na oneway

na oneway ako kanina. di nagpakita ang ka eb. and to think that i did it for him dahil ang kulit na niya. e di nga nagpakita (sumipot naman daw siya) so bumili na lang ako ng rice cooker (huh?). next!!!

pochero

"ba't di ka nagsama? this is the time to make major announcements."

the question thrown at me caught me off guard. i was with my college friends in trinoma. it had been been years since we last met and they all came with their partners. one couple even brought their baby along. I was the only single guy (gal) in the group.

"so, bat di mo ginaya si (a gay friend who brought his uber cute and sophisticated [did i say mataray?] bufra along)?"

i wanted to say the guy i wanted to introduce to them got married last month and i've never heard from him again.

"ah. wala e."

i wanted to tell them that another guy i was considering was in singapore, complaining about his wife back here in manila.

"uy, ano ito? mukhang masarap."

i wanted to tell them about this guy i want settle down with but he was too tired to come after having an early morning date with one of his security guards.

"ang sarap ng pochero ano?" i said wanting to change the topic.

"pochero anyone?"

post mortem

Dear_____,

I hated you for always making me wait 10 to 15 minutes whenever we met.

I hated you for never remembering any of my birthdays.

And i hated you even more for always being good at making excuses.

But then thank you. For the music. The yosi. The moments I wanted to smother you with love but couldn't.

You know I wouldn't have made it alive through high school if it weren't for you. Thank you for guiding me back...

The next time our paths cross, I'll break your neck.

Everlasting love,
_______


P.S. pakisabi na lang kay misis na hindi ko sinasadyang matapakan ang gown niya. inirapan kasi ako.

hindi ko rin sinasadyang maging tuliro nang binibigkas ninyong dalawa ang mga walang hanggang pangako. magaling naman talaga akong humawak ng mike. ibang klase nga lang.....

sa wakas

uuwi na ako sa martes. matapos ang dalawang taon dito sa hong kong, ngayon ay magfo-for-good na talaga akesh. 

bagong kabanata, bagong buhay, at sana nga, may bagong ako.

ang kapatid ng magnanakaw

nung una pa lamang ay binalaan na ako tungkol sa kanya, pero ngayon ko lang napagtagpi-tagpi kung paano gumalaw ang ahas.

nakakatuwa pagminsan ang mga taong nagsisinungaling sayo lalo na kung pina uunlakan mo ang kanilang mga kasinungalingan. 

nakikita mo na ang kanilang mukha sa ilalim ng maskara pero sila patuloy pa rin sa kanilang pag-arte na parang hindi mo pa natutukoy ang kwento at kung ano ang kanyang patutunguhan.

alam mo na naman kasi ang kwento dahil ilang ulit mo na rin itong nasaksihan. manghihinayang ka nga lang dahil, sa mga naunang palabas na iyong nasubaybayan, bihasa sa inggles ang mga ahas.

dito hinde.

 

a fitting end

i was on board a bus almost exactly two years ago, looking at ricefields passing me by after landing in hanoi, when i got a call and learned about the job opportunity here in hk.

with mom being sick then, i immediately took the offer even before we arrived at the hotel for that business trip.

so, i find it quite a coincidence that now, two years later, i find myself in the company of those same people on that bus, now that i'm leaving hong kong.  

if everything goes well, i'll be submitting my letter of resignation today.

the road has been long and hard but i find it fitting that i'm with those same bus people now that i'm starting a new journey, hopefully, back home.

the songer

"i can see that you like singing."

"talaga? how did you know? am i that obvious?"

"wala lang..."

"well, it depends on the size of the mike (naughty grin)."

"nyek. but i wasn't trying to talk dirty to you."

.........

of course, he ended up eating his words...and then some.

=)