Mar 2008

I have this friend. I call him F.

He has lately been asking me repeatedly a very disturbing question.

"Do you think my boyfriend is cheating on me... again?" F asked me for the 6th time yesterday.

As always, I would lie to his face, telling him "I don't know." Andumi ng feeling ko everytime I lie to him.

The horrible obvious truth is that I do know his bf is still cheating on him. With several guys for that matter. His bf has been fooling around on the side for years.

The first time I found out about his boyfriend's affairs was a long time ago. From then on, F has found out about his extra-curricular activities twice already. And each time, his beau has promised over and over again that he will never do it again.

But apparantly, he did. Still is. F's bf is a friend of mine. And to be honest, I don't want to be the one to tell F about his bf's cheating. Takot ako eh. Ayoko masira friendship namin. Pero I know I should do something. Sabihin ko ba? Or pabayaan ko kasi problema't buhay nila yun? Gago kasi tong dyowa niya eh. Ang kati.

Good thing F doesn't read my blog. He's too preoccupied with saving his relationship. The question is, is it worth saving?

Mainit talaga ang dugo sa akin ng mga batang yagit.

The other day, I was on my way to 7-11, when I came across a group of street children diyan sa may kanto ng Mercury Drug sa baba ng building natin.

They were playing a game involving rubber bands (at least di sila sumisinghot ng rugby).

One of the kids, a boy of about five years old, saw me approaching and screamed gleefully while pointing at me:

"Taba, taba, taba, tabatchoy!"

Now, normally, kebs lang ako sa ganito, kaso andaming tao sa paligid na nakarinig tapos pinagtinginan nila ako, sobrang dyahe talaga.

Tatapakan ko sana yung bata kaso andaming witness eh. So tinignan ko na lang siya ng masama sabay inirapan ko.

Wrong move pala.

Pagkatapos kong umirap, mukha siyang natulala tapos iniba naman yung sigaw niya:

"Baklang baboy!"

Nakanamputsa... This is why I believe in abortion.

Someone sent me an email about this QandA...

Paolo Bediones: Janina, how are you?

Janina San Miguel: I’m fine.

Paolo Bediones: Alright, so you won two of the major awards - Best in Long Gown, Best in Swimsuit, do you feel any pressure right now?

Janina San Miguel: No, I don’t feel any pressure right now.

Paolo Bediones: Confident! Alright! Please choose a name of the judge.

Paolo Bediones: We have Miss Vivienne Tan.

Vivienne Tan: Good Evening.

Janina San Miguel: Good Evening.

Vivienne Tan: The question is, what role did your family play to you as candidate to Binibining Pilinas?

Janina San Miguel: Well, my family’s role for me is so important b’coz there was the wa- they’re, they was the one who’s… very… Hahahaha… Oh I’m so sorry, Ahhmm… My pamily… My family… Oh my god… I’m… Ok, I’m so sorry… I… I told you that I’m so confident… Eto, Ahhmm, Wait… Hahahaha, Ahmmm, Sorry guys because this was really my first pageant ever b’coz I’m only 17 years old and ahahaha I, I did not expect that I came from, I came from one of the top 10. Hmmm, so… but I said that my family is the most important persons in my life. Thank you.

Sana ako na lang tinanong nila...

I've been crushing on this guy for several weeks now. Let's call him Nutella. Mukha kasi siyang matamis, ahekhekhek.

Cute naman siya, I think. I mean, meron namang mga ibang bading sa floor na nagkakagusto sa kaniya.

Pero paminsan, sa biglang tingin, parang may mali sa mukha niya. Para bang, "Ops! Mali yung ilong mo!" Or "Medyo weird ang baba mo." Ganun ba. Pero ang mas weird, mas attracted ako lalo sa mga flaws sa face niya.

Ang weird pag may crush ka no? Para kang dalagang pinahiran ng siling labuyo sa singit. Di ka mapakali. Di ka matahimik.

Pag nakakasalubong ko si Nutella, madalas, tameme ako. Nawawala ang pagka-Miss Congeniality ko. Tongue-tied ever.

Example:

Nutella: Hi Bookie!

Ako: Hememe... (sabay kamot sa ulo)

Ano yun??? Bakit biglang parang na-stroke ako? Anlabo, tsong. Kulang na lang tumulo laway ko.

In fairness, matagal-tagal na rin akong hindi nagkakaganito. Yun bang inspired. Feeling ko 16 lang ang waistline ko.

Madalas, pag nakaupo ako sa station ko, lagi kong inaangat sarili ko para makita ko kung nandyan na ba si Nutella. Sobrang dalas na nagagawa ko to, nagkakaroon na ako ng muscles sa pwet. Ang sagwa tignan. Antaba ko tapos pwet ko lang ang may defined muscles.

As far as I know, single ang Nutella. At may pagka-loner. Alam ko rin na binabasa niya ang blog ko. Sabi nga niya he really enjoys daw my blog. Asows. Kilig naman ako. Promise. Nanginginig ang man-boobs ko sa tuwa at the idea na mababasa ni Nutella ito. Pinapawisan na ako. Buti na lang may Rexona.

Lab yu, ahehehe. Najojologs na ako dahil sa iyo.

Pakshet, ang tanda ko na para magkaganito.

Eto si GymBoy.

Isa siya sa mga close friends ko sa ofis na hotness ang dating.

I guess this is the reason why a certain closet-gay team manager sumkindofa asked him out on a date.

"Well, to be honest, it wasn't an official date," explains GymBoy, "but it did seem like one."

"Anong components meron that would make it a date?" I asked him while we were eating lunch sa pantry.

"Ganito kasi," he continued, "It all started in Powerbooks Greenbelt. Naghahanap ako ng books on body-building."

"Books on body-building? I'm so happy to learn na gym buffs still have time to read habang nagpapalaki sila ng mga dibdib nila," I said, sarcastically.

"Ewan ko sayo. Anyway, ayun nga, andun ako sa Powerbooks. Tapos, nakita ko tong si TM na andun din sa store," GymBoy related, "Nagkatinginan kami. Eh never naman kami nagkausap sa ofis. Agent lang ako, manager siya, so langit at lupa di ba?"

"Drama mo," I replied.

He laughed, "I was about to turn around and pretend that I didn't see him when he smiled at me and waved hi."

I raised an eyebrow.

"Promise! Siya yung unang bumati. So I smiled na rin," he said, "Ayun, lumapit na siya tapos nagsabi ng hi hello what are you doing here..."

"What are you doing here? Hindi ba obvious na namimili ka ng libro?" I asked, "Anong ginagawa mo dun? Nagbabasketbol?"

"Wag kang mataray. Bitter ka lang kasi alam kong type mo tong TM na to," GymBoy joked, "Anyway, we got to talking. Naupo kami dun sa carpet tapos usap usap lang. He's actually really nice. And down-to-earth pala siya."

"Well, mabait naman siya as far as I know, di naman kami close eh," I said, "Although may mga panahon na gusto ko siyang rape-in."

He nodded, "Uh-huh. Tapos, after thirty minutes or so, I guess nangalay na siya tapos tumayo na. Gulat naman ako lalo kasi inaya niya ako mag-merienda."

"Mag-meryenda? Saan?"

"Sa Häagen-Dazs! Sa gulat ko, nahiya na ako tumanggi. He seemed genuinely happy that I accepted his invitation." GymBoy said.

"Pagdating namin sa ice cream shop, ang pinili niya yung table na medyo tago dun sa sulok," he said.

"Nagtatago?" I asked.

"Yun ang nafeel ko ng slight," GymBoy answered, "Antagal namin nagusap. Umabot na kami ng gabi. Nakwento niya na recently daw nagkaroon siya ng problem with his partner."

"Partner? Sino siya? Si Mel Chiongko?" I replied.

"Maingat nga siya sa pagsasalita eh. Di niya namention kung ang partner niya ay boyfriend ba or girlfriend. I thought it would have been rude to ask so I didn't. He was clearly not volunteering the information," GymBoy explained.

"Anyway, naghiwalay din kami around 8PM. Hinatid pa niya ako sa taxi. May pagpisil pa sa braso ko sabay sabi ng I had a really nice time," he said, "Weird talaga. Kasi feeling ko parang medyo tuliro siya at the time."

"So walang nangyaring sex?" I prodded.

"Wala! Eto pa ang weird, ever since then, tuwing magkakasalubong kami sa office, di niya ako pinapansin or tinitignan!" GymBoy said, sounding a bit hurt.

"Hmmmm... baka natakot na ikalat mo yung nangyari," I pointed out.

"Eh ano ba nangyari? We just talked and ate!" GymBoy said.

"I guess iba ang dating nun sa kaniya," I answered, "Ang hirap kasi ng hindi out sa madlang people eh!"