Pissed off. Am not!

More often than not, why do we feel such hate towards other people even though they did not say nor do anything against us?

It is so amazing when other people have so many things to say towards other people even though we do not know them personally.

In the neighborhood, in schools, in the office and hell, even in church, we find these things circulating around.

Why is it then? For some personal experiences, it is very often that this feelings boils up from certain hearsay or intrigue thrown by someone who, one way or another experience such unpleasant instances with one particular person. I for one don’t understand why by merely hearing such terrible information about this person plays one’s emotion. We began hating this person as well – which is socially incorrect.

More often we try to avoid them, and more often than not, we add up with the thread gossiping this person.

We got pissed off for unknown reason when hearing awful news about them which in the first place, does not concern us.

An idea comes to mind while thinking about this and I came up with these three major reasons.

1. Jealousy
In any instances, this feeling of jealousy plays our emotions. It always ends up into something bad. One cliché is when we see that one of our officemate is getting so much attention from our superiors because of a job well done; we start gossiping them then end up hating them. Why? We are jealous, that’s why.

2. Trying to fit in
Who doesn’t want to be among the “it” crowd?. I think it is human’s nature to be like that. We always wanted to fit in to what is new, worse, more often ending up with more terrible situations. Peer-pressure is one thing. Again, in the office scenario, those people who felt #1 try to fit all together. It’s a chain and it’s bad.

3. Competition
We can’t beat them in sports or academic challenges – we beat them in other ways – through hate threads. One word and does all the wonders.

I am a victim of this. We believe every story we hear and get mad.

Borrowing the words from the movie “American History X”, Life is too short to get pissed off everyday. And I believed it and I will try to remember. It speaks truth in its truest sense. It is hate that makes this world a mess that it is today.

Life's Theme Song

Recently, I came across with this new band called KEANE. Their songs has been playing since last year but since I never really had so much time to research for them, I only able to hear their songs 2 days ago. Their album I am currently listening right now is called "Hopes and Fears". Guess what? Their songs seems like it was taken out from my own life. I felt weird specially with the tittle of their album. HOPES and FEARS. Sure all of us has it but my current life right now has so much of these. Then I was thankful since I have something to cling on when time gets rough.

Remember this post? This song best describe what I feel here.

Everybody's Changing
Keane

You say you wander your own land
But when I think about it
I don't see how you can
You're aching, you're breaking
And I can see the pain in your eyes
Says everybody's changing
And I don't know why

So little time
Try to understand that I'm
Trying to make a move just to stay in the game
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing
And I don't feel the same

You're gone from here
And soon you will disappear
And fading into beautiful light
Cause everybody's changing
And I don't feel right

So little time
Try to understand that I'm
Trying to make a move just to stay in the game
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing
And I don't feel the same

So little time
Try to understand that I'm
Trying to make a move just to stay in the game
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing
And I don't feel the same

Oh everybody’s changing and I don’t feel the same

Mga Pasaway

My first post for the year 2005. I was not busy yesterday and reflecting what are the things that annoys me. I came up with 16 lists. Actually, madami pa yan. Pero ito muna ang mga una.

1. Bakit kailangang ka pang mag-online sa YM or any chat applications kung
ang ilalagay mong status e "BUSY". E di ka na lang sana nag-online para di
ka naiistorbo or baka ka-chatmate mo ang boss mo at masabing me ginagawa ka
kahit wala?

2. Bakit pagnageexplain ang Pinoy, kadalasan tinatagalog na nga ung salita,
ini-english pa. Kailangan pa bang itranslate or wala ka lang matinong point
para dun sa ineexplain mo?

3. Say you are just vacationing after a long hiatus, isn't it annoying when people asks you
when will you leaving again when in fact you just arrive?

4. Di ba nakakaasar yung nagtanong ka lang dun sa tao say for a little
information for confirmation tapos bigla na lang nagexplain ng pagkahaba-
haba. Ang siste, alam mo naman ung ineexplain nya. Yung parang feeling nya
sya lang ang nakaalam nun?

5. E yung, sabi mo.. " do you remember my last question before...?", tapos
sagot nya "uhmn.." ( in agreeing tone).. tapos sympre, tatanong mo , "So?",
sabay banat, "what question?"

6. Sa YM ulit, ung status na mga "quotes" lalo na kung pinatatamaan mo ung
kaaway mo sa opisina. E, putcha, status nga e. Hindi ka naman si Jose Rizal
or si Confucious kaya para mangaral.

7. Mga banat ng banat sa opisina na kala mo e andaming alam. Tikom na lang
ng bibig para di napapahiya. Mga pasaway kasi!

8. Mga tao sa chat or sa group na ayaw respetuhin yung opinion mo. Tapos
makikipag-away pa. Opinyon nga e. Di nila kailangang tanggapin yun.

9. E yung sa airport, yung ini-english ka na akala nya e iba ung
nationality mo (dahil sa itsura mo o dahil me lahi ka) pero hawak nya yung
passport mo na me malaking PASAPORTE na nakalagay.

10. E yung pinipilit mo tapos paayaaw-ayaw, tapos pasecret pa na gusto rin
pala.

11. E yung plans e all set na, meeting place, lahat. Tapos biglang magba-
backout.

12. E yung sya na nga yung late tapos nagrereklamo dahil malaki yung
babayaran sa taxi compared kung nag-commute na lang? E kung maaga ka kaya,
ano?

13. E yung halimbawa me kakilala kang pastor dati kase nung high school ka
e nagturo sa school nyo tungkol sa Christianity, tapos nagkita kayo after
say 10 years tapos di mo sya makilala pero nakilala ka nya...tapos bigla ka
na lang sinermunan tungkol sa bible na di mo na matandaan o di mo
maintindihan?

14. Yung mga moralistang tsismosa.

15. Yung say, matagal kang wala sa inyo tapos in different circumstances,
nameet mo yung mga dati mong kakilala, tapos, kung ano ung tinanong sa yo
kahapon nung ibang nameet mo, yun din ang itatanong sa yo. Paulit-ulit?
Sana, nagpapresscon ka na lang!

16. E yung nagtatanong ka, sympre di mo alam, dahil di ka naman ganun
kaexpertise sa isang bagay, tapos bigla kang sesermunan. Di mo na nga alam
e, pagagalitan ka pa. Ano ba ung i-explain mo ng maayos. Sus!

Anyway, balated Happy New Year na lang!