16 July 2007

some realities

i'm in my "i'm so ugly" phase.

i heard that we are all entitled to brew this kind of drama every once in a while. last night, met up with ler in select katipunan at 3am. i was feeling this shitty: "you know, if you tell me to meet you somewhere, i will." so i found myself driving through a very creepy commonwealth avenue and was reminded of a post-apocalyptic scenario. i had my windows down.

at select, just aftrer i ordered cold milo, i asked the cashier if i was ugly.

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i'm also in a "it sucks to be poor" phase.

but really, i am. once, during dinner, my sister asked me which bank i had my money in. i didn't have any savings. she was apalled. the same sister told me that it would take me 3 months to earn what she would make just for one procedure.

no matter. i don't really want to compare because among the 2 of us, i am sure that i am the one who'se been around more. it's not how much you have but how you spend it, right? and at least i can say that i've really been enjoying life.

i was never taught both by my parents or by circumstances to spend wisely. a life of decadence. now, however too late it is, i'm trying to learn how it is to make oneself rich. i'm starting by budgeting.

someday, i will master this art.

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i haven't been going to mass.

everything i hear in it just gets lost in me anyway. my father used to berate me for this. one time, during dinner, while the girls were still in the ladies room, i told him the truth. "i'm just not going to mass right now. there are a few things that i want to sort out."

that's when the cold cuts came. and he never forced me to go to mass again.

posted by carl at 3:57 PM
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