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meet the predator
call me jenie
born on 02/20/83 after my Dad & Mom drank beer and ate balut 9 months before
lives in Singapore, but always a Pinoy at heart
works as an advertising copywriter, but hates proofreading her blog entries
loves true friends, fake DVD's, alternative music, alcohol, sarcasm, boxing, hatha yoga, and House (the TV series,not the music genre)
loathes indifference, power trippers, narcissists, giant egos and bad breath
tries to live by the quote "Postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing." by Anais Nin
calling kabayan captain planet
I was awaken by my Mom's loud and agressive voice. I knew she was talking to my Lola on her cellphone. She plans to go to Mindoro and let her stay in our Laguna house until the floods subside. But my grandmother, like most people from the province in their 60's, she remains stubborn and insists that she stays. Ugh. But my Mom was persistent and still tried to convince her that she might get sick if she stays and if she even tries to clean the house now that the floods up to the waist.
Here's my version of their early conversation:
Mother: Bahala kayo dyan pag magkasakit kayo, walang doktor dyan. Mas mahalaga pa ba yung mga lumang gamit dyan kaysa sa kalusugan nyo?!
Grandmother: Kailangan ayusin yung bahay kasi ang daming nakalutang na gamit, baka mabulok.
Mother: Pabayaan nyo na yan, kahit ilang araw lang kayong makapahinga dito. Birthday ko sa Lunes, kakain tayo sa labas.
Grandmother: Nakakatakot lumuwas sa dagat, baka malakas yung alon kasi may bagyo. Dito na lang muna ko.
Mother: Sige, basta pupunta kami dyan.
The older woman triumphed, still. And my domineering mother failed to manipulate, for the first time.
Photo taken from inq7.net
Kabayan Noli de Castro, your kabayans need you badly right now. I hope your doing everything you can to help the people of Mindoro - the majority who put you in that seat of power.
12:15 PM
Friday, December 09, 2005
