amusing

it's been a perennial source of amusement for me, you know? i have been doing this ever since, what? 2nd year high school? and people, close friends even, still give me a facial profile that conveys, at least to me, the expression of surprise (taas kilay, bukas bibig, the works) whenever somebody tells them i do it. coz you know? i don't ever tell them personally unless they personally ask me. and if they do personally ask me the "why?" i always answer them: i started it just like any other kid out there. with a mixture of peer pressure and curiosity. because i once thought it was cool to do it. but after six years of sucking it all in, i would like to believe i am so done with that phase already. (read: pakyu! hindi ako poser!)

call me vain (and yes, I certainly am), but i think this just goes to show that i look like a kind-looking, rule-obeying child. safe and harmless. and in many ways, i am all of the above.

but in so many other ways, i am absolutely not.

ergo, the self-amusement (although fine, it is of the conceited and delusional kind). but a welcome upsurge of a happy thought nevertheless.

KASI AYOKO PA MAG-ARAL NG CELL MOL. ANAK NG.