Sacrifices

You know how the world is so messed up these days, that very rarely does anyone bring forth positivity or the faintest hint of appreciation for the all the hope around us?

Last night, I caught on a friend on Facebook and since I was already bothering people then, I said hi. He's genuinely the smartest person in the world that I know personally and I was happy to hear news about his summer teaching stint while on vacation from medical school.

I haven't seen my UP brother in at least two years, but any contact with him always proves memorable. (You know who this is by now.)

Especially because he said this to me last night:

Sometimes you have to sacrifice what you want for something greater.

This is why I think he will be one of the greatest minds in history.

Honestly

Yung totoo, mukha na ba akong tinutubuan ng pera sa ilong?

Matingkad bang Lacoste ang mga damit ko at Balenciaga ang dala kong bag? Wtf, di pa nga ako nakakakita ng Balenciaga sa totoong buhay.

Mukha bang pinapacheck ko ang skin ko sa dermatologist? Girl, Pond's lang yan.

Sa tingin mo ba magTatagalog ako kung hindi ako seryoso? I meant it when I said this before, and I mean this even more now.

Just because I'm single doesn't mean I spend all my money on gadgets and fancy clothes. Well, I don't have a PSP even when I can. I have responsibilities and a lot of it involves a future that I can't even assure that I can get to. So don't come to me for money like I'm your ATM card. Do you even care that you haven't paid me a single peso for the loan that I so gladly granted you months ago?

You're nice and smart. I'm sure you have fifty more friends to ask help from. You should know better than to ask me, especially when you still owe me roughly the same amount of money that you're asking for now. I understand your situation though, and I won't question your reasons and the crisis you are facing at present.

Do it with style. I mean, don't pester me every two weeks as if I'm obligated to help you. Like I told you yesterday, if I can, I really would. I won't even ask you to pay me. But I have my thing, like you have yours. Maraming paraan, di madaling hanapin pero may iba pa bukod sa akin.


Don't worry, I'll get something for the kid as soon as I can manage my M&S shirts, Balenciaga bags and my stupid Blackberry. Somebody stop me. :P

Unharmed, for now.

I almost hit a car today.

I was cautious and learning; I was on hazard and carefully inching my way to make a U-turn when the Honda cut right in front of me! That was just plain rude. You never cut in front of a student driver that close. Never. Do you know that the time it takes for me to step on the brake would naturally be longer than the time it would take for me to utter something profane?! We could find ourselves looking at each other in the emergency room before I could even finish swearing.

Common courtesy is not so common these days. And I'm not talking about driving. I'm new at this - switching gears, making choices, hitting gutters - you know, life. Stop cutting in front of me because I know what I'm doing but you have to let me do it. If I crash into you, we both get hurt but you'll blame me anyway.

Justice!

A crime took place at the NBI District Office.

My name was murdered.

My name was an innocent string of letters entered into the computer to obtain clearance of any criminal charges. I even gave the guy five pesos for the service of calling out my name to a waiting crowd.

And then it happened: ANA TERESE OPELIYAS!