mo. Dahil sa teenage love, marerealize mo na hindi lang pala ikaw yung importante. Na okay lang paminsan minsan na magpahalaga ng ibang tao maliban sa pamilya o sarili mo.
Young love may sound insignificant but it's a phase that everyone should go through before dealing with the real thing. It's our way of testing the waters before going in for the dive. It is a place for practice.
Dito kayo magpapractice e. Kumbaga unconsciously, tuturuan ka nito kung pano magreact sa, let's say, panloloko, o pambobola, o pagsisinungaling, o sa pagtanggap ng pagkakamali. Hindi mo naman marerealize to during that moment, kasi nga tanga ka pa talaga neto. Pero matututo ka parin talaga. Higit sa lahat, dito kayo mag papractice kung pano kayo magyayayaan mag sex. hahaha Seryoso, dati nung bata ako, mga Grade 4 ata ako nun, lagi kong iniisip kung pano magaaya makipagsex. Kasi awkward talaga, kasi pano yun? "Huy, busy ka? Sex tayo?" Tipong ganun ba.
Yun pala, darating at darating pala yun, kumbaga pakiramdaman lang pala yun. Konting banggaan ng tuhod, yung mga tipong gagawin mong pabulong na husky ung boses mo pagnaguusap kayo, tas kunyari antok na. HAHAHAH natatawa ako. Lalo pa pag nasa sinehan kayo, jusku po, alam na after.
Pero eto ay sabi-sabi lang naman, malay ko jan.
O kaya lasingin mo nalang, punyeta pag may alak may balak.
You'd think you know everything by then, but only when you're truly in an Adult relationship will you learn that being late on a date, or a vague text is merely a speck of dust on a desert compared to what's coming. In other words, Teenage love will make you grow as a person.
Badtrip kasi neto, kahit anong pangaral at payo ng mga matatanda satin nung kabataan natin, parang lagi nalang tayong may degree in Bachelor of Trust Love Faith, Major in Teenage pregnancy. Kumbaga mismong to, siguro me isang teenager na nagsasabing ano bang alam ko sa mga pinag sasasabi ko. Ang kulet natin talaga dati, tangina ang maigiit, lagi nalang "E wala kang alam sa nangyayari, "E mahal ko siya e!", Meron pang mga "Iba kasi yung panahon dati sa ngayon, generation gap kasi" Ay taena talaga, kung magulang ka na namomroblema sa kalandian ng anak mo, tas ganyan mga linyahan, ako na po nagsosori. Phase lang po talaga yan.
Pero pramis, pramis!! Taena paglagpas mo jan sa phase na yan, malalaman mo kung gano kaliit yung mga problema mo dati. Yung tipong pagtatawanan mo nalang talaga. Pagsisisihan mo pa kasi sobrang muka kang tanga dati, at higit sa lahat, NAKAKAHIYA! taena talaga pag naaalala mo nalang yung mga pagiyak iyak mo, tas yung mga nakakadiring "Mahal naman kita e", "I miss you na, bahay ka na?" "Kain ka na." "Ano ulam mo?" "Bakit gising ka pa?" "Tulog ka na!" "Kiss ko muna" (Mag muah! naman si tanga) at yun walang kamatayang "Ano gawa mo?" Putaena talaga kinikilabutan ako. Pero wag kayong timang, lahat naman dumaan jan diba??? diba??? please sabihin nyo oo!
Most importantly, The pain of breaking up at a young age is no laughing matter. Even if it doesn't mean a thing now when your 26 and worrying about mortgage. You still don't get to laugh about how you endure the pain of letting go of someone you truly care about. The exact moment, when you both have the conversation. The words you have to say, there's no practicing on how or what to say. You are putting an end to a relationship that only the two of you truly understands, the relationship that made you feel important and that made you feel safe in a crowd of people. You know that you will always have that someone to depend on after everyone has left and is done with their business with you.
Masakit. Tsaka di mo makakalimutan yung mismong sitwasyon. Kasi corny man talaga, pero para talagang kinukurot yung puso mo, tapos ang gaan ng utak mo, para kang lutang after. Yung matik kelangan mo talagang uminom kasama tropa kasi para kang matutumba pag hindi mo nailabas yung sama ng loob mo. Yung kelangan mo talaga umiyak (Putangina lahat tayo umiyak a!! Walang sinungaling dito, lahat tayo dumaan jan mga unggoy), sabay shot ng empi.
Hindi din lang kasi yung tao yung mamimiss mo e. Hindi lang yung pisikal na aspeto. Yung pakiramdam na anjan siya para sayo. Yung sense of ownership ba. Yung tipong alam mong Siya ay sayo, tapos ikaw ay sa kanya. Tapos yung mamimiss mo yung usapan niyong wlang kakwenta kwenta pero kumportable ka parin basta alam mong magkausap kayo, solb na. Mamimiss mo yung lagi kang may kasama manood ng sine, o yung mga panahong hinahatid mo siya, o yung laging may nakapatong na ulo sa balikat mo pag nagbabus kayo.
At the end of the day. Teenage love may seem childish. It probably is. Perhaps it's nothing but a phase. a short, roller-coaster-of-a-ride, phase.
It may not be considered as your one true love, but it will forever be part of your history. All you really need to care about after everything has passed are the lessons it taught you.
Habang tinatype ko to, bilang isang 26 years old, tinatanong ko din kung gusto ko pa ba yung mga ganung kakornihan, yung every minute may
magtetext sayo para itanong lang kung ano ginagawa mo, o kung anong ulam ko. Hindi na siguro. Parang mas maaapreciate ko na yung "Bayad na yung kuryente, ikaw na bahala sa gas." tipo ng text.
magtetext sayo para itanong lang kung ano ginagawa mo, o kung anong ulam ko. Hindi na siguro. Parang mas maaapreciate ko na yung "Bayad na yung kuryente, ikaw na bahala sa gas." tipo ng text.
Pero kung namimiss ko ba yung feeling na magkaholding hands kayo sa ilalim ng ilaw ng poste ng meralco ng disoras ng gabi... siguro. Hindi pa naman siguro huli ang lahat para maranasan ko ulit un... baka lang talaga mahamugan yung bumbunan ko. Manipis na e. Wag nalang pala, mapulmunya pa.
Monday, August 21, 2017
Idol Idol Idol ko si Kap
Sana talaga mapatawad niyo pa ko sa kakornihan ng title. Ayan lang talaga yung naiisip ko tuwing naaalala ko yung salitang "idol".
Anlaking parte ng salitang yan sa buhay ng bawat isa kung tutuusin. Hindi lang talaga natin masyadong binibigyan ng pansin kasi nahihiya, mali, siguro naiilang tayong aminin sa sarili natin na me hinahangaan tayong tao na pakiramdam natin, ay mas nakatataas satin. Kumbaga masusugatan yung ego mo pag inisip mo na sana parehas kayo ng sapatos na sinusuot.
Pero nag-eemo lang talaga ako para may impact at para kunyari malalim yung topic.
Growing up, we automatically consider our parents as our first "idols". We see them as role models who can't do wrong. Whatever they consider right and good will instantly be right and good in our eyes. Later on, we meet certain people who will teach us that the world is not exactly black and white. You start to formulate your own thoughts and beliefs. You eventually start to think that maybe there's another way to look at things. A different perspective.
Suddenly you'll be asking yourself if you still consider your parents as role models. Whether in a good way or not, Because your parents might actually be a positive influence on you, but since you started living your own life, you get to decide if you go off the rails or stay in the righteous lane.
Regardless, you search for someone to look up to. Again, this is a reality that we keep on shoving down the deepest part of our subconscious. We look up to our teachers, our seniors, our uncles, aunts, a freaking celebrity, a friend. You can't help falling in love with the idea that there's someone out there that you wanted to emulate, because why not? You believe that their life is the kind of life you wanted to have in the long run.
Meron akong isang teacher dati, sobra sobrang idol ko siya. Napakatalino. Kumbaga nilamon ako ng husay niya sa pang-gagago. Sa mabuting paraan. Higit kasi sa lahat, bilib na bilib ako sa mga matatalinong tao, hindi ung tipong pinakyaw na lahat ng Best In... sa graduation a. Kumbaga marunong siyang makinig, at magisip, at alam niya kung kailan siya dapat magsalita at kung ano ang dapat sabihin, at kung kailan dapat tumahimik. Yung mga katangian ng isang matalinong tao para sakin.
Tapos ayun na nga, one time, exam, nakaupo ako sa may malapit sa pintuan, bale malapit sa hallway, tapos kumuha siya ng upuan tapos umupo siya sa hallway, katabi ko. Tapos, edi ako tong focused na focused sa test diba, bigla ba namang nilabas yung pitaka niya tapos pinakita yung picture ng kabit niya sakin. HAHAHAHAHHA tangina talaga, tapos sabi niya, OUT OF NOWHERE, OUT OF NOWHERE, "Wag kang makukuntento sa isa." Tapos tumayo na siya tapos umalis nalang.
WTF!!! Hindi ko alam kung pumasa ako dun sa exam na yun. Pero hindi na mahalaga sakin, hanggang ngayon iniisip ko parin kung bakit siya lumapit sakin para sabihin lang yun, tsaka.... BAKIIIT???!
Thing is, I placed him in a pedestal. I saw him as someone who believes in logic, morality, and all the right things in the world. And that moment, His casually dropping by to say that he's cheating on his wife, I felt betrayed. The fucked up part is that it's not even his fault. He doesn't owe me an explanation. He doesn't even know that I idolize him at all.
Pero ngayon, napapaisip narin ako, baka naman yung asawa yung may diperensya. I didn't know the whole story. I shouldn't have judge him right away. All things considered, I still respect him as an educator. Because he wasn`t just great at it, he was excellent.
Now, I can't really find one person that I truly admire. I don't know anyone who I wanted to be inspired by. Maybe because I've grown a lot since then. I've been exposed to a lot of inspiring shits that left me disappointed in the end. There's been a lot of times when I admire someone at first and later realized that it was just a cover, and what's underneath is nothing but flaws layered with mistakes sprinkled with wrong decisions.
Mismo yung mga magulang mo, asa pedestal sila e. You respect and adore them all your life. Tapos gigising ka one time marerealize mo na tao lang talaga sila. Nagkataon lang na mas nauna silang naging Adults kesa sayo. Pero sa bandang huli, tao lang talaga sila na me karapatang magkamali. Meron kang karapatang husgahan sila, pero wala kang karapatan mag reklamo pag ikaw naman ang hinusgahan kapag oras mo na't ikaw na ang nasa posisyon nila.
Sa bandang huli kasi, wala namang problema sa paghanga. Siguraduhin mo lang na kung hahanga ka, wag sana yung buong pagkatao ng isang tao dahil madidismaya ka lang. Piliin mo yung mga parteng makikinabang ka at yung may maidadagdag sa pagkatao mo.
Lagi nalang kasing, Idol ko yan kasi mayaman, kaso maitim yung batok. Idol ko yan kasi maganda kaso mabaho yung paa. Idol ko yan kasi sobrang mabait kaso may buhoy sa utong. Tipong, Pili ka lang. Wag sugapa.
On the other hand, paano kung ikaw naman ang iniidolo? Hindi ka naman masiyadong maapektuhan unless malalaman mo mismo na idol ka pala. Kasi kahit sabihin mo pang hindi mo ginustong ilagay ka sa pedestal,hindi mo mababago na may gustong sumunod sa mga pinaggagawa mo. Somehow mararamdaman mong dapat maging maingat ka kasi iingatan mo yung reputasyon at imahe mo. Unti unti mong mararamdaman na ginagawa mo na yung ibang bagay para sa kanila at hindi dahil sa kagustuhan mo.
Si kap, Idol mo pa ba talaga? Pagkatapos ng lahat ng pagpapatawa nila ni Ruffa Mae ng mahabang taon, Idol mo pa ba si Kap?
Anlaking parte ng salitang yan sa buhay ng bawat isa kung tutuusin. Hindi lang talaga natin masyadong binibigyan ng pansin kasi nahihiya, mali, siguro naiilang tayong aminin sa sarili natin na me hinahangaan tayong tao na pakiramdam natin, ay mas nakatataas satin. Kumbaga masusugatan yung ego mo pag inisip mo na sana parehas kayo ng sapatos na sinusuot.
Pero nag-eemo lang talaga ako para may impact at para kunyari malalim yung topic.
Growing up, we automatically consider our parents as our first "idols". We see them as role models who can't do wrong. Whatever they consider right and good will instantly be right and good in our eyes. Later on, we meet certain people who will teach us that the world is not exactly black and white. You start to formulate your own thoughts and beliefs. You eventually start to think that maybe there's another way to look at things. A different perspective.
Suddenly you'll be asking yourself if you still consider your parents as role models. Whether in a good way or not, Because your parents might actually be a positive influence on you, but since you started living your own life, you get to decide if you go off the rails or stay in the righteous lane.
Regardless, you search for someone to look up to. Again, this is a reality that we keep on shoving down the deepest part of our subconscious. We look up to our teachers, our seniors, our uncles, aunts, a freaking celebrity, a friend. You can't help falling in love with the idea that there's someone out there that you wanted to emulate, because why not? You believe that their life is the kind of life you wanted to have in the long run.
Meron akong isang teacher dati, sobra sobrang idol ko siya. Napakatalino. Kumbaga nilamon ako ng husay niya sa pang-gagago. Sa mabuting paraan. Higit kasi sa lahat, bilib na bilib ako sa mga matatalinong tao, hindi ung tipong pinakyaw na lahat ng Best In... sa graduation a. Kumbaga marunong siyang makinig, at magisip, at alam niya kung kailan siya dapat magsalita at kung ano ang dapat sabihin, at kung kailan dapat tumahimik. Yung mga katangian ng isang matalinong tao para sakin.
Tapos ayun na nga, one time, exam, nakaupo ako sa may malapit sa pintuan, bale malapit sa hallway, tapos kumuha siya ng upuan tapos umupo siya sa hallway, katabi ko. Tapos, edi ako tong focused na focused sa test diba, bigla ba namang nilabas yung pitaka niya tapos pinakita yung picture ng kabit niya sakin. HAHAHAHAHHA tangina talaga, tapos sabi niya, OUT OF NOWHERE, OUT OF NOWHERE, "Wag kang makukuntento sa isa." Tapos tumayo na siya tapos umalis nalang.
WTF!!! Hindi ko alam kung pumasa ako dun sa exam na yun. Pero hindi na mahalaga sakin, hanggang ngayon iniisip ko parin kung bakit siya lumapit sakin para sabihin lang yun, tsaka.... BAKIIIT???!
Thing is, I placed him in a pedestal. I saw him as someone who believes in logic, morality, and all the right things in the world. And that moment, His casually dropping by to say that he's cheating on his wife, I felt betrayed. The fucked up part is that it's not even his fault. He doesn't owe me an explanation. He doesn't even know that I idolize him at all.
Pero ngayon, napapaisip narin ako, baka naman yung asawa yung may diperensya. I didn't know the whole story. I shouldn't have judge him right away. All things considered, I still respect him as an educator. Because he wasn`t just great at it, he was excellent.
Now, I can't really find one person that I truly admire. I don't know anyone who I wanted to be inspired by. Maybe because I've grown a lot since then. I've been exposed to a lot of inspiring shits that left me disappointed in the end. There's been a lot of times when I admire someone at first and later realized that it was just a cover, and what's underneath is nothing but flaws layered with mistakes sprinkled with wrong decisions.
Mismo yung mga magulang mo, asa pedestal sila e. You respect and adore them all your life. Tapos gigising ka one time marerealize mo na tao lang talaga sila. Nagkataon lang na mas nauna silang naging Adults kesa sayo. Pero sa bandang huli, tao lang talaga sila na me karapatang magkamali. Meron kang karapatang husgahan sila, pero wala kang karapatan mag reklamo pag ikaw naman ang hinusgahan kapag oras mo na't ikaw na ang nasa posisyon nila.
Sa bandang huli kasi, wala namang problema sa paghanga. Siguraduhin mo lang na kung hahanga ka, wag sana yung buong pagkatao ng isang tao dahil madidismaya ka lang. Piliin mo yung mga parteng makikinabang ka at yung may maidadagdag sa pagkatao mo.
Lagi nalang kasing, Idol ko yan kasi mayaman, kaso maitim yung batok. Idol ko yan kasi maganda kaso mabaho yung paa. Idol ko yan kasi sobrang mabait kaso may buhoy sa utong. Tipong, Pili ka lang. Wag sugapa.
On the other hand, paano kung ikaw naman ang iniidolo? Hindi ka naman masiyadong maapektuhan unless malalaman mo mismo na idol ka pala. Kasi kahit sabihin mo pang hindi mo ginustong ilagay ka sa pedestal,hindi mo mababago na may gustong sumunod sa mga pinaggagawa mo. Somehow mararamdaman mong dapat maging maingat ka kasi iingatan mo yung reputasyon at imahe mo. Unti unti mong mararamdaman na ginagawa mo na yung ibang bagay para sa kanila at hindi dahil sa kagustuhan mo.
Si kap, Idol mo pa ba talaga? Pagkatapos ng lahat ng pagpapatawa nila ni Ruffa Mae ng mahabang taon, Idol mo pa ba si Kap?
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Ipis ka. Isa kang ipis.
Exactly 2 years ago, I realized that things will never be the same- exactly 2 years ago when we board that plane and finally migrate to Canada. The start of a totally different life from what I'm used to - a clean slate. I learned that I have to step up my game and be as productive as I can. It finally dawned on me that life is catching up on me, and although I have always thought that I am a responsible, reasonable adult, I seem to fall short.
Every year I set a goal for myself, and August 15 has always been the due date. By August 15 I should have this amount of money on my savings account, by August 15 I should have found a stable job. Last year, 2016, I was able to fulfill my goal which is to obtain at least a year of work experience in Canada. I was also able to acclimate myself to the environment, lifestyle, the freakin' weather, well basically everything that a newbie has to adapt to in a different country.
Basically, My initiation is over. I no longer am a first timer. I no longer have the right to complain about things that I shouldn't be complaining about. I am done with drama and being the "victim" and all that shit. So yes, that was my first year and I'm grateful that I'm done with it. Achievement unlocked as they say.
So life goes on and now that I'm on my second year, New job, new friends, new bank accounts, and new experiences have taken over, which only means one thing. A new set of first-world problems.
My goal by August 15, 2017 is to buy a house. A house. A fucking house. If you truly know me, you know that buying a house is one of my ultimate dreams. That is something that I have dreamed of ever since grade school.
For the past 3 months I have been looking nonstop for several houses. It was exciting and yet it was so scary knowing that it will mean more expenses in the future. Mortgage, property tax, condo fees, inspection fees, legal fees, insurance, loans, bank drafts shit hilong- hilo na ko. 'Eto na naman si ako sa katakot takot na kakaisip kung paano makakapag ipon sa gitna ng lahat ng gastusin.
Honestly I have never thought it would be this fast. I keep on saying that I should be accomplishing something as an adult by now, but this, handling this type of situation, going through receipts, by-laws,insurance policies, bank contracts... something tells me that this is for people on their 30's or older. I should be making babies, and doing drugs and getting drunk in parties. Right? That's what 20+ year old's do now? Right? I guess I'm just fucking terrified that I'm on this stage now and there's no turning back. What will happen next is full-on grown-up shits. You know when they say "Be careful what you wish for coz you might just get it", I knew what it meant before, but now that I'm actually living it... It kinda makes me want to rethink and reevaluate the things that I already know.
Taena talaga this. Kanina nung bayaran na ng downpayment, nung kinuha na ni ateng cashier sa bangko yung kabuuan, bigla akong nahilo, nagkabuhol buhol yung small intestines ko, yung pakiramdam ng natatae ka bago mag flag ceremony sa school. Namura ko na ng lahat ng mura si ate sa isipan ko kahit hindi niya naman talaga kasalanan.
Isang taon kong ipon yun. Hindi naman mahirap magipon dito kung tutuusin, pero yung thought na andun ka na e, Pwede ka ng mag Boracay ng 30 days, me uwi ka pang souvenir... bigla nalang nilimas. 0.53. 0.53 dollars. Bumakat ng mejo sobra yung mga numbers na yan sa puso't isipan ko.
But yes,11:37am, August 15, 2017. I bought a house. I signed a contract. A contract that will determine the course of my life for 22 years. A contract that will validate if I'm truly the responsible, reasonable adult that I claim to be.
I am incredibly grateful, don't get me wrong, whether this decision is way too early to make for my age or not, I am still grateful. And thrilled, and happy. I know that for a fact. I just don't feel it yet. I'll get there. It might take a while, but I'll get there.
This whole thing. It's pretty daunting. I have always been sure about what I'm supposed to do if all else fails. I'm a firm believer of expecting the worse and hoping for the best. I consider myself as a realist with a huge dose of pessimism. I always have a plan B. But with this, all my eggs are in the basket. I can't afford to lose this fight. Having said that, I might have to break one principle that I have been holding on all my life- Independence.
I'm the type of person who will NOT ask for help as long as I can. I don't ask a lot of favors. I hate having to ask someone to do something for my benefit. Yes, I'm one of those. And I'm stubborn about it too.
Laptrip nga dati, nung ihahatid ako ng tropa ko sa bahay, tinatanong niya ng tinatanong kung saan banda yung bahay para dun niya mismo ako ibaba, ako naman tong si tanga sabi ko sa bungad nalang, pwede na sa bungad, at lalakarin ko nalang kasi hassle sa kanya kung iikot pa siya. Tapos bigla niya kong sinigawan amp, tipong galit na galit siya kasi bat nagiinarte pa daw ako, ihahatid na nga. Tawang tawa nalang talaga ako pag naaalala ko yung yamot na yamot siya. Pakipot pa kasi si ako. Pero yun na nga e, Hindi naman kasi ako pakipot talaga. Ang akin lang ay kaya ko, at gusto ko rin naman talaga maglakad! Pero sino bang niloko ko.
Pero narealize ko din sa isang banda, kaya siguro siya galit na galit, kasi siya yung tipo ng taong palautos. Siya yung laging pag maykailangan, kelangan me special participation ng iba. Kaya siguro nairita siya kasi hindi siya sanay sa ganung sistema.
Hindi ko alam kung san ko nadevelop yung ugaling yun exactly, (taena ang conyo ko dito) pero I feel like (haha tigilan na to badtrip) nanggaling yun sa takot ko na laging may kapalit ang pabor.
Isang bagay na malinaw sakin mula pa noon hanggang ngayon, ay lahat ay may kapalit.
It's not necessarily a bad thing. I don't think so. It could pretty much be a coincidence as well that somewhere along the way, one will have to ask the other person for a favor too.
If a person does something good for you, the person automatically thinks you owe him one. This idea is not something new, and I'm absolutely not the first person who thought of it. It's an obvious fact! Laging may kapalit guys. Haha aminin man natin sa sarili natin o hindi. There's no such thing as an absolute selflessness. Is selflessness even a word. I don't know and I don't care as long as I win this argument...against myself. Konti nalang kakausapin ko na sarili ko.
Naalala ko yung prof ko sa History, eto yung mga kwentuhan ng titser na wala naman talagang kinalaman kay Mahatma Gandhi pero na share niya lang. Sabi niya sa malandi naming kaklase, "Hindi ka naman talaga nalibre sa date niyo ng boyfriend mo e" "Hindi naman libre yung popcorn mo sa sine, o yung Mcflurry mo sa Mcdo" Kasi daw, ang kabayaran nun e yung oras nung babae, kasi daw bayad yun nung nakuhang kaligayan nung lalaki sa date na yun, bayad yun ng paghaplos sa ego ni lalaki na meron siyang date nung araw na yun, at ultimately, babayaran din ng babae yun sa pamamagitan ng pagsagot nito sa lalaki sa bandang huli.
Kumbaga taena sir, nawalang saysay lahat nung hinagpis ni Gandhi dahil jan sa hugot niyo.
Kumbaga ang saya saya talaga nung klase na yun kasi ga-encyclopedia ba naman yung kapal nung libro namin, tas ganun lang yung topic, kami naman tong si udyok at si tanong para humaba ang usapang lablayp. Galawang early recess. Kawawa talaga si Gandhi.
But you get the point, Hindi lang ako sanay ng hihingan ng utang na loob. Kaya minsan badtrip ako kapag may hingi ng hingi ng pabor. Hindi rin naman kasi ako yung tipo ng taong naniningil ng sobra. Ironic no. Parang tuleg yung logic ko.
I think at the back of my mind, I was preparing myself. You won't get too far in this life without the help of the people around you. Nobody became successful just on his own. Everybody needs help, you just have to be comfortable in the fact that you will have to eventually return the favor.
Gusto ko kung ano meron ako, kaya kong sabihin na kagagawan ko yun. Maybe it's my desire to be independent all my life. Maybe because I wanted to prove to myself that I can make things happen without having to depend on someone. Having this kind of mentality helped me through adolescence, and could've helped a lot of young adults too if they let it.
See, if you're young and made... let's say a mistake. And you have to let your parents take care of that mistake because, you don't really have a choice. Because again, you're young. How can you live with that? You see, I guess depende talaga sa kapal ng mukha yan e. Siguro eto talaga yung pinupunto ng gulagulanit kong post. Kasi gumawa ka ng problema, tapos hahayaan mong iba yung magdusa at gumawa ng paraan para malutas yung problemang IKAW ang gumawa. Bukod sa pagiging tanga, sa anong aspeto ka pa naging pabigat sa mga tao sa paligid mo?
Lalo pa kung isa kang kagalang galang na palamunin. Yung walang kahit katiting na pangarap ba, yung wala na talagang drive para umasenso. Kahit man lang sana ikaw na yung maghugas ng plato, o kaya linisin mo man lang yung microwave. Kahit once a week lang talaga.
Never be a burden. Don't become a liability. If you decide to do something shitty, and stupid, please make sure you'll take full responsibility of it. Independence begins when blaming everyone is no longer an option. I know it's easier to just point fingers and absolve yourself from the shit you got yourself into, but believe me it feels so much better when you get out of it without anybody's help. Mainly because you don't have to share the glory. It's all you. You don't owe anyone but yourself.
Sa bandang huli, pag wala ka na sa puder ng mga magulang mo't alam mo sa sarili mong matanda ka na talaga. Mas kampante ka, na kahit san ka ilagay, makakayanan mo. Kahit magkaleche-leche yung mga desisyon mo sa buhay, atlis alam mong ikaw ang gumawa nun sa sarili mo at hindi ibang tao.
Masarap parin mabuhay ng alam mong madaming tao sa paligid mong handang tumulong sayo. Hindi mapapantayan yung pakiramdam na alam mong may malalapitan ka kapag isa nalang yung yosi mo. O kaya yung may uutusan kang kumuha ng tubig. Maliit na bagay. Tropa, pamilya, kahit kakilala... tulong tulong naman talaga ang sikreto para mapagaan ang buhay. Pero siguraduhin mo lang din na handa kang tumanaw ng utang na loob lintik ka. Wag kang selpish.
Umasenso ka, maghirap ka, manalo o matalo, tuloy ka parin. Para kang ipis. Hindi dahil brown ka't mejo mabaho, Ipis ka dahil surbaybor ka.
Every year I set a goal for myself, and August 15 has always been the due date. By August 15 I should have this amount of money on my savings account, by August 15 I should have found a stable job. Last year, 2016, I was able to fulfill my goal which is to obtain at least a year of work experience in Canada. I was also able to acclimate myself to the environment, lifestyle, the freakin' weather, well basically everything that a newbie has to adapt to in a different country.
Basically, My initiation is over. I no longer am a first timer. I no longer have the right to complain about things that I shouldn't be complaining about. I am done with drama and being the "victim" and all that shit. So yes, that was my first year and I'm grateful that I'm done with it. Achievement unlocked as they say.
So life goes on and now that I'm on my second year, New job, new friends, new bank accounts, and new experiences have taken over, which only means one thing. A new set of first-world problems.
My goal by August 15, 2017 is to buy a house. A house. A fucking house. If you truly know me, you know that buying a house is one of my ultimate dreams. That is something that I have dreamed of ever since grade school.
For the past 3 months I have been looking nonstop for several houses. It was exciting and yet it was so scary knowing that it will mean more expenses in the future. Mortgage, property tax, condo fees, inspection fees, legal fees, insurance, loans, bank drafts shit hilong- hilo na ko. 'Eto na naman si ako sa katakot takot na kakaisip kung paano makakapag ipon sa gitna ng lahat ng gastusin.
Honestly I have never thought it would be this fast. I keep on saying that I should be accomplishing something as an adult by now, but this, handling this type of situation, going through receipts, by-laws,insurance policies, bank contracts... something tells me that this is for people on their 30's or older. I should be making babies, and doing drugs and getting drunk in parties. Right? That's what 20+ year old's do now? Right? I guess I'm just fucking terrified that I'm on this stage now and there's no turning back. What will happen next is full-on grown-up shits. You know when they say "Be careful what you wish for coz you might just get it", I knew what it meant before, but now that I'm actually living it... It kinda makes me want to rethink and reevaluate the things that I already know.
Taena talaga this. Kanina nung bayaran na ng downpayment, nung kinuha na ni ateng cashier sa bangko yung kabuuan, bigla akong nahilo, nagkabuhol buhol yung small intestines ko, yung pakiramdam ng natatae ka bago mag flag ceremony sa school. Namura ko na ng lahat ng mura si ate sa isipan ko kahit hindi niya naman talaga kasalanan.
Isang taon kong ipon yun. Hindi naman mahirap magipon dito kung tutuusin, pero yung thought na andun ka na e, Pwede ka ng mag Boracay ng 30 days, me uwi ka pang souvenir... bigla nalang nilimas. 0.53. 0.53 dollars. Bumakat ng mejo sobra yung mga numbers na yan sa puso't isipan ko.
But yes,11:37am, August 15, 2017. I bought a house. I signed a contract. A contract that will determine the course of my life for 22 years. A contract that will validate if I'm truly the responsible, reasonable adult that I claim to be.
I am incredibly grateful, don't get me wrong, whether this decision is way too early to make for my age or not, I am still grateful. And thrilled, and happy. I know that for a fact. I just don't feel it yet. I'll get there. It might take a while, but I'll get there.
This whole thing. It's pretty daunting. I have always been sure about what I'm supposed to do if all else fails. I'm a firm believer of expecting the worse and hoping for the best. I consider myself as a realist with a huge dose of pessimism. I always have a plan B. But with this, all my eggs are in the basket. I can't afford to lose this fight. Having said that, I might have to break one principle that I have been holding on all my life- Independence.
I'm the type of person who will NOT ask for help as long as I can. I don't ask a lot of favors. I hate having to ask someone to do something for my benefit. Yes, I'm one of those. And I'm stubborn about it too.
Laptrip nga dati, nung ihahatid ako ng tropa ko sa bahay, tinatanong niya ng tinatanong kung saan banda yung bahay para dun niya mismo ako ibaba, ako naman tong si tanga sabi ko sa bungad nalang, pwede na sa bungad, at lalakarin ko nalang kasi hassle sa kanya kung iikot pa siya. Tapos bigla niya kong sinigawan amp, tipong galit na galit siya kasi bat nagiinarte pa daw ako, ihahatid na nga. Tawang tawa nalang talaga ako pag naaalala ko yung yamot na yamot siya. Pakipot pa kasi si ako. Pero yun na nga e, Hindi naman kasi ako pakipot talaga. Ang akin lang ay kaya ko, at gusto ko rin naman talaga maglakad! Pero sino bang niloko ko.
Pero narealize ko din sa isang banda, kaya siguro siya galit na galit, kasi siya yung tipo ng taong palautos. Siya yung laging pag maykailangan, kelangan me special participation ng iba. Kaya siguro nairita siya kasi hindi siya sanay sa ganung sistema.
Hindi ko alam kung san ko nadevelop yung ugaling yun exactly, (taena ang conyo ko dito) pero I feel like (haha tigilan na to badtrip) nanggaling yun sa takot ko na laging may kapalit ang pabor.
Isang bagay na malinaw sakin mula pa noon hanggang ngayon, ay lahat ay may kapalit.
It's not necessarily a bad thing. I don't think so. It could pretty much be a coincidence as well that somewhere along the way, one will have to ask the other person for a favor too.
If a person does something good for you, the person automatically thinks you owe him one. This idea is not something new, and I'm absolutely not the first person who thought of it. It's an obvious fact! Laging may kapalit guys. Haha aminin man natin sa sarili natin o hindi. There's no such thing as an absolute selflessness. Is selflessness even a word. I don't know and I don't care as long as I win this argument...against myself. Konti nalang kakausapin ko na sarili ko.
Naalala ko yung prof ko sa History, eto yung mga kwentuhan ng titser na wala naman talagang kinalaman kay Mahatma Gandhi pero na share niya lang. Sabi niya sa malandi naming kaklase, "Hindi ka naman talaga nalibre sa date niyo ng boyfriend mo e" "Hindi naman libre yung popcorn mo sa sine, o yung Mcflurry mo sa Mcdo" Kasi daw, ang kabayaran nun e yung oras nung babae, kasi daw bayad yun nung nakuhang kaligayan nung lalaki sa date na yun, bayad yun ng paghaplos sa ego ni lalaki na meron siyang date nung araw na yun, at ultimately, babayaran din ng babae yun sa pamamagitan ng pagsagot nito sa lalaki sa bandang huli.
Kumbaga taena sir, nawalang saysay lahat nung hinagpis ni Gandhi dahil jan sa hugot niyo.
Kumbaga ang saya saya talaga nung klase na yun kasi ga-encyclopedia ba naman yung kapal nung libro namin, tas ganun lang yung topic, kami naman tong si udyok at si tanong para humaba ang usapang lablayp. Galawang early recess. Kawawa talaga si Gandhi.
But you get the point, Hindi lang ako sanay ng hihingan ng utang na loob. Kaya minsan badtrip ako kapag may hingi ng hingi ng pabor. Hindi rin naman kasi ako yung tipo ng taong naniningil ng sobra. Ironic no. Parang tuleg yung logic ko.
I think at the back of my mind, I was preparing myself. You won't get too far in this life without the help of the people around you. Nobody became successful just on his own. Everybody needs help, you just have to be comfortable in the fact that you will have to eventually return the favor.
Gusto ko kung ano meron ako, kaya kong sabihin na kagagawan ko yun. Maybe it's my desire to be independent all my life. Maybe because I wanted to prove to myself that I can make things happen without having to depend on someone. Having this kind of mentality helped me through adolescence, and could've helped a lot of young adults too if they let it.
See, if you're young and made... let's say a mistake. And you have to let your parents take care of that mistake because, you don't really have a choice. Because again, you're young. How can you live with that? You see, I guess depende talaga sa kapal ng mukha yan e. Siguro eto talaga yung pinupunto ng gulagulanit kong post. Kasi gumawa ka ng problema, tapos hahayaan mong iba yung magdusa at gumawa ng paraan para malutas yung problemang IKAW ang gumawa. Bukod sa pagiging tanga, sa anong aspeto ka pa naging pabigat sa mga tao sa paligid mo?
Lalo pa kung isa kang kagalang galang na palamunin. Yung walang kahit katiting na pangarap ba, yung wala na talagang drive para umasenso. Kahit man lang sana ikaw na yung maghugas ng plato, o kaya linisin mo man lang yung microwave. Kahit once a week lang talaga.
Never be a burden. Don't become a liability. If you decide to do something shitty, and stupid, please make sure you'll take full responsibility of it. Independence begins when blaming everyone is no longer an option. I know it's easier to just point fingers and absolve yourself from the shit you got yourself into, but believe me it feels so much better when you get out of it without anybody's help. Mainly because you don't have to share the glory. It's all you. You don't owe anyone but yourself.
Sa bandang huli, pag wala ka na sa puder ng mga magulang mo't alam mo sa sarili mong matanda ka na talaga. Mas kampante ka, na kahit san ka ilagay, makakayanan mo. Kahit magkaleche-leche yung mga desisyon mo sa buhay, atlis alam mong ikaw ang gumawa nun sa sarili mo at hindi ibang tao.
Masarap parin mabuhay ng alam mong madaming tao sa paligid mong handang tumulong sayo. Hindi mapapantayan yung pakiramdam na alam mong may malalapitan ka kapag isa nalang yung yosi mo. O kaya yung may uutusan kang kumuha ng tubig. Maliit na bagay. Tropa, pamilya, kahit kakilala... tulong tulong naman talaga ang sikreto para mapagaan ang buhay. Pero siguraduhin mo lang din na handa kang tumanaw ng utang na loob lintik ka. Wag kang selpish.
Umasenso ka, maghirap ka, manalo o matalo, tuloy ka parin. Para kang ipis. Hindi dahil brown ka't mejo mabaho, Ipis ka dahil surbaybor ka.
Tuesday, August 08, 2017
Rugby Friends are the Best Friends
"Baka naman bukas makalawa, matutunan ko narin mahalin tong bansang umampon sakin. Baka bukas makalawa maniwala narin ako sa sabi-sabing mas maganda ang buhay dito.
Sana nga. Sana nagdadrama lang ako. Sana epekto padin to ng Homesickness. Isang taong homesickness. Sana bukas makalawa."
Eto na ata yung bukas makalawa. Mukhang "pangalawang taon" pala yung tinutukoy ko. Two years ago mula nung nag-eemo ako dun sa NAIA hawak hawak yung passport ko pa-Canada. Aug 15, 2015. Grabi man, akala ko talaga tapos nang maliligayang araw ko.
One year ago, sinulat ko yang "post" sa taas. Bilang pag gunita sa Anniversary ng pagpunta namin dito. Halatang halatang ang dami kong hinaing jan, kumbaga inupakan talaga ko ng homesickness. Naalala ko yung hindi matatapos ang araw ng hindi ako nag bubukas ng panibagong tab para mag hanap ng murang ticket pauwe. Walang ibang app sa phone ko kundi Cheap flights, Flight Centre, Expedia at Clash of Kings.
Pero ayun. Magdadalawang taon na ko dito! Napakabilis pambihira talaga. Matagal tagal na din akong di nakakapag sulat dito. Siguro dahil sumobra naman talaga yung pagka busy ko sa trabaho. Ikaw ba naman kumuha ng dalawang trabaho ewan ko nalang kung may oras ka pang magpa bibo sa blogspot. Kung may oras man akong sobra, ay itutulog ko nalang o kaya magaayus ng mga resibo, o mag gugupit ng kuko sa paa.
Ganun kaboring ang buhay ko simula nung napagdesisyunan kong kumuha ng part-time job. Sobrang pagod din yung tipong napapaisip nalang ako kung bat ko ginagawa sa sarili ko to. Kumbaga ano bang pinaglalaban ko't kelangan ko ng dalawang payslips.
Tandang tanda ko nung co-call center pa ko sa Pinas, partida night shifts pa yun, tipong kundi man araw-araw, siguro every week may gala ako. Kahit ba mga tatlong oras lang tulog ko nagagawa ko pading bumisi-bisita sa mga bahay-bahay ng mga tropa, o mga semi tropa, o sa mga extra curricular activities ng mga batang sabik. Basta lagi ako may time at energy para magcommute. Kahit sisingkwenta nalng yung pera ko masaya at masarap padin, katawan lang ang puhunan.
Yung talaga ung namimiss ko. Kung meron man akong ipagmamalaking ugali, yun e yung pagiging kaladkarin ko. Yun talaga yun e. Kaladkarin, mabait, tapos humble. hahaha badtrip din. Pero ewan ko ba, pag me nag-aya sakin dati, basta may alak may balak. Basta tipong after class, tas niyaya mo ko mag Tugegarao, basta may "dabes" na reason plus adbentyur, game ako.
Nakakmiss ng sobra yung ganong lifestyle. Pero mas nakakamiss talaga yung mga taong nakasama mo nung mga panahong ngiting tagumpay ka.
Narealize ko lang nung after ng 1st year ko sa Canada, nawalan nalang ako bigla ng connection sa mga kaibigan ko sa Pinas. Lahat sila. Kumbaga parang nawalan ako ng oras mangamusta o kahit man lang mag like like sa Facebook. Tagal nun. Gusto kong isisi sa pagiging busy ko, kasi wala naman talaga kong spare time para maglaan ng isa-dalawang oras para mag skype. Ang luma. Pero parang hindi lang kakulangan sa oras e, siguro kakulangan narin sa paguusapan, o sa kawalan ng "connection" ba. Ano ba naman kasi paguusapan! Yung mga throwback na naman? Hahaha pero laptrip din kasi pagusapan yun pag nakainom.
Tapos unti unti naring lumalawak yung mundo ko dito. Sa pagdaan ng mga araw, nakakahanap narin ako ng mga taong parehas ng "wave-length" ng kagaya ng mga nakagisnan ko sa Pinas. Yung pang-Kantong gaguhan, yung tipong sakay lang ng sakay ng walang halong pagpipigil. Tas enjoy na! Yung tipong ang sarap na pumasok sa trabaho, kasi alam mo by the end of the week may session, o kaya may pupuntahang ganap.
Kumbaga nabuhay yung diwa ko nung naramdaman kong shit, parang asa Pinas nalang din ako a! Mejo mahirap lang talaga kasi bukod sa trabaho, wala naring paghahanapan ng circle-op-prends. Kung nag sku-school sana, mas malaki yung tsansa na magkaroon ng madaming tropahan. Kagaya sa Pinas. Me college, Regular, at irregular friends, highschool, tuesday group, work friends, other work friends, friend of a friend friends, o kung sino man yung friendly sa Giligan's.
Napaka hirap magsimula ng panibagong buhay sa ibang bansa. Meron akong kaopisina, ibang lahi, tapos pitong taon na sya sa Canada, pero wala parin daw siyang circle of friends. Tapos parinig sya ng parinig na lagi daw siya magisa, tsaka yung gusto niya daw mag ganito , mag ganon, pero wala daw siya kasama kaya wag nalang. E ako naman tong si gago ang sagot ko lang lagi e, "Well you can still have some fun alone" "Why don't you ask blah blah to join you?" Iwas mandirigma ako baka ako yung yayain e. Katakot takot na excuses siguro ang ibibigay ko. Wala naman kasi kaming pag uusapan. Malalaman mo naman kung magkakasundo kayo o hindi e. Right of the bat alam mo kung hanggang acquaintance lang kayo.
Hahanap ka kasi ng taong makakausap mo. Yung makakaintindi sayo. Yung two-way street. Yung kapag kasama mo yung tao e hindi awkward pag di kayo nagsalita in 2 minutes. Yung pag may problema ka ng 2 am willing parin siyang mag winter boots para tulungan ka. O yung kapag naagrabyado ka ay willing bumak-up. Kasi nga two-way street ba.
Naalala ko yung dati kong tropa, pinapasama niya yung loob ko kasi bakit daw ako namimili ng kaibigan. Sabi niya dapat daw lahat bukas kang kaibiganin. Tapos ilang bes niya inopen up yun sa twing grupo grupo kami. Siyempre nahiya naman ako sa mga tao sa paligid namin, kasi lumalabas na iilan lang talaga sa grupo yung tinuturing kong tropa. Para kasing, tipong, anong mapapala mo ba sa pinaparatang mo sakin? Pero dahil may saltik din ako, pinaglalaban ko talaga na kelangan naman din mamili ng kakaibiganin mo. Yung iba umagree ung iba hindi. Okay lang naman yun. Okay lang talaga kasi sa bandang huli, nabalitaan ko nalang na yung mga dating "kinakaibigan" niya e tinalikuran narin siya. Minsan masarap talagang maging tama palagi once in a while, all the time always ng konti.
Main point is, People seem to underestimate the importance of having true friends. When I say people, somehow it means your own family. People will throw in the mandatory "blood is thicker than water" bullshit. But who the fuck associated friends with water? Why can't "friends" be Aunt Jemima? Elmer's glue? Rugby? Tipong "Blood is NOT thicker than Rugby"
Family is NOT everything!
Nakakahiya din kasi sa mga taong inabandona ng pamilya tapos nakahanap ng pagmamahal sa mga tropa o sa sinasabi nilang "water".
Anong karapatan mo para isantabi yung importansya ng kaibigan dahil lang pinagdildilan sayo ng mga ninuno ng ninuno ng ninuno mo na "Blood is thicker than water". Subukan mong sabihin yan sa mga ginahasa ng mga tiyuhin nila at sa mga anak na tinapon nalang sa inodoro ng Puregold. Hahaha ano ba talagang problema ko, galit na galit amp.
MAIN FUCKING POINT, Isa, dalawa, tatlo, it doesn't matter. Find a friend who will stick with you regardless of distance, time, and that one shitty flaw. Quality over quantity. Alagaan mo yung mga tropa mo. Kasi sila yung nanjan nung hindi mo kailangan ang pamilya mo. Sila yung mga taong nasandalan mo paglabas na paglabas mo ng bahay. Sila yung mga taong magpaparamdam sayo na hindi mo dapat saluhin yung problema ng mundo, lalo pa kung ang problema mo ay ang pamilya mo. Hindi sila pastime. Na kung kailan mo lang sila kailangan, saka ka lang magpaparamdam.
Hindi rin naman nangangahulugan na kung di ka nag "hi" sa messnger in a year ay FO na kayo. Minsan hindi naman talaga sukatan yung constant communication, o yung physical presence mo para masabing kaibigan mo siya, o me totoo kang concern para sakanya. Pakiramdam ko, kung sapat naman yung pundasyon at history ng pagsasama niyo, tingin ko solb na yun para ma-maintain yung friendship. Ganun talaga e.
Napakaswerte ko nalang talaga at naramdam ko lang recently na sobrang blessed ko sa mga totoong samahan. Napakaswerte ko na satisfied na ko sa kung sino sino yung mga pinili kong samahan. Wala daw poreber pero dahil pabibo ako, pipilitin kong labanan ang sistema. Kahit pa sa mga tumiwalag, sana balang araw magbalik loob ulit tayo, hanggang may Tagaytay may pagasa.
Marerealize mo nalang din minsan na iilan lang pala talaga sila. Bagong kaibigan, o yung datihan, hindi na importante kung sino yung mas matimbang, ang importante ay yung madaming kang mauutangan.
pero biro lang.
Kaya siguro bihira lang sa mga Pinoy yung suicidal. Kasi feeling close tayo sa lahat e. Tipong kumpyansa ka na magkakaroon ka ng kaibigan, basta ba swabe yung introduction mo. Tipong sa next session mo na ilabas yung totoong ugali para solid. Kasi tingin ko lang, merong mga times na may pakiramdam kang gusto mo mag suicide dahil sa susnod sunod na problema mo, pero marerealize mo nalang na nakakatamad pala mag tali ng lubid, kumbaga tawagan mo lang si pareng ganito, shot nalang kamo. Enjoy pa. Kumbaga bago natin maisipan magpatiwakal, napagtawanan na ng mga tropa yung kagaguhan mo...kasi bakit? Ang lamig lamig ng redhorse magiiyak iyak ka jan. Bukas wala na yang sakit sa puso mo kasabay ng hungover mo.
Kaya homesickness? Shit, pang mga 1 year old immigrant lang yan. Sarap sarap ng buhay e. Bukas makalawa may session. Bukas makalawa may problema na naman, bukas makalawa may session na naman. Pero sa ngayon, bukas muna ulit ng bagong tab.
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