My Binondo Girl

Is it OK to confess that I am truly inspired by watching this ‘teleserye’ in ABS-CBN? As far as I am concerned, this is the first ever show in television that caught my attention. Not even playing Sims Social, facebook-ing, reading all my favorite books, day dreaming, having a good time with my children (pets), lan gaming with my younger brother can stop me from watching it. This is not about being addicted in “just watching” or because of idolizing an actress/actor. I don’t even like Kim Chiu. But sometimes we have to admit that it depends on the show that makes some changes in our impression even though we know it’s just play acting. Not being a crab mentalist; our own movies, music, books, etc hardly impress me. Because even most foreign shows don’t either. I am looking through how deep the creativity of the art is, not through of what nationality made it.

Getting back to “My Binondo Girl”, as I said, it is the first Filipino show that I laid eyes on every night. Probably because of the deep story, how it leaves an impression before it ends the episode. Personally, one can relate itself to Jade Dimaguiba (Kim Chiu). I know I do.

I don’t have any complications with my father neither adversity because of a rich family rival. I don’t pretend that I am someone else neither turning down suitors. But I can connect myself with her by having ‘just problems’. No matter how hard or easy challenges in life may be, they’re still problems. Little problems. And it depends on how a person handles it. As for me, I want to handle mine like how Jade Dimaguiba handles hers. This is why I am inspired watching her show.

I have problems of my own, it’s not as difficult as hers but when a problem comes, it will stay as a problem if you don’t get to solve it. Bad news, self-mistrust, jealousy, anger; these are never good to hear. If you don’t face them, it will make your life miserable. They’re making my life miserable so I must know.

“Kahit mas mababa ka sa kanila, hindi ka dapat magpa-apak sa ibang tao”

“Kaya ko ‘to”

“Malalampasan ko rin ‘to”

These are the phrases I got from Jade Dimaguiba. She handles her difficulties with confidence but stays humble. Other people down her but she never fights back doing the same thing. She fights back by being strong, by believing in herself, by standing still. There are times when she shed tears but those tears are not a sign of weakness, it makes her stronger. When enemies down you more, think of it as a way of winning. The more they care, the more they fear you and the more they know you can be better than them.

I can handle almost every difficulties, but the most unbearable thing for me is to hear bad news. If you think carefully, it is better if problems come to you than the fact that those bad news brings: “Problems are waiting for you” and if you don’t come to it, it will wait still until it gets impatient and makes the problem more difficult and makes your life miserable. Then someone you love will be affected in the future.

This is what I am fighting for now. BAD NEWS. And I am still here on my base thinking of a perfect strategy on how to face the problem that is waiting for me. I just hope that while I am conceptualizing here, it won’t get impatient and affect my love ones.

I need to be inspired more. I have to watch Jade being strong, so that when it is the time for me to come face to face with this piece of bad news with a capital P, it’s either I’ll be ready to win or lose. In whichever it may be, I’ll always be ready.

Paano Mo Ginawa Yung "Hand-Selected"?

"Friends should be few but hand-selected"

Pinag-isipan mo bang mabuti kung sino dapat ang mga taong samahan mo?

Paano?

Nerd: Alam niya dapat ang sagot sa 12x + 67y (200ac - 99xy).
Goody-goody: Dapat sipsip siya sa mga teachers *insert smiley here then giggle*
Know-it-all: Ganito lang yan eh, kasi dapat pag pumili ka ng kaibigan, i-a-accept mo siya agad, tangina! Ang galing ko diba? Pakinggan niyo ko, shit, lahat ng sabihin ko tama! Eto pa, trivia ah? Alam niyo bang... *insert straight face here*
Badass: Gago dapat katulad ko.
May sariling mundo: ...
Musician: Dapat alam niya mag analyze ng chorale, tapos alam niyang i-transpose yung pyesa sa lahat ng clef.
Politician: Pag may pera siya?
Religious: Praise God!

Maraming pwede sabihin ang iba't-ibang klase ng tao tungkol sa usaping ito, diba? Pero kung ako ang tatanungin mo,

"Hindi ko sila pinili. Dumating lang sila."

Oo. Yan ang sagot ko.

Sa pananaw ko, hindi mo pwedeng sabihin na "dapat ganito" at "dapat ganyan" kapag mamimili ka ng kaibigan. Paano kung pinili mo siya dahil nakita mo sa kanyang ganito siya?, ganyan siya... sa umpisa? Pero paano pala kung tsaka siya naging monster nung malalim na yung pinagsamahan niyo? Paano pala kung tsaka mo lang napansin na pasensya ang pinaiiral mo sa tagal ng pagsasama niyo at naubos ang pasensyang iyon?

"Hindi ka bumubuo ng friendship kasi patience yung pinapairal mo..." Sabi sa'kin ng isang taong po-problemahin lahat dahil friendly siya.

Naisip ko, hindi ba talaga dapat kasama ang pasensya sa pagkakaibigan? Hindi ka naman nagkaroon ng kaibigan dahil nasunod yung gusto mo. Hindi naman lahat ng barkada ng mga nerd ay matatalino, hindi lahat ng barkada ng mga goody-goody na tao ay sipsip, hindi pare-pareho ang ugali ng mga kaibigan ko. May personalidad sila na ayaw ko, may personalidad ako na ayaw rin nila. Pero bakit magkakaibigan pa rin kami?

Hindi kaya dahil sa pasensya na pinapairal namin para matanggap ang isa't-isa? O diba? Pumasok yung salitang "pasensya"? Sa tingin ko, sa lahat ng bagay ng ginagawa ng isang tao araw-araw, may pasensya.

Hindi ka ga-graduate kung wala kang pasensya. Hindi ko ito maisusulat kung wala akong pasensya na matapos 'tong kabalastugan na ito. Napatay ko na sana lahat ng taong kinaiinisan ko kung wala akong pasensya. Patay na sana ako kung wala akong pasensyang bumili ng pagkain ko.

May mga bagay na hindi talaga pwede maubos ang pasensya mo dahil mamamatay ka. Pero sa mga kaibigan mo, oo, pwedeng maubos ang pasensya mo at doon mo na maiisip ang pagpili ng kaibigan na hindi ko pa rin maintindihan kung paano ginagawa.

Kasama yun sa pagkakaibigan. Nagkakaubusan kayo ng pasensya. Pag pumutok na ang bulkan, tapos na. Pag pumutok na rin ang bulkan nila sayo, tapos na rin sila sayo. Pero hindi ka ulit mamimili. Dadating lang sila sa buhay mo nang basta-basta at nasasaiyo kung hanggang kailan mo kaya magpasensya kapag nalaman mong hindi naman sila yung tipo ng taong gusto mong makasama.

Ano ba ang pinakamahirap na pagpasensyahan sa isang tao?

Nerd: Hindi niya masagot ang 1 + 1!
Goody-goody: Mas goody-goody siya kesa sakin!
Know-it-all: Oh! Eto pa, isang trivia. Anong... *insert straight face here*
Badass: Putangina. Hahahahaha!!
Musician: Ang bilis niya magbasa ng nota!
Politician: Ang hirap niya sulsulan!
Religious: Praise God!

AKO: Lahat ng ayoko.