Me: Thank you for calling Dish Network, the leader in HD and DVR services. My name’s Nathan. Can I have your first and last name please?
Customer: I’m John F. Kennedy and I’m famous.
Me: I see. But can I have your real name?
Customer: My name is yesterday and I wasn’t born yesterday. Got it?
Me: Yes. However, can I have the name on the account?
Customer: The name on the account is mine. Why do you keep on asking about it? You don’t want to help me? I’m famous here in the United States.
Me while on mute: Gagong to ah.
Customer: Are you there?
Me while on mute: Taena bahala ka dyan magsalita.
Customer: Hello? Are you there?
After ten minutes…
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Customer hung up. Hindi rin tumagal. Bwahahahaha!
Noon, hindi pa ko naniniwala na napaka walang kwenta kong ex boyfriend. Pero napatunayan ko lang na totoo nga yun dahil sa mga sunod sunod na encounters ko with my ex girlfriends. Heto ilan sa mga samples.
Her office is just two minutes away from mine…
Ex girlfriend #1: Favor naman. Fetch me dito sa office.
Me: I can’t. Kaka-out ko lang from a 12 hour shift.
Ex girlfriend #1: Leche ka talaga! Minsan lang eh.
I saw her recent picture and commented tactlessly…
Me: Bakit ang taba mo yata ngayon?
Ex girlfriend #2: Yeah, I gained nga.
Me: Tsaka hinde ka na masyadong maganda.
Me: Hindi tulad nung nasa akin ka, ang ganda mo.
Ex girlfriend #2: Gago! Sabay tawa.
Me: Hindi ka hiyang sa boyfriend mo.
Ex girlfriend #2: Gago ka talaga!
It was her birthday last January…
Ex girlfriend #3: Wala ka bang naaalala?
Me: Hmmm tungkol saan ba?
Ex girlfriend #3: Last week, birthday ko kaya.
Me: Hala oo nga no. Happy birthday.
Ex girlfriend #3: Kung hindi ko pa pinaalala.
Me: Sorry, nawala lang sa isip ko.
She paid me a surprise visit, with her friend…
Ex girlfriend #4: Hey, bakit iba na yung tsinelas mo?
Me: Huh? Eto naman yung pinangtutulog ko dati pa.
Ex girlfriend #4: Yung binigay ko sayo tange.
Me: Ahhh nawala ko na yun eh.
Bago nyo pa isipin na ang dami kong ex girlfriends, tama na muna yan. Alam naman nila na gago at tarantado ako eh. At inaamin naman nila na isa yung sa mga dahilan kung bakit nila ako minahal. Yan ang matinding banat! Bwahaha!
Every time I listen to “The Girl” by City and Colour, I think about the girl that will come into my life one day. The girl that deserves the world not because she demands it, but because she has earned it. A girl that makes sacrifices rather than excuses. A girl that can makes my heart beats fast.
“While I’m off chasing my own dreams, sailing around the world
Please know that I’m yours to keep, my beautiful girl”
A girl that is worth coming home to. A girl that will surely support me and my weirdness. A girl that will accept me. A girl that’s worth writing about.
“But you don’t ask for no diamond rings, no delicate string of pearls
That’s why I wrote this song to sing, my beautiful girl”
She thinks not of lavishness, for it is not what brings true love. I am ready, willing and able to give it all to her. A love worth more than diamonds do, love heavier than gold. A love that is only meant for me and her.
I would listen to this song while driving, knowing that the girl may be standing or right before the next car at the next stop. I would listen to it as I walk the streets at night, looking at stars, walking with a purpose. One day I will walk with a purpose.. to come to her and never let go.
The girl, she had many faces, but they never became THE girl in my heart. Oh how I want to sing that song to her right now. If only she could feel my heart.
I’m still waiting for you, my beautiful girl. =)
Saksakan ng daming salamat kay Joycee. Ng dahil sa tag nya sakin eh may maipopost ako ng wala sa oras. Wala ako sa wisyo ngayon. Epekto yata to ng biglaang two days off ko sa opisina, hindi ako sanay. Oo nga pala, pasensya ulit sa mga dating tags na hindi ko pa napatulan. Pana panahon lang yan eh at nagkataon na magaling syang tumayming, hehe.
Eto daw pala ang rules: Magsabi ng (10) sampung bagay-bagay tungkol sa sarili mo. (9) Siyam dun ang totoo at (1) isa ang kwentong barbero.
1. Nakadalawang schools ako nung college days ko pero same course lang naman, Architecture. Una, sa Far Eastern University (FEU). Kaso napag initan ako ng dean kasi sumali ako sa isang radical group doon na laging nakatambay sa freedom park. After two years, nagdecide akong lumipat sa University of Santo Tomas (UST) kaso syempre back to zero kaya huwag nyo ng tanungin kung anong year ako talagang grumaduate.
2. Minsan pakiramdam ko eh napakawalang kwenta kong ama. Nakakalimutan ko palagi birthday ng anak ko at dahil sa trabaho ko ngayon, madalang na kung mapuntahan ko sya. Naramdaman ko lalo yun nung minsang nagkausap kami. Sabi nya gusto nya daw ng ‘toter’ at ‘epen’. Napatanga ako kasi hindi ko sya maintndihan. Yun pala ang ibig nyang sabihin eh ‘helicopter’ at ‘airplane’. Kung hindi pa sinabi sakin ng nanay nya, hindi ko malalaman. Pero unti unti na naman akong bumabawi sa kanya. Sana lang tuloy tuloy na.
3. Wala akong sense of direction, mabilis akong maligaw. Makakalimutin din ako sa mga landmarks at kung left ba o right ang susunod na kalsada. Wala ding gamit sakin ang mga road maps. Pero mas pinipili ko pang magdrive ng magdrive hanggang kung saan ako mapunta kesa magtanong for directions.
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