Some Things About Life I Would Tell My Future Kid (Part 1)

People I know around me are either getting married, got married, or are pregnant. So napamuni-muni ako, and I decided to list lessons I want my future kid to take into heart before I forget them. I will prolly print this out in the future and make my kid read it, or otherwise, I will threaten to make pakpak his pwet.


Some Things About Life I Would Tell My Future Kid (Part 1) 

1) You can’t always have what you want, but you can always make the best of what you already have.

For example, when I was younger, Brad Pitt became a household name. I remember praying to God asking him to make me as powgi as papa Brad when I grow up so the girls will be swooning all over me... Pucha, ginawa ba naman akong kamukha ni Jeremy Lin. 

Thanks, Lord, medyo malayo ah. But hey, it’s all good. I got over the fact that I will never be the cover of GQ, or at least be a “Candy Cutie”. I just made sure I always smelled nice, had a complete tinga-free set of teeth, and kept the world from seeing the bacon-ing garter of my underwear. Son, keep that in mind and you’ll do fine. Trust me.

2) Never compromise who you are to fit in with “cool” people.
I remember back in grade school, while everyone was “into” head-banging noisy music, I was listening to the Backstreet Boys and N’Sync. People would judge my manliness because I listened to music that made girls go “ERMYGAHD I LOVE YOU NICK CARTEEER! ANAKAN MO NA AKO!!!”

Years later, when we’re all hanging out in a bar somewhere that plays 90s music, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE was singing along to BSB and N’Sync songs. Complete with effin' hand pumping gestures from their MTVs. Seriously? People gave me such a hard time for listening to “gay” songs and it turned out everyone knew every line of every verse of “As Long As You Love Me”. May chair action pa kayong nalalaman. Motherthumpers.

Son, do what I did. Never let “cool” people dictate who you are and what you want in life. They are full of crap. Never succumb to peer pressure, and just let them think what they want to think. Recently I’ve been enjoying the music of One Direction. People can Judge me for liking “gay” music, but I don't care coz I’ve got balls and it's bigger than theirs.

3) Respect the elderly and always be a gentleman, it never goes out of style.

Son, if there’s one thing that you need to understand, your biceps aren’t there just so that you can flex and impress them girlaloos. Cramps lang aabutin mo diyan.

You’ll get the job done better by opening doors for them, helping them carry their things, sacrificing your behind on getting wet so that that your umbrella properly covers them, and giving up your seat even if that means you’ll have to remain standing. That also applies to them cute old people, you don’t need to want to date them before you help them out.