Plugging

Make or Break

At dahil gusto kong pag-tripa-an si Peh, makiki-ride on ako sa plugging mood n'ya.

Naaliw lang talaga ako sa pag-a-advertise n'ya ng Austin Realtors. Kulang na lang may tagline na ganito - Austin Realtors , your friendly neighborhood realtors. Taray! Kahit na ang location nila eh nasa Texas, ramdam mo pa rin na nand'yan lang sila. Ahihihihihi.

Well, sa mga hindi nakakaalam, si Peh ay:

• kaklase ko sa Science High School dati. Naging kagrupo ko s'ya sa paggawa ng thesis project namin (Peh, remember gibberellic acid?) at thanks to her, hindi namin naging problema ang pag-eencode ng manuscript namin dahil nakaka-libre s'ya ng computer typing sa tita n'ya. Bongga ang transformation ni Peh (na ang tunay na pangalan ay Pilipinas Cochingco!buking! hihihihi.) dahil mula sa bespectacled beauty ay in-adopt n'ya ang pagsusuot ng contact lens.
• kaibigan/kabarkada/katropa ko sa Crystal Drops. Yes! Ito ang nakakalurking pangalan ng barkadahan eklavou namin noong high school na noong malaman ko eh, inokray at tinawanan ko ng bonggang bongga to my friends' disgust. Pinagsisihan ko ang pangookray na 'yun dahil THEY made me pay for it. Isang linggo siguro nila akong hindi pinansin at hindi pinasali sa mga "barkada events". After that, I chose to behave na lang. Mahirap na!
• katunggali/kakampi ko sa sari saring "barkada events" noong high school. Mula sa Musikarera, Sari Saring Survey hanggang sa Magkano Ka Bayan (ingenious adaptation namin ito ng TV game show na Game Na Game Na, kung familiar kayo dun! ). Blockbuster sa amin ang Musikarera at malaking bagay ang manalo/matalo ka sa event na ito kaya dapat updated kami sa mga songs from 1900 to present. Mas importante pa ito kaysa sa exam namin sa Calculus! Iba pa ang labanan namin sa shato, taguan, habulan hanggang sa matuto na kaming mag-tong its at mag-pusoy dos! Hahahaha! Kumusta naman ang gambling den, Peh?
• ka-blog-an ko. Isa na rin siyang blogista - isang nilalang na nagme-maintain ng blog. Feeling ko kay Peh, kahit na puro muta pa 'yan sa umaga, unang una na n'yang haharapin ang blog n'ya eh. Ang active! Maya't maya, may post. Mula sa mga kiddie stories hanggang sa Austin Realtors! Hahahahaha! Kaya sundan n'yo ang kabanata ng buhay n'ya bilang isang full time mom, part time worrier. Antaray ng tagline! Kabog ang Surf! Ahihihihihi.

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He's Just Not That Into You

At dahil sapilitan akong pinag-leave ng 2 days last week, inaya ko na lang manood ng movie si Drake. Alam kong gusto n'yang panoorin yung The Fast & The Furious 4, pero dahil (nananadya) nacute-an ako sa movie trailer ng He's Just Not That Into You, 'yun yung binili kong ticket. Of course, matapos n'yang iparating sa akin ang pagkadismaya n'ya at ipakita ang simangot na papasa sa commercial ng Datu Puti, wala pa rin s'yang nagawa kundi samahan akong panoorin kung ano man ang nabili ko. Rereklamo pa kasi! :-)

In fairness, puro sikat ang cast ng movie. Mitz and I planned to see this together pero hindi magka-tugma sched namin. We both want to see this kase we want to "see" ourselves on the big screen. Madalas kasi kaming mag-discuss at mag-interpret ng napakaraming unconcious signs, mannerisms and actions from people.

True enough, marami akong naprove sa theory na to. The most important lesson learned/theory proven is that : If he does not call, he's just not that into you!

Well, totoo naman eh. If you already made the first move of calling him, naturally, if he's REALLY into you, he should also show his interest by calling you, too. Fact is, if he's REALLY REALLY interested in you, he should be the first one to call.

Siyempre, dahil stubborn ka, you will argue with me and will insist to me that some men are just "torpe". Trust me, my dear. Even the dumbest men, when it comes to things they REALLY want, can turn to a genius overnight (or, even sooner than that!). May ganon kaya huwag kang ma-surprise, ineng!

Anyway, the movie is just so-so. Unfortunately, masyadong mataas ang expectation ko. Tuloy, si Drake, pagkatapos ubusin ang popcorn, tinulugan na lang ako. Kakangawit tuloy sa shoulder. Asus! May ganun oh! Hahahahaha!

:-)

Epilogue

And then, that once-upon-a-time becomes our own story to tell.

We start to build our characters and gather the support to play their parts - the heroes, the heroines and the scheming antagonists.

It seems so easy at first. We let everyone act freely, the story to run its plot naturally and develop a conflict the brothers Grimm would envy.

Meanwhile, as we see ourselves in the center of the show, somehow, fantasy finds its way to us and seriously snatches us from reality. That's when the story becomes more interesting, each scene nail-biting and the storyline peaks to a point where we can not wait turning the pages - anticipating what's next and gasping for air with every line.

The making of a bestseller you may say...

Along the way, the plot turns too complicated and unexplainably, it becomes quite difficult to extricate ourselves from the trap.

Good news is somehow, we manage to find our way out and subsequently build up another climax that betters the previous one. Ah! Human nature, as always.

And so it goes on and on emulating the ocean's ebb and tide. We keep creating plots, characters and twists after another.

But, just like any breathing organism, the story ages and sadly, has to reach its own denouement. Whoever said that everything comes to an end must be a really good storyteller.

Because that is what every one of us needs to learn - that no matter how good a story is and no matter how seemingly difficult it is, eventually, we will have to put an old story to a rest.

And, since life apparently, is designed for us not to worry about things we can not change, remember that an uncalled-for ending is a blessing in disguise for a much-deserved new beginning.