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.

On the other instance, there are those who sometimes we call, “onion-skin”. ‘Yun bang tipong sa sobrang ‘nipis ng balat eh kahit anong sabihin mo ang alam niya siya iyon kahit na alam mong hindi siya ‘yung tinutukoy mo. O kaya naman wala ka talagang intensyon na masaktan siya. Parang masyado lang siyang sensitive. (Tingnan mo si Ruffa. Nagwalk-out. Haha!)

Sa tingin mo, anong skin meron ka?

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