1) Dress Properly, ALWAYS
Before living in our house in Quezon City, we used to live in
Congressional Road. Back then, there were still cows roaming around and
it was less commercialized. Cows ah!!! As in, "Moo, feed me grass", cows.
Anyway, we decided to move in slowly, traveling to and fro, transferring our possessions bit by bit. One time, I thought that since I'll be practically going to my own house, I might as well not change. So I was wearing this grey sando that had a skull with a couple of snakes going through its eye sockets and a dagger plunged right in the middle of its head(Ang bad ass ko, diba? No one messes with a guy with a skull sando) For my lower region, I wore some really breezy short blue boxers with a big heart print on its left side with the word "Heartthrob", and on its right, was a palm-sized picture of Spongebob... medyo bakat. Yak:/
On our way there, my mom decided to pass by MC Home Depot along Ortigas. While she went in to shop, I decided to stay in the car since I looked simply ridiculous in my pambahay. Wouldn't you know it, a dumbass Hyudai van hit the rear end of our vehicle. How does that happen in a wide open parking area, really? So I'm there, embarrassed at how pasexy my shorts were, and my mom inside this edifice. Oh, did I mention, she left her phone on the car seat? So this skinny 5'11(I was an inch shorter then) tikoy-white, half bad-ass, half-bading kid in his boxers ran through the entire span of MC Home Depot looking for his mother.
It was really a series of unfortunate events that can only happen to me. And since you're my kid, it might also happen to you. So unless you want to get into a situation where you look like someone who just lost a bet, or is going through some form of initiation, always, ALWAYS, wear something presentable when going out because life is simply unpredictable.
2) Be Prepared for Curve Balls
Have you ever heard of the Aesop's Fable about the fox, the boar and his tusks? A fox asked the boar why he was sharpening his tusks when there was no danger around. The boar replied that because when danger is already there, he wouldn't have the time to do so.
I have a friend named Anonymous. One summer he decided to learn how to really swim. Not just swim like a cute doggy at some backyard pool, but Anonymous wanted to be a really strong swimmer. He swam daily for at least an hour, improving his fishy powers.
A couple of years later, we went to the beach with several of our other friends. On that particular day, the waves were huge, as in ROAAR. So we decided to just stand by the shore and get knocked over for the fun of it(the inner child, powerful it is - Yoda). Suddenly, someone from the crowd pointed towards the sea screaming something incomprehensible. There was a chubby Chinese girl who tired out and couldn't swim back to shore. She was drowning and she was far away. The long and short of it, is that he swam through the big waves using the hours of training he endured then, and saved her while everyone just watched.
I have to give credit to some of our other friends who tried to get to her. They couldn't fight through the waves so they were just swimming in place, like a hamster on a wheel. Silly friends, u no hamsters. The other fifty something people on the beach didn't do anything except literally lift a finger to point her out. Although, they did clap as soon as Anonymous carried the girl to the shore ala Baywatch style. They even kept giving him handshakes and saluting him. For a day, ang haba ng hair ni Anonymous.
Kid, as you grow up, I want you to learn some basic survival skills. Be it cooking, punching, swimming, or avoiding your ex... etc. (hehehe) The universe might decide to ask you to save someone's life, maybe even yours, and there's no App for that... yet? Ignore the pain, sweat, and blood for they are necessary because when life decides to
suddenly throw you a curve ball, there's no time for you to learn them
at the last minute.
3) Recognize True Love
In this day and age, there are countless acts of love captured on video which go trending in different social media platforms. Usually, they are extravagant and borderline fairytale in terms of the level of whim whams it can give a person. They make the men watching them go "Darn it, I wish I thought of that." And make the ladies go, "Darn it, wish my man would do something like that."
As wonderful as these gestures are, do not limit yourself to thinking that those external signs of affection will make you a better boyfriend/girlfriend or husband/wife over someone who sticks to simple and unnoticed acts of love. Do not make the mistake of thinking that these acts are an accurate reflection on how much you really love someone.
Being in a relationship is not just about holding someone's hand when everything is perfect. Any shallow person can do that. Know that being in cloud nine, as mind blowing as the experience is, is fleeting. True love, in reality, has its boring moments; moments which are painful, even moments which make it seem like letting go is the best option. In every relationship there are trials that test how far you are willing to go for someone; failures that make you question your promises of forever. Having said that, it is also about knowing when to let go and accepting the fact that who you thought was your other half, is no longer happy.
It is in these invisible moments, these hope-to-be-forgotten instances, hardships that are not captured by the camera, that the authenticity of someone's love is revealed. Despite the challenges that every relationship go through, true love is when you're willing to stick it out with that one person. That one person who is willing to go through hell and back to be with you. That one person who would not let go despite the fact that the world is pulling you both apart. When you find that person, do not fail to recognize the rarity of her existence and promise her your heart, for true love is not always fancy, but it is always enduring.
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