It's not right but it's okay

As Whitney Houston said in her song, "It's not right but it's okay. I'm gonna make it anyway." There really are so many things in life which will not seem right but then again it's okay. Cliche as it may sound, everything happens for a reason and whatever that reason is bahala na si God. According to officemate Joel, lahat yan naka set ng mangyari. Sort of like its been written in your stars and it was bound to happen to you so that the next thing may it be good or bad may happen and so on.

Therefore as I have said in my blog yesterday, bilog ang mundo or as Heidi Klum says it, "One day you're in, the next day you're out." so dadating din ang araw mo. Kaya believe the action movie stars when they say "May araw ka din." because it's true, the day will come when all your hard work will pay off and all your misdoings will come back to you. Karma indeed is a scary thing because even control freaks would not be able to do something about it. Scary!!!

It's not fair!

It's not fair! I said those words about a million times today because really "It's not fair!". Alam mo yung feeling na ikaw ang sinisising may kasalanan ng lahat na kulang na lang pati pagpatay kay Ninoy ipaamin sa'yo! Truly this day tested my patience and my breeding. Sa totoo lang napabilib ako sa sarili ko kasi I was able to prove na I can hold off on my tongue lashing and know that there is a time and place for everything.

There is only 1 thing that I remember from my Philosophy class in college and that is when our prof told us that only immature people blame others for things that happened to them. She said that it happened because one way or another you had something to do with it and you just do not want to admit it because you are immature. For me that was so obvious and simple yet we fail to recognize it. We always want to make sure that we find who is/are responsible for things even if the one who is partly to blame is you. As Christ said, he who has no sin may cast the first stone. Therefore you can only accuse someone if you are completely clean of any and I mean any dirt like Virgin Mary. So you see, no one is like Her and no one will ever be. Ergo, walang dapat manisi at sisihin.

To me, maturity includes not only refusing to blame others but actually owning up to mistakes made. I learned that it is easier to admit you made a mistake than making yourself appear innocent and totally blameless, even if it means saving your ass. Come clean and for sure you will be happier and sleep better. But I guess it really is a dog eat dog world out there and this will happen many more times in my life but I am so sure of one thing, bilog ang mundo kaibigan at abangan mo ang pag ikot nito.

Wala pa silang asawa?

While we were growing up, my mom always told my sister and I that we need to do good in school. Mind you, good to her is not about us getting average marks but excellent ones. She drilled into our heads that getting medals for academic excellence is better than crowns and sashes at beauty pageants. Anyway, never naman did my sister and I think that we were beauty queen material so it was okay. We studied well, excelled in what we do and got good jobs. In short, we were getting what we wanted because yes we did well in school... by ourselves.

I had my 1st boyfriend at 18 which was pretty late considering others get them at 13. My sister had hers at 27. We are not picky, we just had different priorities. I personally never had a short serious relationship but marriage seemed to be just not there yet.

My mom got married when she was 22 so she always told us to go for what we want before we get married. We wanted to go for so many things that is why getting married took the waaaay back there seat. A lot of my family friends are getting married and so they are always asked when it will be our turn. My mom can only answer with a smile and then say "Pinamimigay ko na nga eh kaya lang ayaw pa!" Come to think of it my sister is turning 30 this year and I am turning 27, in the olden days, matandang dalaga na yun. I suppose that is no longer the case now. Whether it is because we want to do a lot of things or we cannot find the right man for us, the truth is, we just do not think it is a liability to still be unmarried. After all, I am surrounded with people older than me and unmarried. While growing up we played "office" or "teacher" but never mommy and baby, I think that already is an indication of how we wanted our adult life to be. Whenever my mom would talk about us to other people, she is happy that both of us are doing well and happily unmarried. My dad wants to have apos already but then told us that our happiness comes first, the apos can follow. So next time anybody wonders why we are unmarried, our answer to that is - We are single, loving it and the getting married part is still no. 100 in the list of 100s.

Good Deed #2

I never get tired of writing about how the elections in my hometown of Cavite City took place. I am so proud of my fellow Caviteños because they are very smart voters indeed! Let me put it this way, it turned out that they were underestimated and they really, really rose above that. Even I cannot fathom the idea that we as a people can do that.

I volunteered kasi for the Parish Pastoral Council For Responsible Voting (PPCRV) because at first my mom wanted me to and I thought I should because she was closey with the priests and all that. So I did and it turned out to be one of the best things I have done in my life. It gave me an appreciation for the people who make this country great :-) Mind you not the politicians ha but the people who can barely read or write but takes time to actually vote. I felt that for them it was not an obligation but it was something they would do for their own good. Gone are those people who vote because they were paid to do so. I think it was attempted but worked against them haha buti nga!

Anyway the pictures I posted here are those of the PPCRV protesting at the Cavite City Hall for very unfair election practices. Imagine Comelec changed their previous ruling about a certain candidate at about 2 PM which was an hour shy of the closing of the polls! Grabe na ito sabi ko, sobrang madaya. The church explained that our protest is not to benefit a certain candidate but to defend the rules which Comelec has set (and then they themselves are changing! Labo no?). Take note, they reversed the ruling again after the PPCRV protested so "Ano ba talaga, kuya?" but then I learned na "Ate" pala dapat because the "head" is a woman (o dapat girl kasi di maka decide!) Anyway so mega protest na nga kami then here comes the police at madami sila ha. Naisip ko nga na ano naman ang laban ng tatlong pari at madaming matanda sa kanila hello! Karamihan kasi sa volunteers eh oldies as in 60+ :-) So show of force to death kami with adrenaline rushing and then nobody from the City Hall came out, so the priests had to go inside. They really want us in their territory so I was thinking baka takot? Sino? Kanino? At bakit? Baka guilty? Sino? Anong ginawa? So na disperse na din kami and I went home told my mom about it and prayed to God for justice to the REAL oppressed person (whoever it may be). I believe God heard our prayers, lumabas ang totoo so ayun may nanalo din finally. End of story? I'm not sure kasi nawawala yung villain... I have yet to find out sa mga chismoso/chismosa sa amin kung nasaan. Next time for sure alam ko na what happened.