Did the congressman ask for Php 350,000?

Oh thank goodness for prompts, I am trying to squeeze my brain so I could write something about our lives but I can’t seem to find the motivation to do it right now, perhaps I need sleep but I just need to create an article so I checked the long list of prompts that I had saved. I have at least ten.

Today, I am going to run through the questions that @alicecalope posted on April 19th, that’s already a month ago. She had entitled it “Should I Be Mindful of What I Eat?”, quite interesting right?

Now, let’s see the questions…

What is the dumbest way you've been hurt?

I am the type of person who doesn’t like to get hurt. So when I was introduced to tattoos by my brothers, immediately, I said no, I won’t have one because I know there’s a pain in it. I shy away from those things that I know I will get hurt during the process.

So for this, the first thing that came into my mind in those moments when I get my pinkie toes to hit on some hard objects like the edge of the door due to carelessness. Ouchie!

I really hate those moments too because I know I can avoid them.

Things I am too old to do, but I still enjoy?

Hmm, this got me thinking.

I guess I have nothing in my mind. In fact, I paused for a good two minutes to think. First, I thought of playing games but I don’t enjoy that anymore because one time, my niece and I went out to play at the beach, that was post-Odette and in that game, we have to jump, oh boy, I did and I hit the sand with my face down. It was bad and I am just glad we played at the beach, else, I might have bruises because of that. So I don’t enjoy that anymore.

Second, I thought maybe bathing in the rain just like what Alice had answered in her article but no, I don’t want to bathe in the rain anymore because I might get sick and I can’t afford it because of my baby.

What is the weirdest text I have received recently?

This text was received on Thursday last week and it got me really puzzled. The number was from my mother but the text message stated:

“Ajung Palis mam mangotana unta ko ug naac ag cp. Gi ingen sa ahmg snak salamat.”

Translation:

“Good afternoon ma’am, I just want to inquire if you have the cellphone which my child said about. Thank you.”

I was really puzzled and since I thought it might just be wrongly sent, I ignored it. 

Then my mother messaged me on Messenger about the text and I told her I got no idea what she is referring to. Then I realized, that some construction workers before had asked me to buy them cellphones then they’ll pay me weekly. That had ended months ago but there’s one worker who wants to avail of it again so the text message went that way.

I told my mother that I am not going to do the same process again because it was too time-consuming and some workers don’t pay me at the right time.

The first thing I do after getting home from a trip?

Oh this, I always lie on my bed. It’s like saying, I miss home!

If you ask about my bags and other stuff that I brought from the trip? Well, they’ll stay on the floor for the whole day, I usually unpack after sleeping or if I am really tired, I’d do that the next day.

That’s why if I have brought some food that might spoil, as soon as I arrive, they must be distributed to the family immediately, else, they might spoil.

If I was given a chance to steal something, what would it be?

Stealing is bad but if I will be given a chance not to be labeled as a thief after stealing, then I’d go with what Alice wants to steal as well, money from corrupt officials. I know about how these officials become corrupt because my father is a contractor and he has friends who are government project contractors.

One time, there was this covered court project in a town that is an hour away from ours. The congressman who had requested that project asked for Php 350,000 as his part of the said project. The worst part was that the budget for the project usually is given to the contractor when a certain percentage of the project has been completed so that means, the contractor has to shoulder the amount first from his own pocket. It's awful and I surely hate this kind of system.

One thing my brain is trying to convince me to do, but I am fighting it?

My mind has been telling me to start exercising, to move my butt, and don’t wait for my weight to reach its peak but there are so many excuses in my mind, one is that we are still traveling, and I can’t let the good food pass by, another one is that I usually promise that I’d do it once we reach home in Bohol so hopefully, by next week, I can start this 30 minutes exercise thingy.

If I was given a chance to travel back to the past, would I go?

They say we must live by the now because bringing the past would just pull us down but for this one, I am giving an exemption.

Well, I’d surely go back to the year 2017, that’s the year when I lost my first baby due to ectopic pregnancy. If I only knew that I was pregnant, perhaps I would have been more careful.

Alright, I was able to finish one prompt on my list. Thanks a lot to sis @alicecalope for this one and if you are also out of idea on what to write, why not try answering these questions instead?

xoxo,

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