Doesn't mean we shouldn't try
Forgive me for I was gone for 24 hours. Where did I go? I went to the world of Gumball, no, scratch that. I went to the world of laziness. Yes! I have been super lazy for a day. I don't want to go outside nor leave my bed. I just want to eat, be in my room and with my mobile phone. Being locked in my room for a day resulted to realizations again. I have a lot of realizations but half of them are not applied as lessons. Too lazy about it.
Today, I started clearing my notifications at 10 AM but I only finish everything just now, 3 PM. Why? It's because I did not read continuously. When I am done reading with 3 articles, I would go instantly on Facebook. Then go back again here.
Alright. I know you got no time to listen to my dramas so I should get going and have another drama.
There are some days that we feel we can't do that thing even without trying and that's normal. But there are also people who are too confident about what they can do and it's their choice anyway. Just don't let the confidence intimidate someone.
Battles in life are always present. Even taking a bath early in the morning is already a battle. Don't you agree? This might not be a problem to others but for me, it is! But I need to take a bath before I do errands or else my mom would throw me a pale of cold water.
Have you experienced waiting in line at a grocery store and the cashier's move is so slow and she thinks she's cute when she does that? Aren't cashiers supposed to move quickly so the waiting lines won't be long? Well, I got pissed one time because I was in a hurry. She knows it's tiring to stand for long but she still managed to talk to her fellow cashier instead of checking the items and putting them in bags quickly. I told her to make it quick but it seemed like she did not hear what I said. Glad that she got fast after I told her that.
When I went home, my mom checked the groceries and she found out that there's a missing item that was listed in the receipt but not included inside the grocery bag. Of course you already know how moms would react. She was angry because her sanitary pads are not there. I don't know what she did after. I don't want to know either but she went there to the store with receipt and groceries. Why can't moms let go that?
Anyway, this afternoon, it rained a little but it stopped after half an hour. I wanted it to stay longer so I will be saved from my dad's errand. He told me to get some firewood but I was too lazy. I prayed for the rain and luckily it came but just a short time. Why do the ones we love don't stay?
Sorry for these mixed thoughts. Just want to make space inside my head by letting these thoughts go.
My title is not connected with what I wrote but I want to leave a message.
**Just because it won't come easily, doesn't mean we shouldn't try.**
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`|09242021|`
@gwapojohn
And friends are all we ever could be...
Again, I was not able to write an article last night. I promised to myself many times that I should publish an article a day and I guess it really remained as promise. I'm so sorry, self. Distractions are really hard to avoid so now I am slowly learning to live with it or else I will lose.
But then I realized that I got nothing to lose. I don't have a car, a home, money and everything a girl can ask for. Again, I got nothing to lose.
Okay, I am writing something unrelated to what I want to say today. Why I can't write when there's actually a lot going on my mind. Well, if you have more you'll get trouble choosing. Just like in a relationship, if you got many it will be hard for you too choose. And just like the song that says, "Two lovely flowers, I don't know which one to choose". So better stick to one.
Okay, I remember one of the girls I met in College. She's beautiful, kind, smart and she came from a well-off family. We knew each other because we were seatmates. She asked me first about my name and so I told her then after she told hers. Her name is Lovely but her nickname is Lucky. Why and how? I don't know too I just go with the flow. Alright so let's call her Lucky.
Lucky was so friendly to everyone but she's much closer to boys. She said she felt more comfortable with us than girls. She felt belongingness and security in us. Are we his body guards? Well, sort of because Lucky was the only girl in our group. She can get along with us well for she had no problems with anything. She's not picky when it comes to food and she's not raised with a nasty attitude even if she's born with a silver spoon in her mouth.
She's smart too! She studied very well especially in Mathematics. That's why I was lucky too back then because she would always let me copy her answers in exams. I wondered how she is now and if she's still studying. I can't find her in any social media because she doesn't have one. She can only be reached through text. I tried contacting her but she's out of the line. Where could she be?
Going back to those College days, I bought flowers, cakes, chocolates and balloons. I handpicked everything because I want the moment to be special and memorable. I woke up early that time so everything will be in the perfect timing. I prepared the place of proposal and decorated it with the help of my classmates. When the clock struck at one o'clock, everyone gathered to the place already.
It was Lucky's birthday. I was at the center holding the cake, chocolates and balloons. Lucky passed by but stopped walking when she saw her name on the tarpaulin. She went close to me and so I walked close to her. We are just an inch away when I gave her what I brought and told her happy birthday. She received everything and smiled. But, she told me this:
**You are one of my bestfriends and friends are all we ever could be.**
**I'm sorry, John**
I just laughed at her. I laughed very hard. She's too assuming. She did not even asked. Well, I told her it was not me who got feelings for her. It was our other classmate and he just asked for my help since he knew Lucky and I were close. I told Lucky the real deal and she was a little bit embarrassed. Lol
The man behind me slowly went to her bringing the flowers.
I was not the one who confessed the feeling but why do I feel rejected though I don't have any feelings for her? Am I that easy to turn down? Well, no hard feelings because I was just asked for a favor.
But, Lucky was assuming that time. 😂
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`|09222021|`
@gwapojohn
What's going on?
It's funny how perfect timing it is when I write my article and suddenly the internet was disconnected. I am writing in the website but then I need to transfer what I wrote in my phone's notes just in case I refresh the site accidentally and everything I wrote there will not be recovered. I was thinking that maybe, fate or destiny is sometimes playing with us. Of all the times I need an internet, this time it's gone when I needed it the most. Glad that I am already done reading articles and cleared my notifications.
I planned to sleep early as 10:30 PM today that's why I need to finish writing and publish an article before that time but I doubt I can do it. It's already 9:40 and the internet connection has not returned. Why all of a sudden it was gone when I need it the most? There are nights that I only watched videos and even played games and the connection was stable. But now that I have to accomplish something, it's not working well.
Then a realization came in to me. We can't always expect that time favors us. That everything we want falls in the right place where we want it to be. And when that happens, we need to endure everything and after the endurance, it's time to set another plan. In my case, there's no internet as of this moment so I can't write my article directly in the platform. As an alternative, I am now writing in notes so I won't waste time. Just in case the internet will be back, I will just transfer everything.
Ohhh! Thank goodness the internet is back already but another bad omen came my way. Today was my cousin's birthday and he's up for drink tonight. I can't say no because he's here already with the drinks.
I don't know if this a favorable moment to me but, my first attempt to sleep early was a failure. I need to finish writing before I get drunk.
Another instance of unfavored situation is when a friend of mine, I mean my friend's wife gave birth today but the baby did not make it. The couple was too excited to meet the little one but he came too early as expected and when he was out of the womb, he was not able to see the world. I was so sad upon knowing the news. The family had posted about it but I don't want to share the photos here. Just imagine how much that baby can enjoy the world only if he's alive. The parents can witness him grow and fulfill his dreams in life. But, I still believe that God has greater plans for the couple.
Actually, I cannot feel the pain intensely since I don't have a child yet but when I think of it, I realized that it's really painful. Losing a pet is hard so how much more if we lose a someone in the family we love? (Is there someone in the family we don't love? Lol)
I just hope the family can cope with it in time through our help as well. I know it's not easy but life itself is not. So we better get used to it or else we'll be knocked out.
Oh dear, I wish this rhum we drink won't knock me out as well.
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`|09202021|`
@gwapojohn
Good evening, friends from all around the world. I am so sorry if I can't read and comment all the articles in my notifs this evening because I was exhausted. I need to rest first so I feel better. I'll make it up. tomorrow. Mark my words! 😉
Everybody has got a price
I wonder how they sleep at night?
Kidding! But are you familiar with the lines? Because I am going to write my understanding about those lines lifted from the song of *Jessie J* which is *Price Tag.* I guess this song is famous, isn't it? We have different interpretations about a certain song and our experiences contribute much about it. You have yours and mine could be different as yours too. We are not certain what's the exact meaning of a song not unless the writer explains it. And that's when our creative minds should work. Don't just sing, feel the lyrics and appreciate what's beyond the lines.
This morning, I woke up because of the noise of my little brother again. Sorry for mentioning him many times in here. It's just that I am with my family most of the time and a 3 year old kid is really the noise of the house. He is watching his favorite cartoon, 'Adventure Time' and the volume is too loud that it woke me up. I rose from bed and went to his direction. I asked my little brother to give me the remote but he did not listen. I called his attention twice and faced me. He did not get the remote. He just made faces and told me he would get the remote only if I give him coins. Yes, he likes to buy lollipops.
I was surprised because he was just 3 years old but he negotiated with me like he's old already. That's when I realized that he got a price too! He will only move if I give him money.
I just realized that we all have a price. Why do I say so? It's because we are not working for free. We give service because we are being paid. Well, except to those chores we have at home for we need to help voluntarily without a pay or else we will sleep outside.
We work because of money, right? Without money, I don't think we will go to the office or to where our work takes place. Money is necessary to survive. Let's not be hypocrite and say we don't need money, just love. Dang guys, we do! We work for money because with money, we can buy food and others that will sustain us. Accept it or not, money makes the world go round too. Every move we make entails money.
From the food we eat, clothes we wear, homes we stayed in, our shampoos, soaps, skin care, and many more and even the material we use to wipe dirt. There's no free today! Well, except to those free meals offered by bestfriends or anyone. Lol.
Let us just face the reality that everything/everybody has a price. You can't get a helper/caretaker/nanny at home and just say thank you after they did their jobs. We can't give just words of appreciation to someone who fix our broken pipes. We can express our gratitude but it ain't enough. Workers have families to feed and bills to pay. And I just hope all of them are compensated accordingly.
Going back to my little brother who's already good in negotiating, I just realized that he was influenced with the world around him. Maybe he saw that situation in one of the movies he watched. At a young age, he already knew how to ask money in return of his effort. I know it's not good for toddlers to act that way that's why parents should monitor their children closely. I should tell mom to limit my little brother's time in YouTube or in our Television.
Now I am writing a new article because I am motivated to do so and, I am also hoping for the bot's visit. Don't judge me. I'm being real.
Gonna keep it short and simple.
**Everybody has got a price.**
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`|09192021|`
@gwapojohn
Stop, look, and listen!
Isn't it familiar?
Wait, what time is it? It's 8:43 in the evening (Philippine Time). Man, it was just yesterday I promised myself that I should finish my article at daytime so I won't be sleeping late at night. You know writing an article is not as easy as 1,2,3 especially with the kind of thinking I have. I am mostly distracted by things around me. Are you?
Stop!
I told my mind to stop everytime I think of something else while I am writing an article. I need to focus that's why I am really keeping myself away from any social media notifications. But these notifications are not staying away for I forgot to mute all of them and because of that, I find myself scrolling on Facebook instead of writing. Real quick!
*I know you experience that too, right? So how did you set aside other things just to finish your work?*
What I learned here is that conditioning our minds to finish what we are doing is vital. Whatever ways they may be doesn't matter as long as we get the job done.
And, to stop or refrain ourselves from thinking of something else. Remember, we can't hit two birds with one stone. Not unless the stone split into half.
Look!
Look around you and weigh the things according to importance. If you think reacting to you crush's Facebook stories is more important than Rusty then go ahead. After all you will realize that you should have spent your time writing instead of assuming. I believe more in Rusty than those crushes. How about you? Crush or Rusty? Kidding! Lol.
As for me, my priority these days is writing an article and spending my time here in read.cash. I stopped studying temporarily so I got a lot of free time. Plus, the job I applied for was a failure. Not because I did not qualify but because the company was not able to reach me. They called me several times but I was out of reach. Man, I missed another opportunity. If they could have contacted me, I will be working now. Well, what can I do, our place doesn't have the abundance of Network Signal. So yeah, read.cash is the one taking most of my time. Isn't it productive?
Listen!
Let us listen to what our true purpose is, to what our goal is. There are a lot of things buzzing around which keeps us from thinking what we are supposed to think. For instance in my case, my little brother is fond of hearing those TikTok songs/music and keeps on playing it on repeat everyday. Instead of thinking of what to write, I will be thinking about the TikTok moves I saw on Facebook. My brother is such a nuisance that I almost tape him inside the box. Kidding! But it has gotten to my mind.
But yeah, let's not listen to other things that distract us. Do everything that you can so you can maintain your focus. Or maybe you can think about having your crush after you finish your work. Just a motivation to keep going.
*That's just how it goes in my case. I believe you have your other versions too which I am excited to know.*
**What's your STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN STORY?**
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`|09182021|`
@gwapojohn
I smell good, I feel good
I don't take a bath everyday that's why I don't feel good all the time too. Have you also noticed that our body seems so heavy when we go to work or start our day without taking a bath? Because I do. I feel so sleepy during those days especially in school. Come on! Some of us skipped a bath sometimes because we are late or just because we don't feel like doing it. Consequently, we feel so tired and would choose to sleep only if we can.
I believe in the power of taking a bath. Taking a bath really makes us feel alive. The refreshing water that takes away the dust and dirt from us also diminishes bad vibes. That's why when I feel mad, I just take a bath to calm everything.
I believe smelling good is way more important than looking good. Looking good is useless if you smell eww. So better work on how you smell than the way you look. I'm not saying you should not mind how you look. What am I saying is that don't let one of them down. If you look good, do smell good as well.
**Smelling good as part of our profession**
We can't go to work without taking proper hygiene. I mean taking a bath is a part of making ourselves clean and healthy especially these days we need to be clean as much as possible. Oh, except to those jobs who do labor, masonry and others for they can't avoid to get dirty at work. Anyway, what's important is that we take a bath everyday so we will have that light feeling at work.
Smelling nice can attract friends as well. If you smell good/nice people like to get close to you. And for me, that's a plus already.
**Students should smell good as well**
Taking a bath before going to school is sometimes a tough battle especially when the weather is kinda gloomy. Remember when our moms used to wake us up because we need to take a bath and eat breakfast. And just because it's cold early in the morning, we spent more time in bed wasting our time allocated for taking a bath. And what's next? We will not take a bath anymore.
Because we did not take a bath, our minds are not that awake. That's why we feel so sleepy during the first subject or perhaps the whole day.
I remember my teacher got mad at me because she thought her way of teaching is not engaging. She was mad because I fell asleep during our discussion in Algebra. I admit the discussion was boring because I am not into Math Subjects but that is not the reason why I fell asleep. It's because I am too sleepy when I went to school.
And because of that, she told me to get out of the room. I expected that one but what surprised me is when my seatmate went with me. He told our teacher that he wanted to go out as well because like me, he's drowsy too.
I am not sure if this makes sense to you. Lol. But what am I saying is that smelling good means feeling good as well. I don't know what are your ways to smell good but I wish you good luck. Kidding!
**Conclusion**
Let's smell nice for our own selves and not because for others. The will should start within us because external drives are not much powerful than our own willingness.
Let's stay clean!
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`|09172021|`
@gwapojohn
September is not my month
September is so passive for me. I can't remember a day I can call productive within the half of the month. Well, the month has not ended yet but I feel the remaining days will be as boring and passive as the days that went by. How about you, dearest friends? What happened to the half of your September? I do hope it went good for all of you.
I read a lot of articles about how good was the start of their September. Some welcomed it with a high hopes of earning more. The coming of smartBCH made me restless too! I can't keep up with trend. I tried but I almost give up not until I saw one of my tokens has numbers in it. I don't know how to make gains with it or to even convert it to BCH. Whatever, I guess I'll just keep it that way and read more for updates and airdrops. Maybe I can get the whole thing along the process. If they can, why can't I, right?
September is not my month.
I am quite pessimistic about it but I just don't want to make myself assume anything. I am so done with assuming so I guess it's time for me to accept what's real. I know I should not declare that this month is not good for me since it has not ended yet but you know, there are times when we feel we know what happens next. And I am feeling it now. I feel like the remaining days will be even more passive. And because of it, I felt tired and lonesome.
Why do I say so? It's because I haven't earned as much as I earned last month. My goal of saving a certain amount was not realized. I know I tried everything but God really has planned different from mine. My sideline job was not stable too. Sometimes we have a project and sometimes we don't have. It makes me lazier. You know when you are working for days straight and then tomorrow, you'll not. I was used to moving and working and the sudden halt of the job somewhat breaks my momentum. Lastly, my will to write is not that great as before. I lose my style of writing which is the funny, outgoing guy. I feel like everything I wrote here doesn't suit me for most of you know me to be the funny one. And now I am being dramatic.
I feel the discontentment in me.
I don't want to be sad despite of everything so I need beautiful distractions.
How did I slowly eradicate discontentment?
I am not sure if I really eradicate the discontentment in me but I find these ways effective for they made me forget about the negativities.
First, I deviate my focus into something beautiful. Like yesterday when my workmate told us that the contractor has not called yet meaning we don't have work for that day. Instead of being broke all day, I went to the kitchen and fried my favorite fish (not from my aquarium) which I bought for $4.00. I know eating will make me happy so I did it.
Second, I tease my little brother and make fun of him. I seldom do this these days so I kinda miss to annoy the little one. I hid his milk because I know that's his favorite drink everyday. When he asked for milk to my mom, my mom hastened to the kitchen to prepare it for him but unfortunately, she can't find it. She told my little brother the milk was gone so he was there crying hard. Lol! I told him to stop crying and give me a kiss on the cheek so he will have his milk. He loves milk so much that's why he obeyed my command.
Third, I listen to music so I can sleep and escape overthinking. Yes, sleep is my escape from everything. I don't want to be stressed all day thinking about my unfulfilled goals so I'd rather sleep. To do this, music is my best company. All genres of music are my type but OPM songs hit differently. My soundtrack was filled with Ben and Ben songs, December Avenue, I belong to the zoo and Silent Sanctuary. Do you know any of these? If you do then you have a nice music taste. Kidding! I do recommend their songs for they are really good. Their songs make me sleep.
As I am writing this, I feel like my eyes are about to drop since I am listening to my soundtrack. So I better end this now and have some sleep. Will get back later to write another article for tomorrow. Though September is not my month, I will still work, but this time, I will work smart.
**Let's all be positive though we can feel bad energy is around. Let's move and think how beautiful is life if we just view it as it is.**
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`|09162021|`
@gwapojohn
I wish I had his life
I looked above the sky one night time when I was at the shore sitting and calming my disturbed mind. It's not always everyday that I am okay. I'm not Yakult. I was just there by the shore just few steps away from my auntie's house. I decided to go there because I want to unwind and adjust my focus. There was a problem at home that ignited the fire between me and my mom for she will always be at the side of my brother who's 3 years younger than me (I am 21). We exchanged hurtful words and I did not felt any regrets after because she deserves to hear my side too. I have my voice as well that needs to be heard.
Because of that, I decided to be lonely for one night, all by myself. I chose to be by the shore because the ambiance during night time was so serene. No one could notice that I am sad as well. I bought 2 bottles of Smirnoff and just sat there thinking about my life.
What if we can choose our parents?
What if? Would you rather choose someone else or would you stick with your parents now?
We can't deny that not all parents are responsible. Some just enjoyed the part when they created us and then ignore us after they conceive us. Isn't it our fault to be born? Then why some parents neglect their children even the young ones? Can you imagine the street children? They are the ones who are neglected by their parents and worse is that they are being used by their parents to beg for money. Some street kids were even carrying their younger sibling who's just a year old. I wonder if they can choose who their parents will be, would they still stick with the kind of parents they have now? Because if I were one of them, I will choose to be with the kind of parents who will take care of me where I can have a bright future.
Then I asked myself the same question. What if I can choose my parents? Would I choose someone else?
I admit my parents are not perfect. They don't provide us with everything we want and sometimes even needs. They often quarrel as well. Our life is hard and our financial side is not stable that's why I decided to work. Sometimes, I thought of exchanging my parents to those ones who are wealthy. Let's be real. How lucky are we if we are born with wealthy parents. We don't have to worry about our allowance for tomorrow especially our future for our parents already have saved something for us.
I have this friend of mine who has a loving and kinda wealthy parents. In every exam, he doesn't have to worry about the admission slip anymore because all of his tuition are fully paid. Unlike me, or even some of us who have written a promissory note that we will pay our tuition at a certain date so we can take the exam. Though it won't take much of our energy, we sometimes felt sad because of it. We can't avoid to compare our situation to the rest of our classmates.
This friend of mine also had enough allowance so his mind would not get tangled by thinking how to make the allowance last for one week. He also has his own car which he can ride on everytime and can take him anytime to school rain or shine. Unlike the rest of us, especially me, who only rode a motorcycle to go to school that even if it's raining, I will still go because I don't want to be marked as absent. Though I got soaked with the rain, I don't have a choice but to carry on and still attend classes.
For these reasons, I think life is unfair.
For these reasons, I would like to have the life of my rich classmate.
I looked high above and saw a shooting star so I wish for something.
I wish I had his life.
Actually I tried wishing this many times when I see shooting stars for they said your wish will come true when you wish on it. I just believed them because nothing can be taken away from me if I believe.
But then after I drank all the bottles of Smirnoff, I went home because I realized something. Perhaps all I need was just an alcohol to absorb everything.
I know our life wasn't perfect. Those people who are born with silver spoon in their mouths have problems as well and they deal with something we don't know. There are no perfect parents. It's only up to their children on how they value the things their parents can give.
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
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`|09142021|`
@gwapojohn
but if you are looking at me with a heart of doubt...
But if you are looking at me with a heart of doubt, don't tell me that you love me. Love should make you feel confidence and not insecurities.
If you keep on questioning the way I love, then you don't really love me at all.
Lastly, don't build me up just to let me down.
Let me be dramatic for once. Wait, is this the first time? I am not sure but anyway, let me have this moment to be emotional. I want to feel pain and a pang in my chest because they said experiencing pain means we are alive. In connection, I want to be alive so let me feel the pain that I am about to create in mind. You might think this is true to life or else just a fiction. Well, I am leaving the verdict on you, guys. It's up to you to judge.
My heart has a mind of its own. No matter what and how I tried to dictate myself that I should fall for someone else, my heart still chose you. Some people said that maybe what we have was just an infatuation and someday, somehow, we can get over it as we grow. Yes they are right. That was just an infatuation for YOU and what we had was totally forgotten by YOU. Oh well, I cannot blame you for what happened because it was my decision as well. The decision which I tried to say but I did not expect that you would make it real.
**You just build me up to let me down.**
You came to me without being told. You stirred my sanity and took it with you when you left. How could you be so selfish to take what I only have? Bring my sanity back, you greedy!
Don't you remember I was just at the gymnasium enjoying my rest after our basketball practice? And you came to me. Handed me towel though we did not know each other. I thought that you were one of the kidnappers dressing like a student and when I take the towel, there's a scent on it which can made me sleep.
"Who are you? What's that for?" - I asked
"Take it and do anything you like to do about it." - She replied
I just ignored her and wiped my sweat with my jersey. But she spoke again.
"To refuse an offer is an insult." - She smiled after saying this.
And her smile lighten the whole gym making me shrug my head and fix my gaze to something else. I just said thank you and she left. I wiped the towel all over my face and I saw a word there printed on the towel.
"Rafael" I mumbled. How can she gave me a towel that's from her boyfriend? Weird girl.
The day after tomorrow, I saw her again in one of the bleachers around the field where we are having a football. She was waiting for someone. Maybe it's Rafael. After our game, I sat and about to drink water but she stopped me by getting the bottled water from my hands and gave me Gatorade instead. Naughty! I just drank it because I was really thirsty. She sat close to me and there I saw her I.D. and realized that Rafael was her name. Unusual.
Rafael started talking that time. She talked about her life and her plans. I automatically responded to her because my system told me I should. She was also smiling while talking which made me feel so comfortable with her.
Days went by and our closeness was intensified. We were always together when we have our breaks and during night time, we will fill each other's inbox. She became my bestfriend and human diary. I am not a serious type of person but with Rafael, I became one.
I also did my best in my academics because she said she prefers guys who's good in academics. From being the top 20 in class, I became top 11. Isn't that achievement aleady? Yes it is. I also let my family know about Rafael and she has been here at home many times. We used to hold hands as well when we rode a bus on our way home. Everything was like boyfriend-girlfriend thing but without a label.
Our hands separated when she reached their home. She bid goodbye to me but she left her notebook so I tried to call her but the bus already moved. As a result, I brought the notebook with me of course. I was at home already so I texted her. She did not respond unlike the usual. I got bored so I get her notebook and tried to see what's inside. It's her diary. No, I should not bother see it but there's a photo that fell to the floor. It was a photo of a man and her looking so in love. I just ignored it because we don't have a relationship at all. When I was about to place it in one of the pages, I see my name written on it so I read that part. She wrote there that I look like her ex who's faraway from her now. Because of me, she felt like she was still with her ex but her feelings towards me was not the same as what she had to her ex. She also wrote there that she still doubted what I felt for her because because she felt like she was just a friend for me. Wow! After all those times how could she say that. I did not finish reading the diary after I read that she still love her ex.
I don't know what got into my mind after that but one thing is for sure - I don't want to see her. I wrote at the back part of the page my response to the diary.
I told her to just stay away and why did she build me up just to let me down. I am all in! I was falling faster. Lastly, I told her this:
"But if you are looking at me with a heart of doubt, just stay away and don't come near me. I don't want to love you anymore. From the start, I never thought I would say this. You should be the one to stay away because I know I can't. You come to me first so leave me first."
I closed the notebook/diary when suddenly my mom called me and told me someone's there looking for me. I went to our door and saw her. it's Rafael. She's still wearing her uniform and her hair was messy. It seems like she's in a hurry going here for me not to read her diary. Too late, girl. I folded the page where I wrote and handed her the diary. I did not let her say any word. I closed the door as well as my heart.
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
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`|09132021|`
@gwapojohn
When the conversation gets boring
*When the conversation gets boring, how would you light up the fire again? How to keep up with the conversation when you are already talking for one day straight and you almost made each other as diary? I don't know but I am not really good in keeping the conversation alive until the person I am talking with gives up.*
I am the type of person who doesn't know how to keep the conversation going. (Except for my gf 😂)
Before, I used to message woman who I think are of my taste. There are a lot on Facebook and Messenger and I can also go through look at their profiles as much as I want. I was fond of social media back then when I was still in High School. I know some of you can relate as well.
Let's have a short throwback.
Before, when our Facebook accounts have just created, we cannot put our fingers to rest because we keep on adding friends and confirming new faces just to gain a lot of friends. I don't know but before, when you have a lot of friends on Facebook, it's a plus for you. It means that a lot of people like you and some also consider you as famous. I really regret adding friends and accepting friends I don't know before that now, I am thinking I should start my unfriending journey one of these days. I don't like seeing posts of someone I do not know. Are you also like this?
Alright. Let's go back to the topic. I can still remember one of my chatmates before who told me I should be gentle. Gentle in talking with girls. I am a straightforward type of chatmate because I don't want to waste time running around the bush. This girl messaged me first and I don't know what's her intention. I don't know her and she doesn't know me either. She replied to one of my Facebook stories.
Caption: Quarantine Feels
I don't know what gotten into her mind but her reply was this...
*It's so big.*
I was really puzzled that time and I looked at the photo many times but I can't see anything big on it. That's why I thought she's fooling me around. I asked her...
*Do I know you? What are you talking about?*
She just said..
No, I don't know you. You know you should be more polite when talking to girls.
Yeah, I know girl but how can I be polite when I don't know what she's talking about. That's why I told her that I will give her a penny so she can buy someone who can she talk with. She just left my message on seen.
After that, she never messaged me again.
I also have this chatmate who's like a zombie. She doesn't get tired looking at her phone and I think she doesn't have something to do in their home as well since she's always up on Messenger whenever I message her. From morning until midnight, we spent the time talking to each other with anything to talk about. She told me her story but I never told her mine. When she was done about everything and asked me to share about me, I just told her my details like I am filling up a biodata. She also told me my life was boring. That was almost 12 AM I think so I was sleepy and almost fall asleep but my eyes widened when I read that. How can she tell that my life was boring? Is she my neighbor? We just talked for three days and her conclusion was a turn off.
That's why I decided to end the conversation with her by saying she's boring as well and I just responded out of respect. After that, she told me she was sorry so she went on and talk about something else which made me felt uneasy and restless. But, I was too sleepy and can't keep up with her fire so I just messaged her with
"Okay"
"Hahahaha!"
"Lol"
"I see."
She still message me the day after tomorrow but I did not responded. I can't keep up with her and our conversation will be boring again. I don't want that.
How about you guys there, aside from saying those words I mentioned above, how do you recognize yourself as "bored"?
What did you do to make the conversation keep going?
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
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`|07112021|`
@gwapojohn
Writing everything within 30 minutes
Today, I plan to challenge myself to write everything I want in just 30 minutes. I don't know if I can write a 600-word article but I will try and let my thumb and brain do the work. Now that I am typing, I have a lot of typing errors like in every word, I pressed the wrong letter. Unlike the usual when I am not in a rush. I don't know what's gotten into me but I just really want to test my typing skills (I'm just using a phone, by the way.) I just realized that the more we rush, the more mistakes we commit. Regardless of how much I focus, I can still press the wrong letter so I need to go back again and change it.
This morning, I woke up early I think that's 5:30 AM because I need to prepare early for work. Yeah, I have a work today but not the one I applied for. This one is just a sideline for me. Our neighbor was a ceiling installer and he told me I should go with him so I will learn how to install ceilings. Actually this is not my first time. I have been with him for many times and we've been to many places as well and have installed ceiling in different houses. This job is not that hard for me since I was just an assistant for now. My job was to assist our neighbor who's professional for this job. He would ask me to cut the metal in exact measurement. I also cut the hardiflex with the right measurement or else the ceiling will look like the teeth of a saw. When installing/working on with the ceiling, we need to be very careful especially with the measurement. (Sorry for mentioning measurement many times)
We went to work at 7:30 AM and went home by 3:00 PM. I am happy we went home early today so I was able to write an article and respond to every comment.
When I arrive home, I noticed that the other motorcycle was not in a good condition.
The carburator was not functioning as to how it should supposed to be and so I went to the repair shop swiftly. The mechanic checked up everything and found out that there were no available tools/piece to repair it. I don't know where could I find the right tools but I think I will look for them online.
Now I am at home and I only have 8 minutes left. Oh my, my typing was so poor because I keep on pressing the wrong letter. I lack precision. I also find it hard to generate the next word/term that I am going to use for I lack vocabulary. Lol.
By the way, have you eaten snack already? As of this moment it's the perfect time to have snacks especially to us Filipinos. The common snack that we have would be a bread (any kind) and an orange juice or cola (coke). If you haven't had your snacks yet, please take a break and go grab them. Let's make our stomachs happy.
I also observed that almost everyone here are interested and is currently having the smartbch which is awesome. To those who mentioned me in some of the articles about smartbch, thank you so much guys. I appreciate you for thinking about me and not leaving me behind. As of now, I am still studying about it and waiting for airdrops as well. Lol.
UPDATE:
I still have 3 minutes left and I have written a 600-word article already. Yes! But I will add it a little bit and extend my time for 10 minutes because I still have something to write and I need to proofread everything in here. After all, it's about quality over quantity. Or maybe I am just assuming that my article is of good quality. Never mind.
I do apologize for what I have written in here. This somewhat doesn't make sense at all but I am pursuing it still because maybe someone will appreciate it. Just in case.
I want you to meet my friends here. I invited them on read.cash but they refused because all they want is to be a mermaid. I have a lot of fishes in our aquarium (big and small ones). I haven't cleaned and changed the water yet because I am a bit busy this week.
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
I want to thank @Sequoia and @ARTicLEE for their sponsorship renewal 🎉 You guys rock!
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`|09102021|`
@gwapojohn
It wasn't me
**She said she caught me red-handed banging with the girl next door.**
**Familiar isn't it?**
Let's talk about another exes this time. There will always be this one ex who was fond of putting up stories about us. I don't know what's their purpose for doing so but it freaks me out to hear stories about me that are not true, those that don't really exist. Some girls don't want break ups but why they keep on bringing up issues that will ruin the relationship? Can anyone give me an idea? Because I can't really understand this ex of mine. She seemed to remember my mistake including the time, month and date. What the?
Some girls forget where they put their keys but not the exact time you wronged them. Amazing!
I think it was 3 years ago when I had this encounter of paranoid ex. She was fond of overthinking and overreacting. She's the one who put burden on herself. I love her but her overthinking side ruined our relationship. I can't stand being with someone who keeps on accusing me like a dog keeps on barking at the wrong tree. I like dogs but not the dogs personified by human. They're more noisy and hard to handle.
**How did our relationship ended?**
You can tell by just reading the first line of the article. This ex accused me of something I did not do. She said she caught me in someone's room playing with fire. I asked where that room could be but then all she said was that there's no need to know the place because I will just go there and see the girl again. I told her if that's really me, she could have went inside and nagged me over there. But then her mind was so closed that she won't let me explain. She said her decision is final just because her friend saw someone with the same shirt as mine entering that room which made her think that's me. Come on! Where's the justice? I can't even go outside our home for my dad is guarding us so how can I be able to go to an apartment/hotel? **It wasn't me!**
There also one time, oh not just once but many times. I don't why this has become one of my ex' problems. She hated it when I told her I will sleep for a while. She accused me a lot of things. She said I was just making an excuse for us not to communicate and that I will just go talk to other girls while she was waiting for me to beep her again. As a result, we will end up fighting again because of her insecurities. Is it a big deal if I will sleep for one hour?
I can also remember how this ex overreacted when I forgot our monthsary. 😂 I did not knew monthsaries are very important to her. Like to me, it's just a date and there's nothing more. What matters is that we spend the days together without counting how long we've been together. Well, I am not against those who celebrate monthsaries. It's just not my thing. So yeah, it was our monthsary. She went to our home early and wore a red dress. I just woke up and haven't even brushed my teeth and combed my hair. My mom called me there's someone looking for me so I rose from bed like a zombie. When I opened the door, it's my ex staring at me with a wide smile and she seemed looking for something. She looked from my behind and saw nothing.
Few minutes later, her eyes became watery and cried later on. I don't have any idea why she acted that way so I asked her while I was hugging her. She said why I don't have flowers and cake with me knowing that it's our first monthsary. Oh man! I told her that I don't give a dam* to monthsaries and I don't know she likes celebrating it which made her cried loudly. My mom and dad went downstairs and asked me what's the matter.
I was planning to tell a different reason but then this ex explained everything. I don't know how but my mom bought a cake for her not to feel bad.
Geeezz! Was it my fault if my way of showing affection is different from hers? I mean we don't connect in many ways so it's better to let things go between us. I don't want to hurt her because of my way of loving. I don't like her ways either.
I told her she needs a man who can understand her and view things the same as her.
**She needs a man who will complete her and it wasn't me.**
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
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`|09092021|`
@gwapojohn
Santa is Coming
https://youtu.be/1wxmePzEpFo
Santa is coming!
Ber months are here! This is the starting point of the most awaited holiday for us, Filipinos. As early as September, we anticipate that this is going to be the start of the celebration for Christmas. Truly, Christmas is in our hearts. And asking for gifts/pamasko to our uncles and aunts are one of the things I am excited for. Why not?
There's a a funny meme showing the photo of Jose Mari Chan, a famous Filipino singer who is known for his Christmas songs. He was there in the meme to remind us that it's already September and he's here, ready to sing Christmas Carol. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Mari_Chan
The meme:
Oh, how I love to hear his songs especially the one in Shopee. Lol.
My mom would spank me again if I order here because she knows I will order motorbike parts and accessories. She asked me earlier to order curtains which I refused because she's letting me pay for it. What would I do with curtains? She will be the one who's going to be happy about it. Does your mom love curtains too?
Going back, the month of September has always been the month when we are starting to count the days before Christmas. I don't know why, when and how it started but we just do it this way. Some of the families would put up Christmas trees and other Christmas decorations. Christmas light also can be seen inside and outside the homes. Stars and lanterns are also hanged everywhere. Even the less-privileged families find ways in order to buy a simple Christmas ornament.
I also love to hear Christmas songs early in the morning which happened to be my alarm clock when face to face classes are going on. Our neighbor used to play Christmas songs every morning I think as early as 6 AM. If those were not Christmas songs, I am sure other neighbors would get angry and reported them already. But nah, they don't do that. Christmas songs really have their calming factor which make us enjoy listening to it and feeling every line of it. Just like the song of Jose Mari Chan I attached above entitled 'Christmas in our Hearts". You can go back and play it so you will have to read this article with song's harmony. Just kidding!
It seems like I don't get fed up with these kind of songs. As of now, I recount the moments I missed during Christmas.
What did I miss during Christmas?
The exchanging gifts with classmates
When f2f classes were still going on, exchanging gifts with classmates during Christmas party can never be forgotten. Our teacher let us pick a paper with a name on it and we must not show it to everyone because the receiver of the gift must not know for it's a surprise. Of course we were curious about who got our names so we asked each one in the class. Some will say it and some will not. I remember my classmate, a girl, her name is the one I got. Our teacher told us to give something that we think our classmates need or want. That girl is so self-conscious and she wants to smell good all the time and so I gave her papaya soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, deodorant and cologne. When she opened it, she cried which I got me confused. I asked my classmates and they told me maybe she got offended. Really? Why? I don't really get it. Do you not want that girls?
But regardless of what had happened, I was still happy because I received a pair of slippers that time. The slippers don't fit me because it's too big so I sold it to my mom. I used my earnings and bought fire crackers.
Santa's gifts placed in the socks we hanged outside the house
When I was young, my mom would always place a sock outside the house or outside the window. She told me that Santa will pass by it and place my gift. Little did I know that it was my mom and dad who will place the gift and not Santa. But I was just a kid then and to be honest, I was genuinely happy when I got what's inside the sock the next morning.
The Christmas breeze
I don't know if I am using the right term but what I mean is the coldness of the weather during Christmas nights. I can totally feel that Christmas is coming when the nights are cold already just like tonight. I think the coldness of the night is associated with Christmas already. We wear jackets and thick clothing during that time which made us look so Christmas-y. (Lol, sorry making such term).
Families from faraway come home to celebrate
This is my most favorite part since I know I will receive gifts from the distant families. 😁 Mostly, my aunties and uncles gave me a pair of shoes, watch and sometimes cash. I will also see my cousins I haven't seen for so long. Of course when the family is complete, yummy foods will not be absent. I love to eat macaroni salad and ham during Christmas. How about you?
These are just some of the things I miss and I will be writing another one for tomorrow because I am so sleepy as of the moment. I don't have enough energy to make this long. I forgot to drink milo.
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
A big thanks to madam @Bloghound for she renewed her sponsorship to me. Thank you trusting my work.
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`|09072021|`
@gwapojohn
Calling Crows
I can't count how many times I called crows in my bed. I often do this when I am drunk. I drink a lot because I believe in the motto **"susuka pero hindi susuko."** In English translation, it means that **"throw up but don't quit."** Go puke all you want but after, go back to the table and drink until all the bottles are empty. Call me a drunkard or what you call it in your language because I won't mind. It's somewhat true anyway.
Some Filipinos really include alcoholic drinks during celebrations. Just like my family, a celebration is not complete without a drink. My aunts and uncles like to drink occasionally but us, the younger ones drink even without occasion. I started drinking when I was in High School. My classmates who started drinking ahead of me would always say I must try drinking liquor too to measure the amount of my alcohol tolerance. It seems like they are trying to prove no one can beat them when it comes to drinking and that they never get drunk at all. I don't know but this is a common setting to some of our teens here, mostly our neighbors and my classmates. And because I was curious about the taste of alcoholic drinks, I tried drinking and dang, it was the most bitter drink I have ever tasted. My friends told me I will get use to and they are right. The first up to the 3rd drink were bitter but after some shots, I started to like the feeling as I get tipsy.
**How do you drink liquor?**
Here in my place we drink rhum, gin, vodka, whiskey and other drinks with water/soda and ice. The water and soda are chasers that you will drink right after gulping the liquor. They are drank to ease the bitterness of the liquor. The ice are also mixed to both liquors and chasers to make every shot chilled. Drinking something to get drunk is costly here because we will spend for the liquor itself, the chaser (mostly we have coke, sprite or lime juice), ice and don't forget the **"pulutan"** or the **chips or anything that you can munch**. Sometimes, the "pulutan" can be costly too especially if one of you in the circle is eating them like it's their dinner. So you have to buy again many times.
Unlike from those movies I watched specifically foreign ones, they just paired their drink with ice. AND, they don't finish one bottle in one sitting. They just drink 2-3 shots and they are okay. While some Filipinos, we like to empty bottles as many as we can in one sitting. We can survive drinking from morning until night or night until morning. If I remembered it right, there was one time we drank 10 bottles of Tanduay rhum (one of the Famous rhums in PH). I know this is too much but this is how we drink. I am not generalizing. I am just writing from what I experienced and what I saw here in our town.
During our family occasions, the celebration is not complete without a drink. I was missing for two days because we had a 2-day family gathering. We went to the beach and then continue the celebration at home. Our family cooked a lot of food, the typical Filipino cuisine -- pansit, spaghetti, roasted chicken, calamares, lumpiang shanghai, grilled pork, mango tapioca, biko, cooked veggies and cake. We love to eat so we prepared much. After the eating session, of course everybody is looking for something to spice up the moment. To elevate the fun, an alcohol is needed. During the shots, uncles and aunties started to throw jokes to each other. Some are also like a clown making everybody laugh. I and my cousins as well are drinking to the max. We drank from noon until midnight.
Aunties and uncles were down already by 5 PM but us, the younger ones ended the shot at 12 AM. I went to bed and I was so drunk. My mind can still take it but my body can't. I drank a lot. I fall asleep I think for one hour and after that, I started calling crows. I threw up on my bed because I can't afford to get up and run to the comfort room.
**"Wahhhh wahhhh wahhhh!"** (Just imagine the sound of someone throwing up. Lol)
We used to call this situation as **calling crows because the sound we make when throwing up are like those of crows.**
When I was done, my bedsheet and blanket were messed up and everything smelled bad. Well, I was drunk and sleepy so I continued to sleep after.
This morning, my mom called me up to do errands. I forgot to lock the door in my room so she saw me with everything. She kicked me which made me awake. She was talking non-stop again and told me to clean everything as soon as possible.
`(No photos to show since my aunties are the ones who clicked them and they have not sent me yet)`
Sorry for what happened friends. I promise not to drink again.
*Just once for the last time.*
*Di na gyud ko mu usab, ka usa na lang.*
*Di na ako uulit, isang beses na lang*.
Do you drink liquors too?
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
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`|09062021|`
@gwapojohn
Been missing for two days here. Sorry everyone for I was not able to read your lovely works. We had a 2-day family gatherings so I was busy and not able to publish too. I'll make it up today.
Let's have some snacks. Have a great day!
A dessert to remember
I know what's running on your mind. You might think about the iconic movie of Shane West and Mandy Moore because it sounds like the movie. Well, a little bit but this one has a sweet, happy ending.
This morning, I made a resume because me and my friend applied for a job in a package delivery company (J&T Express). I am so bored these days and I need something to get busy with. I found the job hiring post on Facebook and I just saved it just in case my brain commands me to do so. Luckily my friend messaged me about the job hiring too which made me interested about it for I have someone with me to apply. He told me he will go in here so we can make our resume. At exactly 8 AM, he was here already. Such an early bird. I was done with my resume so I just taught him his. After that, we agreed to meet after lunch so we can go and submit.
I took my lunch quickly because I don't like the viand. It was sinigang, a famous Filipino soup but my taste buds don't prefer it. If only I was not hungry, I would not mind eating it. After eating, I dressed up without taking a bath because I don't feel like it. Lol. This quarantine days made me hydrophobic (afraid of water). I thought we are just going to submit it and then go home after so I just wore common clothing - a plain white t-shirt and shorts. My friend arrived and I wondered why he wore a formal attire. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinigang
My mom even scold me for not wearing a formal one and she almost spank me again so I went inside my room and changed my clothes with my shoes on. Man, I don't know when my mom will stop from spanking me. I am 21 years old and my dignity was ruined. Lol.
Alright, to make it short, we went there to the office and submitted our resumes. But on our way there, it was very hot and the heat of the sun was deeply felt for we just rode on our motorbikes. We had our helmets though but the heat was just too unbearable.
After the submission, my friend decided to go home already since he's quite annoyed with the heat. I stayed because I decided to buy ingredients for my dessert. My own version of *I don't know if this dessert exists.*
I just want to try something new that can quench the heat I am feeling and a dessert would be a perfect one. I went to the market and just bought what I feel to include in the making. I bought one can of condensed milk, one can of evaporated milk, 2 ripe mangoes, 2 sachets of gelatin powder, 3 coconuts, and 1 pack of sago.
First, I cooked the gelatin powder. I poured 8 cups of water in a pot and let it boil. When it boiled, I put the 2 sachets of the gelatin powder and stirred it gradually. After 3 minutes, I transferred the mixture into a container to let it cool and solidify to have that jelly texture.
I think it took 10 minutes to get completely done.
While waiting, I cooked the sago for 10 minutes. The gelatin was not still set so I combined the other ingredients. I scraped the mangoes, pour the condense and evaporated milk in one container and add the cooked sago. The mixture doesn't look good on camera but believe me, it tasted good and sweet.
The gelatin was ready and so I sliced them into small cubes. I enjoyed slicing them that's why it took me long time to finish. I carefully sliced them too so all will have equal size though I know it's impossible. Well, I am just a little bored.
When all were sliced, I put them on the mango and milk mixture.
I want to let you taste it but unfortunately can't so just let your brain and your taste buds work. Lol.
Last one were the coconuts. I scraped the coconuts too and added them. I don't know how to call this but let's just say this is **"Don't dessert me"**.
I forgot to take a photo with the coconuts in it so just bare with me, pips. As of now, the dessert is in the refrigerator so it will be served chill later. Maybe I will include the final product in my next article. So yeah, this my dessert called, **"Don't dessert me".**
What is your dessert for today?
By the way, I am having a trouble understanding the smartBCH 😂 I am really interested in trying the $cats and $eben but don't know how to start. Anyone who has spare time and advise me? 😁
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`|09032021|`
@gwapojohn
Helena
https://youtu.be/UCCyoocDxBA
I came across this song as I scrolled on Facebook. This is Helena and it's one of my favorite songs by My Chemical Romance. They said this song was dedicated to the singer's grandmother. I don't know, I am not familiar with the story as well but based from my interpretation, the girl in the song killed herself for some reasons. If you happen to hear this one too, can you share your interpretation? I would be glad to know.
I fell in love with this song because of it's singer, lyrics and rhythm. Some may find it so irritating and loud but for me, this kind of rock is good for my ears. I found serenity. We all have different music taste but for me, all songs are beautiful and are worthy to be heard. All music genres are good for the soul. Music itself is a therapy. As what Bob Marley said,
**The good thing about music is that when it hits you, you feel no pain.**
Well, if you're broken hearted and you listen to sad songs, maybe you'll feel hurt but after that, the pain will somehow lessen.
See I have my memories about this song for I have met someone whose name is Helena. The name bears such a strong image. When you hear the name, you somehow associate in your mind a beautiful girl with a strong personality but has the weakest heart when hit in the soft spot. Helena is a girl someone I will never forget. Even in their place, she is known for having a beautiful face and what had happened to her can't be forgotten.
One night, I was at the bar near our place all by myself because I was devastated with my grades. I felt the injustice rating of someone's performance. I can't complain because the professor said that the results are irrevocable. I know I am not so good in school but I do participate, and my test results are average too and I don't deserve an almost failing grade. Well, I don't care much about grades if only mom would not kill me knowing that I got mark that she's not satisfied. Because I was mad, I went to a bar near our place. I want to forget everything and decided to have a drink.
I ordered one bottle of beer and just stayed at the counter. The taste of the beer is bitter but my feelings were more bitter than the beer. I asked the bartender for some ice and chips. The drink somehow tastes good enough with ice. I was about to order another bottle when suddenly, a woman with a very dark eyeliner caught my attention. If you can imagine how Avril Lavigne's eyes look like, then you can picture out Helena. She's looking fine with Margarita in her hands. I found her alone but she's not lonely.
I was about to approach her but she walked through my way and sat beside me. She ordered a bottle of beer and charged it in my bill. She's lucky that I brought extra money with me or else I will still pay. Yes, she's the only girl back then that I was not hesitant to spend with. I don't know but Helena is different. She started talking to me by asking where do I live and if I got a family. She did not even ask for my name because she told me she don't want to meet me after that night. And I was like, okay fine. At least I am happy tonight. We drank together and talk about her family who died. Yes! She's weird on that part but I just go with the flow. Helena told me her sister died because she hanged herself. Her depression consumed her and medications won't help anymore. Helena almost cried but she managed to hold back her tears. After that, she told me how her mom and dad died as well. Poor girl, she's living alone in this world. I tried to comfort her by giving her extra chips. I guess that worked.
At around 12 AM, she told me she wanted to go home because she needs to rest. I was tipsy but she is not. I even offered her to drive her home but she refused and said she would prefer to walk instead. She's really firm in denying my offer so I did not bother anymore. To have a remembrance, I took my phone and clicked a photo of us together. Then she's gone after telling me her name.
The next morning, I found our photo set as my wallpaper. Oh my I forgot what did I do last night. I just let it be. 3 days have passed and still, I can't forget about her. I went to the bar to see if she's here but the bar was closed for 3 days too. I don't have any means to contact her so I just posted our photo together on Facebook.
I just posted **"Looking for this woman"** the then photo. Some of my friends teased me but there's someone who messaged me. I open my chat box and Helena's sister messaged me.
This was her message:
*Hi! My sister seldom took a photo with herself and with someone. She did that with you so I guess you are a special friend. I wonder why you are still looking for her. Haven't you moved on? It's one year already since she passed away.*
I felt scared after reading the message but after a while, I found myself thinking of her and felt lonely for what happened. I seldom fall in love but then God let me meet someone who I can never be with again. I don't know why and how it happened but Helena, I can't forget her.
Would things get better if I stay?
So long and good night.
Hello everyone! Happy first day of September! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
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`|09012021|`
@gwapojohn
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Before and After
When I was young, I don't care about how I look. As long as I get dressed and have my slippers on, everything is solved. I can go anywhere, wherever I want. Well if I have money too. I am sure we experience the stage wherein we don't care about how we look and even how we smell. We also don't mind if we took a bath during the day. What we are after of is to go away and have fun playing with friends. Let's call it **'the yagit stage'.**
**Yagit** in our dialect means you look awful for not being able to take care of yourself. Alright. We have been through that **'yagit stage'** where we don't know how to take care of ourselves. Thus, we look not as appealing as we are today. We've been also in this stage wherein we just simply wipe away the fluid from our nose using our bare hands and there's a mark left in cheeks. Geezz! I remember my mom found it so hard to wipe especially when it dries. Regardless, those are the good old days.
After that stage, we will enter the next one which is the **'glow-up stage'**. Of course. We should not look awful forever. As we grow up, we eventually learn how to take care of ourselves. From the way we dress, the way we carry ourselves and the way we speak. We also learn the habit of taking a bath everyday. I am proud to say that I take a bath even if it's raining because I feel so alive after taking a bath. As time goes by, I think I was in my first year in college that I learn how to make myself look good. I am not sure though if I really turned out to be one. Lol. But I know myself I did everything especially making my skin fairer. 😂 Call it too girly but I really did that. I used to let my mom bought kojic soap and moisturizing lotion in order for my skin to look a little bit nice. I also limit my exposure to the sun's heat that's why I brought umbrella with me.
In this stage, I also learned how to dress properly in every occasion. Unlike before that I wear jeans and rubber shoes on a beach. Yikes! It's not that I am too self-conscious. I just want to make sure that I take care of myself properly. And after this stage, we can see the difference in ourselves **before and after**.
How was I before?
When it comes to physical aspects, you already know a part of me since I already mentioned the rest. Apart from that, I was too skinny before even if I eat a lot. I do have my vitamins too and I slept early. But nothing happened. No body structure improvement. I can't be too sad about it so I just let it go and enjoyed my life. Because of how I look, my classmates teased me. I was a kid then so I got hurt and reported those nasty kids to my mom. My mom would just tell me to not mind them but how can I do it when I see them in school everyday. But as time goes on, I learned how to respond to criticisms. Instead of getting mad, I acted like I am not hurt so I just smiled and go with it. It's really effective because my classmates seldom made fun of me after that. I guess they realized that I am not affected anymore and they would just waste their time. As a result, they find someone else to tease with.
After those moments of rediscovering myself, I learned how to be better. My attitude glowed up too and my mindset has widen. I think this is the most important among all. Looks are nothing when you don't have the right attitude. But there are times when my attitude before comes back. That's the time when I need to sneak out and tease my little brother. I don't know but there are really times that I want to go back to being a kid in such a way that my mom would not spank me.
The above photos somehow shows that I am not skinny as the first one. During that time, I learned how to sleep early and I just sneaked out from house sometimes unlike before that it's almost every night. I know I look like an old man there having the problem of nothing to eat at home. But believe me, I am genuinely happy that time.
So those are just glimpses of me before. I like to tell the rest but I don't want to make you feel sleepy. Lol.
How am I today?
Today, I am pretty sure I am better. Still the same me but with improved mindset and attitude. If I were to be a milk, I am now fortified. My experiences before made me better. Some of my childish attitudes were gone but there are still few remain and those are when I want to get rid of my little brother. Oh, I wish I can get over with this too.
This quarantine days made me look better, I guess because I seldom go out and if I will be out, it will be during evening. Well it's advised to stay home these days but not going out for too long can drive me crazy.
The above photo is my recent pic. I don't know if you will find any glow up in there. But I, myself consider that there's really a difference. I am not as skinny as before and I looked clean today than before. 😂 That's it. I'm going to leave the rest to you and let you do the talking.
Conclusion:
Glow up is lovely but what's even lovelier is when we discover our true purpose and apply it in life. But don't forget to always look good too! 😉
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
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*The rest of the photos are mine*
`|08302021|`
@gwapojohn
Telling lies? (A line you can hear)
Telling lies?
Okay you already know what's next. Perhaps you did sing the next line.
Alright. Here I am again with my random thoughts. Thoughts that I consider worthy to think of, perhaps. Just bear with me this time, again. If this isn't your genre, you can skip me but I will be back and haunt you with my articles. Just kidding!
Let's talk about lies and how often we do it. I don't believe that there are still humans who don't tell lies. Come on! We do bruh. Even telling to our friends that we are on the way though truth is we are still taking a bath is a lie. Just a small lie but still a lie in any angle.
So why do we tell lies?
*This is just based on my observation and experiences.*
**Some of us tell lies to make the people we love at ease.** For instance, we have a problem that can't be solve right away and we really need help. One of the family members may it be your mom and dad or the oldies ask you what's keeping you uneasy. And because you know they have problems too, you would not dare tell them so they won't feel extra burden. Instead of opening the problem to them, you simply say **"nothing's wrong"**. Can we consider this lie good or bad? They say lying itself is already wrong but is it wrong if it makes the people we love feel right?
**Some of us tell lies to avoid questions.** I remember my mom always ask me questions about my performance in school when it was still face to face. Whenever I come home, she interviews me about my grades and I find it too irritating and tiring so if she asks me, **"How's your grades?"** I would say **"Good"** thought it's not so good. I just don't want questions because we all know, moms have a pile of questions -- one over the other.
**Some of us tell lies because we are afraid of the consequences.** There was one time when I forgot to push the rice cooker button downward making the rice uncooked. When it was the time to eat, my dad went to the kitchen to get rice but to his surprise, the rice is uncooked. He hastened to our direction and asked us who cooked the rice. Of course, I don't want to get in trouble so I denied everything. I chose my peace.
**Some of us tell lies because we don't want to hurt someone's feelings.** There's this classmate of mine who's always conscious about her physical appearance. I'm quite annoyed with her but I can't avoid her since we are seatmates. I can't transfer to another seat because our teacher made our seats as her basis of attendance. Every morning, this seatmate of mine asks me she looks okay when she's facing her mirror already. Well, she looks okay though, I told her that but her smell/body odor isn't. I guess she always forgot to use deodorant. I almost told her that her smell is unpleasant but I don't want to make her feel bad so I just stayed silent and endure everything. I wonder how I did it but yeah, I surpassed it.
**Some of us tell lies to make ourselves believe that everything is fine. Thus, we sometimes fool ourselves.** Telling ourselves that everything is fine is okay but not everyday. I believe we should face the situation so we can be able to find solutions there and then. Telling ourselves always that it's okay can sometimes hinder us to keep moving. We will end saying, **"Nah, everything is fine. God will make a way. Tomorrow is going to be perfect."**
Saying this ain't wrong but make sure we must also accompany it with the right action.
**Some of us tell lies because we find pleasure in lying. In short, it became a habit.** This is what I don't want to happen to me. I tell lies sometimes but I don't want to make it as a habit nor feel pleasure in doing so. I can't think of the perfect example to this so I will just use my friends. Sorry friends. There are friends of mine that are not afraid to lie. These friends are men who have girlfriends. They lie to their girlfriends because they think that makes them cool. They keep seeing others girls because it gives them pleasure. They often do this. Thus, it became their habit.
There are a lot of reasons why people lie. I cannot tell them all in one say. But whatever are those, I am sure we have reasons for doing it. It's easy for us to judge but we will not understand the situation unless we are in it. I will not conclude that all types of lies are bad because there are white lies that make the situation better and we don't hurt anyone. It depends actually. I am not encouraging someone to lie though. Just stating my observations.
But above all these, lies are still lies and we should avoid it.
Now it's your turn to share and think of the reasons why we lie. Let me hear your realizations from it. Let's keep it popping!
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
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`|08292021|`
@gwapojohn
Thank you, friends!
Yesterday, I wrote about the things which made me lose my focus to write. If you haven't read it, you can read it here. Only if you have time then. I would be glad to see you in the comment section and hear your ideas out. But before anything else, I want to congratulate myself for my achievement today.
I was not expecting that my articles will reach many. Thank you so much read.cash fam for making me feel I belong to the zoo, I mean to the group. Some of you may find my articles boring or non-sense because mostly, I write about my misfortunes which are really so embarrassing. It's fine and I understand. Just bear with me because that is the capacity of my brain. Alright, I am saying too much here. Thank you again for reading my articles! Hugs to all of you. I hope you will be blessed with more BCH tonight.
Let's get going.
My article yesterday was entitled 'Help'. I wrote there about my frustrations in life on why I can't maintain my focus when I write an article. I also gained comments there which are really helpful to me. Some of my friends there said that my situation is hard and I should be waking up in the middle of the night to write my article. Well, honestly I tried this one but it doesn't work on me. It's very hard and unlikely for me to wake up in the middle of the night. Even if I set my alarm, my body will tell me I should shut it down and so I did.
Some of my friends there also advised me to just look for another place to write. Hmm, yes maybe I can do this. I will try tomorrow but I should make sure that I mute/silent my phone as what @ARTicLEE, and @FarmGirl advised. Looking for a quiet place but getting distracted with my phone or Facebook would not help. Or else I should follow ms. @Jane's advice which is to abandon my Facebook.
Others also were happy after they read my article because my situation there is quite funny or should I say comedy. Well, my life is a comedy.
But I really have one solution in mind which my friends forgot to write in the comment section and that is to get rid of my little brother so there will be no noise around the house. Lol. Kidding! I should find a place of my own before I do that because for sure, my mom would kick me out of the house. That's why I decided to keep my little brother.
Other friends also advised me to just ignore everything and continue writing. This is really nice because I will not go anywhere but then this is not for me. I prefer to work in a peaceful environment for I can't formulate my ideas and arrange my thoughts in chaotic places. I really want to ignore everything as much as I can. But I might try again. Maybe it will work tomorrow.
Lastly, my Sir Pare, @Eunoia gave a comment/advise which honestly did not get into my mind.
He said, "**enclose the enemy".**
Which means that I have to be friend with the situation I am not comfortable with so I can eventually continue writing even with those distractions. We cannot totally avoid distractions so to make things easier for us, let us work with the distractions until the situation will be just normal for us.
Here are the exact words @Eunoia stated:
Enclosed is your enemy that's my strategy, noise makes you unfocused then make practice that normalized the noise. That's what I did, when I am reviewing or working with my brains I make sure that I played a noise sounds because I normalized to think under noisy surroundings in college now I can not live without noise haha, I'm distracted when I had no noise to hear so earphones and music as always presents. Embody the enemy that's what makes you strong...
Thank you so much for this, sir pare. This motivated me to do my best to work with the enemy. I might not do it just as you do but I will make sure I will learn it. I really wanted to finish my article in just one setting. I am the type of person who doesn't like to leave an article unfinished and just get back when free. For me, I was not the same person as I write it and as I came back. My feelings changed already so I cannot continue the idea. Are you also like that too?
*With these being mentioned, I want to express my gratitude to everyone here for being so kind, considerate and helpful.*
Thank you, friends!
I shall not make this long because my little brother has a fever and my mom asked me to guard him. Yes, guard him. I will also ask for an apology if I can't read your articles tonight. I shall fulfill my duty first as a guard. I will surely get back tomorrow.
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
Thank you so much for reading! Comments are very much appreciated. Same appreciation goes to my upvoters and kind sponsors. Again, this is gwapojohn at your service. 😉 Let's get connected!
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|08272021|
@gwapojohn
Help!
Help! Lately, I feel like I can't find myself in everything I do. I lack focus and get distracted easily. Like today, I plan to write my article when I woke up so when it's time to publish, I already have my entry. But, there are a lot of chaos, noise, commotions in the surrounding. Since my aunt from Manila is here already, the other aunties and the kids, a lot of kids are also here to catch up.
How do you maintain your focus?
Some would say just don't think of anything else that is unnecessary. Think of what's your goal and what you want to achieve. Well, this is right but this does not apply to everyone and cannot also be applied to all situations. No matter how we dedicate our time to accomplish something, still it cannot be done for the reason that there will be factors that hinder you for doing so. For instance, you are writing your article and you are really focused about it but then your mom ask you to buy something. Don't tell me you would just ignore your mom and pretend to not hear. Oh dear! You will finish the article for sure but it will be your last stay at home. For that reason, you will surely stop what you are writing and just do what your mom says. And when you come back, you can hardly connect your idea to what has been left. As a result, you stop writing and just do something else.
**But, I really want to know how you maintain your focus. Perhaps it might work on me.**
What keeps me distracted?
A lot. My little brother is number one. His cries occupy the whole house even if I already shut the door in my room. Still, I can hear him. This morning, he constantly asks for candies, marshmallows and chocolates to my mom. In the middle of his sweet munching, a portion/tiny bit of chocolate entered his decayed tooth which made him cry so hard. And then my mom would scold him and picked the bit of chocolate in his tooth using toothpick. When the pain is gone, my brother would eat again those sweet goodies and again, something would stuck in his teeth. The same cycle goes on!
Just to escape the noise, I go outside somewhere far from but not that far from home. Just few steps. I make myself comfortable under the shade of a tree. I was about to continue my article that was supposed to be published tonight but I was not able to do so. I decided to write another one which is this because I have not finished the other one.
Facebook is also one the distractions I want to get rid of but can't. I plan to uninstall my Facebook app but I will be fooling myself if I do that because I know, later on, I will install it back.
How does Facebook distract me? Well, it will all start when I hear the notification sound which means there's an update going on in my Facebook. I try not to close the read.cash page but later on, I will find myself on Facebook already watching racing videos and Mukbang. And when I realized that I need to finish my article, it's already evening and I haven't cleared my notifications yet. Oh boy! That's why most of my articles were published late at night. Good luck to my health.
The need to pee also hinders me to finish my article. I just can't prolong it for my health will be compromised. When I return from the comfort room, it feels like my ideas were flashed in the toilet too.
My neighbors laugh got me distracted as well. I have this neighbor whose laugh sounds like a witch, so creepy and loud. I can hear her because our house is just near from theirs.
I know I should get used to it since we are neighbors but no, I did not. I even told her once that if she's about to laugh, she should get inside their comfort room so no one hears her. It feels like my ideas run when I hear her laugh and before I knew, I can't catch my ideas for they are far already.
My laziness sometimes acts up which made me not write. I just don't feel like doing anything like Bruno Mars. I just want to lay in my bed. Watch Kissing Booth as everybody on Facebook keeps on posting about it which got me curious. I almost finish watching it and I think I need a new movie/series recommendation. Anyone?
Alright, let me end this as I don't want to keep it longer. Will be publishing the second part tomorrow.
Help!
Let me know your ways of maintaining focus too.
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
Thank you so much for reading! Comments are very much appreciated. Same appreciation goes to my upvoters and kind sponsors. Shout out to my new sponsor as well, @gertu13 🎉 Same goes with @Princessbusayo and sir @TengoLoTodo for renewing their sponsorship. I am so blessed today. Again, this is gwapojohn at your service. 😉 Let's get connected!
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`|08262021|`
@gwapojohn
Typical Filipino Family
Today, my aunt from Manila has completed her 10-day quarantine. Meaning, she is now allowed to go home from the quarantine facility. My mom, including my other aunties are too excited for her to come out. Every afternoon, they would go there outside the quarantine facility just to see my aunt from Manila and to have a little chit chat with her despite the 6-meter distance. You won't believe my mom and my other aunties do that during the 1st day of quarantine up to now. Well, I feel like it's normal to act that way when you haven't seen someone especially a family member for such a long time.
This aunt of mine has been living in Manila for almost 20 years. She lived there with her son after she and her husband separated. Why? It's because her husband was caught having an affair. They almost had everything. Wealth, prosperous business, and a perfect life but all came down when her husband spent their money on numerous girls without my aunt's knowledge. Little did he know that their savings was completely at its lowest. Of course, when my aunt found out, she did not hesitated to separate with him. Well, who would not?
Alright, so going back, my family has been so excited for my aunt to finish her quarantine. During the first day when the van arrived, my little brother almost went near to my aunt and my aunt hand some chocolates to my cousins as well. Oh dear, they're not supposed to get close to her. Luckily the guard did not see them or else all of us will be quarantined. That's not the first time. During the second day, my cousins again who are still kids went near to my aunt just to ask for 20 peso bill. Glad that the oldies have seen them and immediately called them.
My mom and my aunties as well are too excited for the **'pasalubong'. Pasalubong** are the goodies, biscuits, things, clothes and other things that will be given away when my aunt comes home. As for the kids, they are so excited for the chocolates and 20 peso bill. For the oldies, my aunties, they are excited for the pots, clothes, bags, and other kitchen utensil that my aunt from Manila brought.
I don't know why they are like that when my aunt just came home from Manila, not from abroad. Fortunately my aunt was able to save from there because she has a store and a little business. Because of that, she was able to give what the family has expected.
This afternoon, my aunt was already out and just like the common Filipino scene when there is someone who arrives, everyone gathered around and wait for the 'pasalubong' to be given. Of course, there's a big box containing everything. In every thing that will be taken from there, someone in the family wishes to own it. It's cute and funny right? What a typical Filipino family.
My aunt also took jeans, ripped jeans to be exact and all the girls in the family are waiting for it. Each one of them wears it and whoever fits the size would get the jeans. One of my aunties forcefully wear it but she was not successful. It doesn't really fit to her. Can you picture out the scene?
After the giving of 'pasalubong', everybody eats dinner. The dinner was like fiesta. Exchanges of conversation went on and the voices are too loud as if they're talking so far from each other. My mom teases my aunt from Manila that her ex-husband awaits her too and would like to join the dinner. My aunt just laughed.
Of course, a celebration would not be possible without a beer. We drink some and continue the conversation. We had a great time, honestly. Sometimes I thought that our family went way too much for asking something to my aunt but then I realized that it's very common for us, Filipinos to share what we have to our family. Even if sometimes, there's nothing or very little left in us. Without these traits, we are incomplete as Filipinos.
I am proud and happy to be part of the Filipino family.
How about you there pips, what is a typical Filipino family for you?
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
Thank you so much for reading! Comments are very much appreciated. Same appreciation goes to my upvoters and kind sponsors. Again, this is gwapojohn at your service. 😉 Let's get connected!
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`|08252021|`
@gwapojohn
Big C curve
Yesterday was the Big C Pamahawan Curve snap shot. The event was a charity type in which motorbike riders need to pay a registration fee in order to help those people in need. The event gained participants through Facebook posts and on other social medias. Even I, wouldn't know if I was not that active on Facebook. Well, I only have Facebook as my social media account. So I am active there most of the time if I'm not in read.cash.
Alright, let me explain the title of the event. Big C stands for the curve like C as in letter C.
The riders need to pass that curve safely and they might also do some trick while passing along the curve. Pamahawan is the name of place where the curve was located. This place was just few barangays away from ours that's why I was able to go there and witness the event. There were also professional photographers who were stationed at the different sides of the road just to get the perfect shots of the riders as they go through along the Big C.
These are the photographers:
I was thinking to register so I can take part of the event too but then the event already started and converting my BCH earning into our fiat money would take time like 2 hours. I don't have money in pocket that time so unfortunately, I wasn't able to join. But, before the event started, I tried my luck. I really wanted to get a shot/photo while I am driving through the Big C. Though I did not wear the proper gear, I thought my helmet was enough for my safety. I even wore shorts and ordinary shirt because the place was just near from us. And the worse is, I am only wearing my slippers. But nah, who knows the photographer might give me a shot while the event hasn't started.
With high hopes, I drive my motorbike and pass by the Big C. There were also people passing by because it's a national road. There were also policeman and other rescue teams in case there will be accidents. It's not actually a race. It's just driving along the curve with the photographers taking a perfect shot while the riders are moving.
See, I drove through that curve with high expectations that the photographers would mind to give me a shot. I don't care if I'm just wearing my slippers. Lol. I wasn't that aware that I was photographed because I was too focused on the road. If not, I might get into an accident and my parents will not forgive me if I return the motorbike with a scratch.
And there, I made. After my first attempt, I tried again and again. Why not? More entries means more chances of winning, right? Call it funny but you'll never know the eagerness unless you do have the same passion as mine.
That's me in the frame. Thanks to **ChoiSalan.Captures** for these amazing shots. I wasn't really expecting of this but I dream about this. Sorry if I am not wearing the proper gears. As what I said, I planned to join but then scarcity of cash does not allow me to do so. Well, there's still next time for everything. What's important now is I have these shots of mine that will serve as remembrance of my hardwork. Hardwork in driving through the curve repeatedly. I was not really expecting this one because I thought they would only click for those riders who registered. Oh well, I guess I am just lucky on that day.
Please don't judge the way I dressed there. When I will be joining one officially, I will make sure I look so appropriate to the event. This time, I was just in a hurry because I woke up late. If only I woke up early, I can convert my earnings into cash and enjoy the ride and the same time, I am helping those people in need for the earnings of this event goes to a charity.
Some might won't understand why we love doing such. Some would also think that it's for fame, it's just a display of the bike you have or to even boast about your ability in handling a motorbike. But it's not. It's more than that. It's all about the passion and the willingness to help. We all have different passion and I do hope we do respect whatever it is.
Keep doing amazing with the things you love!
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`|08242021|`
@gwapojohn
My neighbor took advantage of me
*I'm sorry dear neighbor, I'm not the type of man you can easily get.*
This is one the lines I said to a girl, a girl who's just our neighbor. Their house is just across ours. Things started to become weird between the two of us when she confessed her feelings to me in a not-so-proper manner. Hey, I want you to believe in me. This is a true story. I think it happened a year ago or more. I'm not sure when exactly but it was pandemic already.
See I have this childhood friend which is that girl I'm referring. Let's just call her **'Corazon' and Unang Aswang.** Just kidding but yeah, let Corazon be her name.
Corazon was a playmate of mine ever since we were kids. Who would not, right? Our house are just few steps from theirs. So she always visit me here in our house and we would play hide and seek. That was her favorite game like everyday. She would call other kids to play with us. One time, I was fed up with that game and decided to go home without her knowing. I was not aware it was her turn to find us so I did not bother to inform her. I just went home and had my favorite snack, Oreo and Pineapple juice. Hours later, Corazon's mom is looking for her in our house. I told her I went home an hour ago and so she hastened and searched for Corazon. After a while, Corazon's mom came back and told me that Corazon is still looking for me because she thought I was still hiding. Oh my, I'm sorry, Corazon.
We also went to the same school during elementary and high school. We were classmates then and would always come home together. For me, she's a very good friend. She let me copy her assignment, helped me with school projects and even gave me answers during the exams.
Years passed by just like a wink of an eye and so me and Corazon seldom saw each other because she went to different College.
A year later, I heard a news that she already had a boyfriend. Wow! I'm so happy for that girl knowing she had a boyfriend already when in fact she doesn't even comb her hair. Oh well. I just gave her my congratulations as a good friend. After 2 years, yes 2 years, her relationship with that man lasted for 2 years and I know she's been so in love with him. So after that 2 years they broke up. I don't know what's the reason. I did not bother to ask either.
Corazon was broke and texted me if I could have a drink with her. She said she want to forget everything. Being her friend for a long time made me agreed but I brought along 2 people with me who were our neighbors as well.
She bought the drink and that was Tanduay Rhum with lime juice. Oh my! That drink can kill my intestines but I need to accompany her in her time of despair and after this, I hoped she will be fine. We started drinking. I drank moderately because I had a class the day after tomorrow but Corazon drank like there's no tomorrow. As a result she got drunk. When she was drunk she sat so close to me that she even sat on me. Our friends were just laughing at us and did not even help me. They took a video instead, and until now, I still have that video saved without Corazon's knowledge. Maybe I will let her watch it when she came back here from the University.
To continue, she was really drunk and told me I was her crush ever since we were kids.
She even hugged me so tight but I kept on avoiding her moves. I let her transfer to her seat but then she kept on coming back on my lap. She even kissed me on my cheeks and even dared to kiss me on my lips which she did not accomplished. She even told me repeatedly that we must be together like boyfriend and girlfriend. I really tried my best not to hurt her while I was avoiding her. She's still my friend and I don't see something more. And even if she was another girl who I like, I would choose to do what's right. Girls deserve respect. I don't want to deal with drunk girls as well. They might file a case against me afterwards.
After what happened, Corazon's approach to me changed. Maybe she remembered what she did the day after she was drunk. We seldom talk to each other now and our friendship was not like before but I am too open to start a friendship with her again.
Realization:
**If a man or a person is not into you, you will not really get their attention. Well maybe you can, but it will just be temporary. Don't make yourself look desperate. Instead, love yourself first and the rest will follow.**
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`|08222021|`
@gwapojohn
Are you lost, Sadako girl?
Is there a Sadako boy? If none, then why am I using Sadako girl? I should use just Sadako instead. Hmm, never mind. But yeah, if you read my article about the Exes and Whys, you might have an idea what I am talking about. You can read first tho, if you do have leisure time. See I was so restless these days and have been so distracted. I am getting insanely mad without knowing what's the root of it. Am I starting to become crazy? Perhaps this was all about the things that keep me up all night. https://read.cash/@gwapojohn/exes-and-whys-fd772cd6
I have been in trouble deciding if I should get a vaccine or not. Some of my friends got vaccinated last day and were now experiencing side effects such as fever, headache and muscle pain. God knows how I am so afraid of pain. But there's this thought in mind that I should have it. Covid is much harmful than the side effects of vaccine. I need more time to think about it though.
Alright, let me tell you what happened last night.
I was just scrolling on Facebook as I was not in the mood to write yesterday. Suddenly, a familiar face popped up into my notifications. I tried viewing the preview message and saw the name there. It's Sadako girl. Not her real name, let's just hide her identity that way just to be safe. She might be here joining already. Who knows?
I was thinking not to open the message but then my curiosity got me. I was also thinking that maybe she wants closure or else a continuation of our love story. The conversation goes this way.
Her: Hi, there. How's everything?
Me: Just the same when you left. Still the same me. The same vibe.
Her: I heard you quit school?
(How did she know? She was so away from here. Is she stalking me?)
Me: Yes, temporarily but I will surely get back soon. How about you?
(I don't have anything to say so I ask her studies too)
Her: I quit school. I decided to just work because I can't really keep up with the online class. Now I am working as a waitress here in XXX restaurant.
Me: Okay then, that's your choice. I hope all the best for you.
After my last chat, she just left my message on seen. The nerve of this girl. Well, I just let her be and continued my journey on browsing some videos on Facebook. As I am browsing, I recalled one of our precious memories.
*Our first meeting was memorable yet embarrassing. We met at the park somewhere near our town. We call that park "Park & laugh" (sounds like park and lot). I went there 30 minutes ahead of her. There were children playing in the slide, in the swings and in the see-saw. I enjoyed watching them. Meanwhile, I saw a girl with a long, black hair wearing white dress. She has a fair skin and long legs. She looked beautiful but then she really looked like a white lady because of her skin complexion, white dress and long hair. I checked my phone and confirmed it was her that's why she's approaching near me.*
*One of the kids went near me before she came and that kid told me I should hide because Sadako is coming. I almost laugh out loud but then got scared a little. What if I am dating a white lady? Maybe that's the reason why she doesn't like me to go in their house because she was one. Oh my!*
***"Hey, John right?"***
***"Yeah, it's me. You are?"***
***"It's me, Maria Leonora Teresa. Silly!"***
***"Oh okay, sorry, come take a seat."***
*When Sadako girl sat beside me, the children near us went away. Well, I can't blame them. They're just kids and maybe they're really afraid of white ladies.*
My flash backing was cut when another message popped up. It's Sadako girl again saying she missed me.
Her: I missed you, John
(This might be a good omen. Yay)
Me: What part of me you missed specifically?
Her: All of you.
Me: I want a specific answer.
Her: Hmmmm
Me: Hmmm what?
Her: I really wanted to tell you this right when I chatted you.
Me: What?
Her: Can you lend me some money? I need it to buy for my baby's milk.
What? She had a baby? And why she would even said she missed me when all she wants is to borrow money? Is saying "how are you", "I miss you", the first moves to borrowing money?
**Sorry, Sadako. If only I got some I would just for the baby.**
Now my Sadako girl turned into credit girl.
Are you lost, Sadako girl?
Until now, I left her message on seen.
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`|08212021|`
@gwapojohn
Merci Beaucoup
**Merci Beaucoup! - French**
**Thank you very much - English**
Yes, you're thinking it right. **"Merci beaucoup"** or **"Merci"** means **"Thank you"** or **"Thank you very much"** in English. I want to use these terms in my article today because I realized the things I should be thankful of. Actually there are really a lot but I will just tell the most important ones.
In life, we should be thankful of the little things we receive for they are still considered as blessing. Even my "5/15" score in Math is a blessing though it's so low. Well, better than having zero. What do you think? Also, the days when we are still alive are our biggest blessing. We couldn't experience the beauty of life if we will not be able to open our eyes. But most of the times, we forgot to thank God about it. Even me, I am guilty too. I, sometimes forgot to thank God during those days when I am happy. I just remember him when I feel I need some help in life and this is the kind of attitude I really wanted to change.
Our family and all the people who are dear to us are blessings too. Can you imagine your life without them? Without our parents? Who will teach us how to battle life? Who will be there for us when we need help and someone to hear our rants? It's our family.
I do believe that as you read this, you are starting to recall the things that you are thankful with. Us, humans, I believe are born good and therefore, we must see to ourselves that we made our role as humans, good humans because that's what the world wants.
So what are the things I am thankful with/for? Let me tell you:
**I am thankful with my own life.** To have this life of mine is a complete joy to my parents and me. Yes, it's true that I didn't choose to be born for it was my parents who did that but growing up, I started to realize my life's purpose. And those are to love my parents as much as they loved us, give them the life they deserve to have, contribute meaningfully to the society, and being kind to every people as well as animals. Our lives should not be wasted being bad to every creature.
And that's also why I love my pet fish though he's just swimming everyday and not even taking to me.
**I'm thankful for the food we have in the table**. Admit or not, not all people have food in their table. As much as I really want to help all, I can't because we don't have unlimited supply as well. Just so we can keep on helping, we just gave what we have and our neighbors will do the same too.
My dad worked so hard for us to have meals even 4 or 5 times day. This pandemic has brought tough life to all us and some people also lose their jobs. Blessed those who have ones and can help their families in some ways.
**I'm thankful because I met read.cash**. Yes, because why not? Read.cash is a blessing for we can express and earn at the same time. Those times when I don't know about read.cash yet, my days are boring especially I am at home always. No online class for me because I quit temporarily. Now that I am in read.cash, I can use my time productively by meeting a lot of persons all over the world though reading their articles. I can also virtually travel and have a party. Perfect! I can also vent my frustrations when mom choose my little brother over me. And most especially, I met my best friend, Rusty.
Recently, I can't access my read.cash I don't know what happened but it showed that the system is under maintenance. Upon seeing that, I was a bit nervous because I thought it's just me who's experiencing it. So I texted my friend and she told me we're experiencing the same. Oh my all my worries appear because I already imagined that time how sad it will be without read.cash.
**I'm thankful because I am still able to type this article** despite of how sleepy I am. For me, this shows my eagerness to not skip my goal in the platform which is to publish an article a day. I won't let this sweet slumber take over me. Not until I finish this. I would just say sorry in advance for the typos because my eyes are closing and then opening. I will just make it up tomorrow and write a better one than this.
I think I will just end it here because I am really sleepy. I got tired today since we did fix our roof just in case heavy rains will start their reign. I miss the rain actually. So sorry if the things I am thankful with seemed so small but those are what my heart says. I tried to be serious in this article and I hope I am. Lol.
Merci beaucoup!
Let me know of the things you are thankful of!
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`|08192021|`
@gwapojohn
Where am I?
Yesterday, I wrote about my neighbors and how much I am loving them. Yes, I love my neighbors. I think of it that way so I would treat them nicely all the time even they borrow our coconut scraper and did not care to return after they use it. Very good!
I also got varied comments there which made me happy. Some of you here shared the type of neighbors you got and some of you also agreed to me that we should love our neighbors. Just sometimes we are sarcastic about it. But regardless, they are still our neighbors and we can't get rid of them not until they moved to other place so it's better to ignore them or perhaps don't mind them. Let that kindness in you flourish, shining, shimmering, splendid. A whole new world!
Alright so today I decided to join the prompt of manang @OfficialGamboaLikeUs about **drunk moments**. I read quite a few articles and all are funny and worthy to read. **Being drunk is not totally bad. What's bad is when my mom look after me after one of our neighbors told her I am drinking alcohol with friends. See?** ***Our neighbors are so caring that they care about my life too even if I am beyond their jurisdiction.*** But nevermind the neighbors.
**Sometimes, to drink is also one of the ways some people escape from loneliness.** Being drunk is one of the bonding between friends and other acquaintances. For me, a party without a drink would be too boring or shall I say dull. I believe in this case because I have been to different occasions and somewhat different each of them. I am not saying this is also true to you. We do have different perspectives when it comes to drinking. And I will just recount and share to you mine.
Thank you so much manang @OfficialGamboaLikeUs for initiating this prompt. This really took me back to those days when I feel so me. Letting all of me without minding if someone will judge. I don't know but I guess you can relate to this too. **Have you noticed when you are drunk you seemed to be so happy and you don't care for the people around you? What matters most is you are happy and I don't think that's bad for that's the only time we feel most alive and not afraid of any judgement.** And we should have that days when we choose our happiness over what other says.
Ughh, my brother is crying again just because we currently have a power interruption while he was watching his favorite Cocomelon. I can't focus and I do want to get rid of him as of this time but my mom is beside him so I can't do anything. I will just leave it here.
Hello hello! I am back. Haha! Sorry for the long and useless narration. Okay let's get started. Let's remember the days we were once wasted.
When I was a drunkard, I:
I told my dad a joke.
I didn't ask for permission when I left the house and so my parents are very worried where am I since it's already late in the evening. During that time, I went to my friend who just came home from California. He treated us with unli-drinks making me tipsy and drunk later on. I checked to see what time is it so I can go home. It was very late so I went home. When I was about to drive my motor bike, one of my friends insisted to just drive me home since I'm too drunk. I couldn't do anything since they won't let me go not unless someone will drive me home and so I agreed.
When we arrived home, my dad was there at the front door looking so mad. But then I was drunk that time so I didn't mind him talking about something.
Just to lessen the anger of dad, I told him a joke. I told him this:
"Good evening! You are Matthew Smith, right? Wow we have the same surname! Mine is Smith too. So I guess we are cousins bro!"
My senses just came back when I felt dad's blow in my head. Is my joke not funny dad?
I got angry first right before mom would do
I was so drunk during our graduation because my batch mates initiated a party. My close friends are there and so I agreed to go. We drank tequila that time and it's my first time to it which made me so drunk. When I was at home already, I saw mom inside waiting for me. But before she gets mad, I got mad first. I slammed the door and said,
"Why do I came home late? Where have I been? I am not thinking of the time. I am not a good son! I am so stupid I should have washed the dishes before going somewhere."
I saw my mom almost laughed but then she just forced herself not to laugh because her role was supposed to be mad. And because of that, I escaped mom's machine gun-like mouth. Lol. And I was able to go to sleep soundly.
**I did not remember how I got home**
"Where am I?"
I just notice that I was at home after 10 minutes of staring at the ceiling after I woke up.
Honestly, there was one time I was drunk that I forgot how did I managed to get home considering that I drove my motorbike. I'm just glad that there's no accident happened to me.
I called my girlfriend and found out I don't have one
This is so funny because all of my friends brought their girlfriends at the party. I don't have girlfriend that time since that's the time when Tinder Girl ghosted me. If only I knew that the party would turn out to be a lover's nest, then I wouldn't go. But I was there already and my friends doesn't want me to leave.
When everyone was tipsy, they started to get clingy with their partners and I felt so awkward and out of place. And so I went out to call my girlfriend but then when I dialed, I realized that I don't have one.
So I returned to the place and solo drank the bottles of beer left.
This is quite long since I have lots if drunk moments and I will write about it tomorrow. I will leave it here since I am so sleepy as of this time and I promised myself to give my body the rest I need. I hope I will manage to maintain this.
*Alright. Let's remember every detail when we're wasted and share it in the comment box. I would be glad to hear from you.*
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
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`|08182021|`
@gwapojohn
I love my neighbors!
"Love your neighbors"
That's what I always hear from the elders. I don't know why they said that but one thing is for sure, being kind to neighbors is an act of a good deed, an act of humanity. Our neighbors can also help us in return if we need them. Aren't they? I can always remember what my grandma said when she was alive and kicking.
She said, *one day you'll leave this world behind, so live a life you will remember*.
Just kidding. That's a line from a song.
My grandma said, even if our neighbors aren't good towards us, we should always show an act of goodness to them so they will learn from us. I am about to disagree but she said I will grow horn on my forehead if I disobey neighbors. And so I didn't mind talking back because I was just 10 years old then.
Accept it or not, we can't deny that there are neighbors we favor and there are the ones we despise for some reasons. Personally, I love my neighbors but sometimes, I just want to forget them that they are our neighbors so I can treat them badly, well they deserve it. I think it's human nature that we have people who we hate even though they are not doing anything to us. Why is that? Even if we just see them, we seem to change our mood from good to being bad. But then again, I remember my grandma and that's why I calm myself and say,
"I love my neighbors!"
Hey! I am not my grandma so I won't love them everytime. I found it so hard to love myself and loving them all would be tough one for me especially in times some of them are being too nosy. Do you feel me?
**I don't want to sound so bad so I will just use love to mean hate. I hope you get to read this so you'll understand what I mean through out the article.**
I love my neighbors who are always asking for lemongrass and malunggay.
It's not bad to ask if you don't have one but asking for 10x or more is too much for me. Especially that it's my grandma who planted the lemongrass. Nevermind the malunggay since it's just easy to plant. But the lemongrass, oh my, my grandma really had a hard time taking care of it and she's old already.
Everyday, I feel like there are 5 or more neighbors who asked for malunggay and lemongrass. And all of them are the same person who consistently ask. I know many of you here can relate. Especially Filipinos.
That's why I'm planning to give them something to plant so they won't keep on asking. Isn't it nice if they do have their own? I'm not really mad at them I'm disappointed because they can plant their own but why didn't they? Okay, this is enough. I love my neighbors.
I love my neighbors who always borrow our traditional coconut scraper and don't know how to return
I don't know if it's the exact English term for "kaguran" or "kudkuran". You can correct me if I'm wrong.
There will always be this neighbor who likes to borrow our coconut scraper and just forgot that she borrowed it. It's fine if their house is just a step away but then I would pass by 6 houses to get to them. It's okay if she forgot it once or twice but always is too much. But then again, we have this Filipino culture to lend what we have even though we already know that person's performance because we believe they might change it.
I got really annoyed when my mom accused me that I was the last one who used the coconut scraper and asked me where did I put it even though I didn't. She always forgot things that's why she also forgot who borrowed it. Consequently, I went to each of neighbors house to look for it. It's okay to borrow but at least learn how to return.
I love my neighbors who knows the future
Yayy we do have this type of neighbors. The know-it-all type. One look, and then your future will be known. They act like they can predict anything. One time there's this girl in our neighbor who always like to party and get home at dawn. One of the neighbors saw her.
That one neighbor just go to houses to spread rumors on what she saw. She talks badly about that girl and said that girl will have no future and she will got pregnant one of these days. The rest of the neighbors also agreed and continue to spread the rumors until it came to my mom. My mom is a bit nosy so she listened and I cut the conversation by calling my mom to help me out in my cooking.
Days have passed, another gossip came to my mom. That one neighbor who spread rumors about the girl, is nowhere to be found since she wasn't seen in a while when her daughter was rumored to pregnant.
Well, what goes around, truly comes around.
I have a lot to tell about my neighbors but I will leave the rest to you. I am so sleepy this time. I know you do have stories about them too. Let me hear!
Hello everyone! If you have some useful tips or guide which can help me improve, you can let me know in the comment section. I may not know all about you now but I am eager to know you deeper. I will work hard so I can be like the amazing writers here. I have talked to some people and they are all amazing.
Thank you so much for reading! Comments are very much appreciated. Same appreciation goes to my upvoters and generous ponsors. Again, this is gwapojohn at your service. 😉 Let's get connected!
`|08162021|`
@gwapojohn
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