Most of the time when I meet someone, whether a new acquaintance, or an old friend or a schoolmate, and learned that I am already married with two kids, they’ll be shocked and ask me a lot of questions of why(s) or what happened or how did I became what I am now (or sometimes tease me and laugh). Well I guess, as far as I am concerned, I look young to be a family man.

I remember someone I know told me, “Ha?! May anak ka na? Ang bilis ah!“. Or, “Ayos ah, mukhang nadale ka agad ah“. Or, “Hindi namin ineexpect, ikaw pala mauuna sa batch natin…“. Another said, “(I’ll be safe) I learned from you…”. The last seems there something implied with his statement but I didn’t care.

A philosopher once said, “There’s no man in an island”. However, isn’t it that sometimes it is hard to deal with other people? Hindi ba’t ang hirap makisama sa madaming tao na may iba’t ibang ugali at iba’t ibang nararamdaman? I’m sure there’s someone that you find easy to be with but there are others that you find irritating or you don’t want any connections to be established. May magugustuhan ka pero mayroon din namang hinde.

There are a lot of things that you should consider. Their attitude, their opinion, their perception towards things and of course their “skin”.

Yes, skin. Balat. I think there are different kinds of skin and sometimes it does come in different forms. May magaspang o kaya naman may punong puno ng puzzle. Kung minsan may makinis. Na sa sobrang kinis kahit lamok madudulas. Pero meron din namang makapal. ‘Yun bang sa ubod ng kapal kahit sandamukal na karayom hindi bumabaon (baka nga kahit pako ayaw pa rin eh). Na kahit na anong sabihin mo walang epekto. Kahit siguro sunugin mo hindi niya mararamdaman.

It’s been a boring day today. It was so silent you can hear yourself breathing. Where the only loud things you can hear are the airconditioner’s roar and the non-stop clicks of the keyboard’s keys.

I’ve never been this silent before. Except during the days where I feel so sleepy even a gallon of coffee couldn’t help keep my eyes open.

I stumbled across one of Rico’s article in his blog about the growing concern regarding todays world – having a virtual life that affects the real life. I must admit, when I was young I’m one of those who spent so much time and money just to play and level up my virtual characters. I used to spend numerous time playing Final Fantasy, Metal Gear, Legend of Legaia, and so many more.

I still can remember how I am always being scolded by my Dad because, all day, all I do is sit in front of the TV and play games. Lots and lots of games. Where I even miss to eat and do some of my chores. Where I always look forward to go home when I am in school because I wanted to reach level 99 and get my weapons upgraded to be able to give 9999 damage.