English-speaking si Wampo

My mom, overhearing my cousin talk to Wampo (brother's puppy) in Filipino, said to Ian:

"Ian, sabihin mo kay Julius, english-speaking si Wampo."

My brother, without even pausing to think, replied:

"Mabuti na yon madami syang matutunan na language habang puppy pa sya."

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My brother's puppy is going to be multi-lingual. Hihihi.

Make your own drama - 6

"Bakit kasi madaya ang tadhana?"

"Hindi mo ba naisip na alam ni Tadhana ang ginagawa nya, at ikaw lang ang hindi naka-uunawa?"

Grocery line girl - no this is not funny

Overheard at the grocery line:

"Sabi nya sa kin, baka hindi na maganda mag-nursing dahil andami ng nurse. Mag-accounting na lang daw ako. Eh bakit ako makikinig sa kanya eh wala nga syang kotse."
(He told me it may not be a good idea to take up nursing since there are already a lot of nurses. He said I should take up accounting. Why would I listen to him when he doesn't even have a car?)

This was said by a girl to a couple of her friends. I find a lot of things wrong with this statement I don't know where to start. I will muddle on though:

• I pity that poor guy who doesn't have a car. I wonder if he knows that this girl he was kind enough to give advice to (I don't know if this was solicited or not, but still, right?) has made a value judgment (what does this mean?) based on the fact that he does not have a car.
• Isn't it a tragedy that good advice is taken based on whether a person has a car? Okay maybe I'm jumping to a poor generalization based on the few statements (and tone) of grocery line girl, but let's face it, in today's world, worth (in the abstract sense) does seem to be measured in terms of visible wealth.
• For that matter, is owning a car a good measure of whether advice is sound or not?
• Is owning a car a measure of a person's success? I mean, sure, owning a car is a quantifiable and tangible evidence of economic success but it certainly isn't THE measure of success. Or am I missing something again?
• I mean I consider myself successful -- I have a career I enjoy. I earn. I have free time. I have spending money. Granted I don't have a car of my own (when I do drive, I drive my parents' car okay), I don't have a house. But I feel pretty successful. Unfortunately, by grocery line girl's standard, I'm probably not someone you should take advice from.
• Consider this, a guy who drives a car bought by his parents, barely graduated from college, if at all and has no job -- what would he be? Good enough for advice, grocery line girl?

Maybe, I'm taking this out of context but it's kinda hard.

Anyway, I've always wanted to use this line though I've forgotten where I got it from:

"It's a tragic commentary on our times."

Grocery line girl, I wish you the best of luck.

Honesty

"It's not that he's torpe, dear. You're just not his type."

Ow.

Trimming

Well, after the disappointments of the past week, I've been getting rid of drama (except my own, of course) and the people they are associated with.

So, if I'm not talking to you...alam na!

Pag walang drama, walang masulat.

Yun lang.

Haiku 6 (in Filipino)

nagpapa-miss na
di mo din naman pansin
bakit ganyan ka

Not happy with Santa

Ayan! Kanta kasi ng kanta ng "All I want for Christmas is You"

Wala tuloy napala. Kaunting gifts lang, wala pang you.

Weh.

Scene 31 (heroine's rant) - In Filipino

"Ang hirap kasi sa 'yo nagpupumilit ka pang mahalin ang ayaw sa 'yo. Hindi mo maintindihan na minsan ang pag-ibig kahit ibigay mo na ang lahat, wala kang makukuha. Hindi ka pa din n'ya mamahalin. Iiwan ka din n'ya. Yuyurakan. Suwerte mo na kung iiwan nyang buo ang pagkatao mo. Tapos ngayon iniisip mo na matutulungan kita? Na tutulungan kita? Huli ka na. Wala na 'kong mabibigay sa 'yo. Dahil bago mo pa sya minahal, nandito na ako. Minamahal ka. Binibigay ang lahat sa iyo. Pero tanggap ka lang ng tanggap habang binubuhos mo ang sarili mo sa kanya. Binalewala mo ang lahat ng paghihirap ko. Hindi mo nakita ang inaalay ko sa 'yo. Tapos ngayon babalik ka at umaasang balik tayo sa dati? Hindi na. Dahil pinaghirapan kong buuin muli ang buhay ko pagkatapos mo akong iwan. Kahit kulang. Kahit pirapiraso. Wala na akong mabibigay dahil ang buhay ko at puso ko, nasa iyo na. Nasa iyo pa rin."