Top: GIORDANO TEE; Shorts: SM WOMAN; Slippers: BIRKENSTOCK; Sunglasses: RAYBAN
Kilala niyo sino yan?
Si Alvin.
Si Alvin Sombrero ang taong Best in Change Topic.
He does that everytime nag-eemote ako. Yung seryosong emote ha.
For example,
ME: Hindi ko sure bakit ako nagpapalpitate ng sobra. Wala siguro kasi kumakausap sa akin sa bahay ng maayos. Ang hirap din ng ganitong sakit noh. Nakakapagod. Nakakasira din ng ulo minsan.
ALVIN: Yung bahay nga pala, Babe, kailangan ko ilipat yung heater.
ME: Nag-eemote talaga ako eh.
ALVIN: Ay sorry sorry.
Eto pa,
ME: Ang gastos ko ngayong pasko. Ubos na ubos. Sabay sabay kasi eh. Wala man lang ako nabili para sa sarili ko halos ubos na pera ko. Sana mabenta na yung bahay. Nakakastress din.
ALVIN: Nasan kaya yun susi?
ME: Nakakainis ka na talaga ha. May sinasabi ako, hindi ka naman nakikinig.
ALVIN: Nakikinig ako noh.
ME: La ka kwenta kausap.
ALVIN: Nakikinig ako. Wala ka kamo binili sa sarili mo. Ano yang nasa braso mo?! (pointing to my new watch)
Ummmm yeah, about this thing.. yeah.. It’s just one thing! Heller.
Eto na kahapon, hindi mo naman masabi na sad talaga ako pero I feel something close to that after my birthday. Everyone knows I’m an occasion person. I like making things special for my loved ones during their special days. For me kasi, your birthday is the only day in a year that shouldn’t be mediocre. If I’m like that to others, imagine ang expectations ko pagbirthday ko? I am an entitled b*tch during my birthday. I won’t apologize for it because that’s the way it has been since as long as I can remember.
I went to work last Tuesday. Rule of the thumb if you are a corporate slave, do not go to work on your birthday. It’s a given you will be on leave on your natal day. Kaso lang, like in most years, my birthday fell on the first day back at work this year. Mapamahiin ako. I do not take a leave on the first day of work of a new year. So pumasok ako. It was a normal day apart from the fancy dinner Alvin and Anika took me to. It was okay because I was thinking, the real celebration of my birthday will be this weekend when we go to the beach. I have been looking forward to this beach trip since December.
It was what pushed my while boxing all our things at home.
It was what pushed me when I was lifting and pushing all those heavy balikbayan boxes in our new house.
It was what pushed me while unpacking everything at home.
It was what pushed me while I was cramming for the house blessing and New Year’s Eve meal.
I kept on telling myself, “Sige Nana, konting tiis na lang. Next week makakapagrelax ka na sa beach. Pwede ka na rumampa ulit ng mga bathing suits mo na hindi naman nababasa ng tubig dagat.”
Eh hindi na kami tutuloy.
Bad trip di ba?
ME (to Alvin): Babe masama loob ko na hindi tayo tutuloy sa beach sa weekend. Hindi ko naman makuhang tumuloy kasi anong klaseng message na lang ang mapaparating natin kay Anika if magbeach pa tayo after ko magsermon kahapon. Parang bale wala tuloy yung birthday ko. Walang nangyari na alis. Nakakapanibago.
ALVIN: Uy, feeling ko uuwi dito sina Kuya.
ME: Pwede magconcentrate muna tayo at tapusin yung feelings ko?!
Ganyan.
Best in Change Topic award goes to him talaga.