friend texted me...
i called her in return...
<blah-blah-blah,
blah-blah-blah,
blah-blah-blah>
she seems to have forgotten something she used to know very well...
me: 'you've forgotten?'
friend: '[because] i haven't seen you in a long time! i'll be back in december... you just wait!'
me: 'wahaha... sounds like a threat! as if i did something wrong...'
friend softens tone: 'okay... december... i'll be back...'
ok... merry christmas... ; )
what are you talking about?
drove by a condominium building...
me: '<toot> has a unit there...'
cousin: 'studio?'
me: 'either one- or two-bedroom...'
cousin: 'units now are so small... imagine, our living room's bigger!'
me: 'yeah... but <aunt's> is big... if you look at the floor plan posted near the elevator, it's so much bigger than the other units...'
cousin: 'yes... some units now though the living room's so dark... you have to open the bedroom door to let natural light in...'
me: 'designed for air-con?'
cousin: 'it's not that... there are no windows in the living room... just like <aunt's>...'
me: '<aunt's> has windows!'
cousin: 'in the bedrooms... none in the living room...'
me: 'she has windows in the living room! behind the sofa... that's all windows!'
cousin: 'the one in pasay?!'
me: 'haha... no... the one in [quezon city]...'
toinks!!! ;"p
me: '<toot> has a unit there...'
cousin: 'studio?'
me: 'either one- or two-bedroom...'
cousin: 'units now are so small... imagine, our living room's bigger!'
me: 'yeah... but <aunt's> is big... if you look at the floor plan posted near the elevator, it's so much bigger than the other units...'
cousin: 'yes... some units now though the living room's so dark... you have to open the bedroom door to let natural light in...'
me: 'designed for air-con?'
cousin: 'it's not that... there are no windows in the living room... just like <aunt's>...'
me: '<aunt's> has windows!'
cousin: 'in the bedrooms... none in the living room...'
me: 'she has windows in the living room! behind the sofa... that's all windows!'
cousin: 'the one in pasay?!'
me: 'haha... no... the one in [quezon city]...'
toinks!!! ;"p
upgrade
on queue at the bank. next teller asked customers to transfer to her counter. guard approached me and told me i could move to the next lane.
me: 'aw, thanks. but i'm already third here; i'll be fourth there. i'd rather stay put.'
when you change, you change for the better.
me: 'aw, thanks. but i'm already third here; i'll be fourth there. i'd rather stay put.'
when you change, you change for the better.
good seed
scavenger knocked at the gate. he was asking for 'kalakal' [stuff he could sell at the junk shop].
me: 'aw... i've given mine away... but i have pizza... wait...'
so i cut my pizza in half (it's a big slice, the size of a dinner plate.), not quite evenly though so i brought the plate to him and asked him to choose which side he wants.
he picked the bigger size.
ok.
then i started eating mine. i wanted him to see i was not just giving him leftovers but was actually sharing my meal with him. was i surprised though when he put his pizza inside a plastic bag.
me: 'aw... eat it now! i just warmed that.'
scavenger: 'i'm going to bring it home...'
me: 'but it's best eaten now... it might spoil if you enclose it in plastic...'
scavenger: 'i'll open the plastic... i'm going to share it with my sibling...'
aww... so young and so thoughtful!
me: 'how old is your sibling?'
scavenger: 'one...'
me: 'one?! just eat the pizza... i'll just give him a toy...'
so i went upstairs and got a mini-van (hehe... yup... i have such toys at my place...)...
me: 'here, give this to your sibling then just eat the pizza yourself... while it's still warm...'
scavenger: 'no... i'll bring the pizza home, too...'
aaarrggghhh... so young and so selfless!
some adults could learn a lesson from this boy...
me: 'aw... i've given mine away... but i have pizza... wait...'
so i cut my pizza in half (it's a big slice, the size of a dinner plate.), not quite evenly though so i brought the plate to him and asked him to choose which side he wants.
he picked the bigger size.
ok.
then i started eating mine. i wanted him to see i was not just giving him leftovers but was actually sharing my meal with him. was i surprised though when he put his pizza inside a plastic bag.
me: 'aw... eat it now! i just warmed that.'
scavenger: 'i'm going to bring it home...'
me: 'but it's best eaten now... it might spoil if you enclose it in plastic...'
scavenger: 'i'll open the plastic... i'm going to share it with my sibling...'
aww... so young and so thoughtful!
me: 'how old is your sibling?'
scavenger: 'one...'
me: 'one?! just eat the pizza... i'll just give him a toy...'
so i went upstairs and got a mini-van (hehe... yup... i have such toys at my place...)...
me: 'here, give this to your sibling then just eat the pizza yourself... while it's still warm...'
scavenger: 'no... i'll bring the pizza home, too...'
aaarrggghhh... so young and so selfless!
some adults could learn a lesson from this boy...
public and private
so someone texted my mom saying she showed her friend a pic of our pool in the province (it's just a simple rectangular pool) and the friend then wanted to take a dip and she told the friend she'd ask my mom.
my mom who has a hard time saying no to anyone said yes.
my dad went along with it but asked, 'why did she have to show others a pic of our pool?'
haha... true... that's private property... there's a public pool there that people flock to supposedly because of its miraculous / healing properties... why not tell the friend about that one?
this is the same person who offered my credit card for use by her friends, two of whom i don't even know! and one, just days after i told her not to do something like that again!
she said it's so i could have points.
oh, wow! thank you very much but i don't intend to take such risks for points.
she said it's her former boss and he's going to buy a watch.
okay, what does my credit card have to do with her former boss's purchase???
she said she's going to guarantee it.
guarantee, my foot! a cousin herself told me that she has a collectible from this person that has remained unpaid for years! this person is not qualified to act as guarantor at all!
anyway, only her first friend's purchase was charged to my card. no, they do not have my card number. i accompanied them to the store to swipe my card. the latter two did not materialize.
now it's my sister she's texting to ride on her card. my sister has been warned and has been declining her, nicely but firmly.
me, i'm just firm... ; p
my mom who has a hard time saying no to anyone said yes.
my dad went along with it but asked, 'why did she have to show others a pic of our pool?'
haha... true... that's private property... there's a public pool there that people flock to supposedly because of its miraculous / healing properties... why not tell the friend about that one?
this is the same person who offered my credit card for use by her friends, two of whom i don't even know! and one, just days after i told her not to do something like that again!
she said it's so i could have points.
oh, wow! thank you very much but i don't intend to take such risks for points.
she said it's her former boss and he's going to buy a watch.
okay, what does my credit card have to do with her former boss's purchase???
she said she's going to guarantee it.
guarantee, my foot! a cousin herself told me that she has a collectible from this person that has remained unpaid for years! this person is not qualified to act as guarantor at all!
anyway, only her first friend's purchase was charged to my card. no, they do not have my card number. i accompanied them to the store to swipe my card. the latter two did not materialize.
now it's my sister she's texting to ride on her card. my sister has been warned and has been declining her, nicely but firmly.
me, i'm just firm... ; p
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