Just Blogging

Well, it is raining. I still have some Korean DVDs but I feel like I want to write. I want to write and keep on writing but what to write is a  big question. There’s too much to write about that I can’t seem to start on anything.

So, for a start, how about this?

Some readers may be able to relate to this and it is an accepted fact that even if a writer is one of the best writers in the world, there comes a time when words are just to elusive. All he/she can do is stare on the monitor or at the paper while holding a writing pen. As I am not a professional writer, just someone who finds some time to blog once in a while, such elusiveness happens.

Anyway, if you are a blogger or a writer and you want to collaborate with me on certain projects of mine (of which we can discuss later), feel free to leave a comment. We might be able to agree on something that will be beneficial to both of us.

At Night

I’ve been living in the city for more than a decade now. Although I love the quietness in the province, I prefer the fast life in the city.  After a long day of wrenching with sentence construction, fields, forms and codes, I needed a fresh air. Well, not really as fresh as the air in the countryside.

As I was lying on the swing located at the roof of our house, I noticed that, aside from the moon that shines brightly, there is only one visible star tonight. But, they’re just too far away from each other that my camera lens can’t even capture them both. Hm, should I wish for a better camera?

But it’s not the camera that bothers me. If the moon and the star could only speak, would they wish to be closer and keep each other’s company through the night as they look down on the city lights? Or are they happy that they each have their own space on the vast sky, contented, far away from one another?

I wonder how they really feel. Don’t you?

Or do they feel anything at all?

Soft Drink

Cola soft drink

I went out early to buy materials for a home project. Under the hot sun and with too many people trying to go past each other, I got tired walking and asking for prices. I decided to rest for awhile inside a very popular fast food chain and ordered a value meal.

Based on the menu, the value meal has a soft drink included. The person who had taken my order asked, “Maam, may kasama po bang soft drinks?”.

So I answered, “Wala bang kasamang soft drinks ang value meal na iyan?”

She answered.”Meron po.”

I smiled.

Then, her next question was, “Maam, ano pong drinks ang gusto niyo?”

I checked for what is available and since I don’t usually want ice on my drinks,  I answered, “Coke. Regular. Pwede iyong walang ice?”

She replied, “Coke regular. Walang ice po maam.”

Then, she processed my order.

Oops, she punched an additional order, the soft drink. “Ay, mali”, she muttered.  The supervisor was called to void the transaction.

She processed it again.

When she filled up my cup of soft drink, she transferred the content of a previously half-filled, uncovered cup into the cup she served for me. Since my cup was not yet full, she filled it up from the dispenser. So, I asked her, “Miss, saan galing iyang softdrink?”

She replied, “Maam, sa kabilang baso po.”

So I asked her again, “Dapat bang doon manggaling ang iserve mo para sa akin?”

She replied back, “Kasi po maam, wala pong ice ang order niyo.”

So I asked her again, “Anong connection ng pagkuha mo sa kabilang baso so walang ice?”

She answered, “Kasi po maam, may ice na po iyong mga nasa baba.”

Though I did not understand the phrase “mga nasa baba” I told her, “Miss, pakipalitan na lang iyan.”

She answered again, “Maam, may ice na po kasi iyong ibang mga baso.”

Already irritated. I checked the dispenser. “Miss, wala na bang ibang cup na walang ice? Hindi ba pwedeng tanggalin iyong ice bago mo lagyan?”

She answered again, “Maam, papalitan ko po ba?”

With finality, I told her, “Pakipalitan miss, ayaw ko nyan.”

That was the only time she replaced the contents of the cup.

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I am not choosy with food. In fact, I do eat in carinderias and on the sidewalks. But since I decided to eat in that very popular fast food chain, I just want to be served right.

Half-filled and uncovered for indefinite period of time with the ice already melted, given other options, who wants that soft drink?

About Money

Who among us would not think of money in a single day? Maybe a child whose thoughts would be how can he play all day or watch his favorite cartoons.  Overall, majority of our lives revolve around money, how to have or earn enough money to pay bills and how to earn more money to finally enjoy some luxuries.

I received this as an MS Powerpoint presentation and I think it is worth sharing with everybody. It is all about money

About Money

With money, you can buy a house, but not a home
With money, you can buy a clock, but not time
With money, you can buy a bed, but not sleep
With money, you can buy a book, but not knowledge
With money, you can see a doctor, but not good health
With money, you can buy a position, but not respect
With money, you can buy blood, but not life
With money, you can buy sex but, not love

It is said to be sent by Anthony De Croud, an African missionary, to people in need of luck.

There are more things that money can’t buy.

I hope it was a good read for everyone. Good luck.

When Do You Say It’s Over

In a movie, you’ll know that it is over when the credits roll on the screen. In life, when do you say that the chance presented to you is finally over, gone and will never come back the second time around?

Everyday, chances and opportunities come up. There are chances we choose to ignore but there are chances that, no matter how risky they are, we continue to pursue anticipating failure yet hoping failure won’t come. What force can drive you to continue holding on to that chance?

When the signs of failure start to show, would you easily accept the fact that it is over? Or, would you still try to work it out, hoping it will be a success and worth the risks you’ve taken?

Contradictions? Questions?

Where are the answers?

Real life feelings, I guess.