Isang Ka-kuwan-kuwan Na Pangyayari

NOTE: This post should NEVER be translated as it would look like a product of a deranged mind.  (Not that it isn't yet. :P)    


Alam niyo na ba ang latest? Si Kuwan, kamakailan ay di umano'y nagkuwan sa kanyang kuwan. So ang kwento, sinabi ni Kuwan sa kanyang kuwan na siya ay may kuwan habang papababa ng kuwan. Sa nalamang ito, Ang kuwan ni Kuwan ay napakuwan lamang. pero ramdam mo na ang kanyang kuwan ay nagbago. Dahil sa reaksiyong iyon ng kuwan ni Kuwan, hindi tuloy malaman ni Kuwan kung ano ang kanyang narararamdaman ng mga oras na iyon. So, nang marating ni Kuwan ang kuwan, agad niyang sinubukang makuwan muli ang kanyang kuwan ngunit ganun pa rin ang naging reaksiyon nito.   

     Minabuti na lamang ni Kuwan na tawagan ang kanyang mga kuwan ngunit hindi niya ito makuwan kaya napakuwan na lamang siya sa iba niya pang kuwan.  Mabuti na lamang at nakausap niya ang isa sa kanyang mga kuwan kaya naikuwan niya ng maluwag ang nararamdaman. Sinabi ng kaniyang kuwan na siya ay masaya para kay Kuwan sa naging pagkuwan nito at hindi na niya masisisi anuman ang naging kuwan ng kanyang kuwan. Kahit papaano'y naibsan din ang kakuwanan ni Kuwan sa tinurang iyon ng kanyang kuwan. Pagdating sa kuwan, sa kabutihang palad ay kanya na'ng nakuwan ang kaniyang kuwan at gayun din naman ang naging kuwan nito sa kanyang pagkakakuwan.

     Naisip ni Kuwan, marahil hindi pa nga napapanahon ang kanyang pag-kuwan sa kanyang kuwan dahil nitong mga nakalipas na araw matapos ang kanyang pagkuwan ay para lamang walang nangyaring kuwanan sa pagitan nila ng kanyang kuwan. Marahil, naisip pa ni Kuwan, na baka nga naman hindi na kailangan pang mag-kuwan sa kanyang mga kuwan dahil may mga kuwan na hindi na kailangang ikuwan pa ngunit nakukuwan naman ng lahat dahil sa kuwan.

Isang salaysaying tumatalakay sa sensitibong bahagi ng buhay ng mga kagaya ni Kuwan Dela Cruz.
                                                             -- kathang isip na halaw sa tunay na karanasan ng may-akda.


Cheers!!!

Introducing Mr. Scrooge McValentine and Valentine McGrinch...

The Valentine McGrinch

     A few years back, I circulated an email among my friends an article I wrote on the very commercial celebration of Valentine's Day. I remember writing how greeting card companies commercialized the holiday to sell more cards and how flower shops collaborated on this to sell even more flowers. Even more so with restaurants, gift shops and the like.  Of course, my friends who are "in love" literally condemned me for being such a Valentine Scrooge, Valentine McGrinch and a "Bitter Ocampo" (baklabulary for a bitter person). What they missed on my article is that I wanted to highlight the very essence of Valentine's day which is LOVE. I just don't agree with the idea that you only shower your loved one with lavishness on such an occasion. I do believe this holiday (and for all holidays for that matter) should be a reminder to us to live what this holiday stand for not just for one day but each day of the year.  I would like to clarify that I do not discourage nor condemn those who celebrate the occasion to do so. It's a free country and they're free to do as they please, at least, within legal bounds. I just think that people should have some consistency in expressing how they feel. I have had my share of relationships to say that consistency is much needed in a relationship.  You don't celebrate Valentine's day then be absent (or cold - harsh!) from/to your loved one the rest of the week.  You should show your loved one you love them every day.

    
     I make it a point to say "I love you" to my partner at least once a day because that is how I really feel and I wanted Mahal to know that despite us being both at work away from each other. It's also a reminder to myself of the reasons why I chose to be with Mahal and that makes it all the more easy to say. There is this teaching I learned from a seminar that if you want to make a habit out of something you should repeat it for at least 21 days. Well, I definitely would like to make loving Mahal not just a habit but a way of life. And so today is Valentine's day. Now that I'm in a budding relationship, I still feel that the occasion is "over-rated" and very much commercialized. I already sent Mahal my good morning and I love you message like I have done when we started going steady. I chose to be off from work. I'll probably hit the gym, get the car an oil change then stay at home and catch up on my NCIS and Arrow TV series. But who knows, I may be pragmatic but I do have a romantic side anyway so I might surprise Mahal at work with something. It's our first Valentine's day together after all.  

     Whatever one decides to do tonight, just do so out of the very reason why we have Valentine's day - LOVE. With that, I advise everyone today to spend wisely, love unconditionally, have sex safely (if you can't hold it!) and be responsible enough to face the consequences of your actions (or inactions) tonight. :-)

err, Happy Valentine's Day and

Cheers!!!