Tuesday, March 2, 2004

Lost in Translation

Sadly, I found out today that I cannot participate in a heated argument if it's conducted in Tagalog. Hindi kaya ng powers ko. Whenever they televise a court proceeding on TFC, like a Senate hearing, I always find it painful to watch lawyers take 10 seconds to utter the next phrase of their argument because they're trying to find the English words for it. Little did I know, I sound like those lawyers when subjected to a Tagalog shouting match, if you can even call it as such.

"Bubuksan ninyo yung mga sulat ko...tapos...tapos..." tapos natalo si MiNA sa point niya. LoL. Kainis ha! Needless to say, my horns appeared at approximately one minute and thirty seconds after I got out of bed this morning. I think that's a record. Walking around the neighborhood for an hour didn't help to erase the scowl on my face either.

I stand by what I posted here on Sunday. If you want to know something, ask me. Don't assume, don't make stuff up, just ask. If you want to know if I have a boyfriend, don't snoop around my desk downstairs or in my room. Just ask me. If you want to know who the guy on the phone is, don't lift up the receiver upstairs and listen in on the conversation. Just ask me. If you want to know how much money I have left in my bank account, don't open up my bank account statements while I'm in Manila for three months. Just ask me. For crying out loud, if I ran out of money while I was halfway around the world, I would tell you. If you want to know if I'm employed, don't open up my rejection letters. Just ask me. When it happened on Saturday, I let it pass. But when it happened again two days later, iba na yung usapan.

It's one thing to do such a thing, it's another to lie to me about it when I confront you. To say that you thought it was your letter is super duper not true and you know it. Why the hell would you be receiving letters from all of these places?! And who the hell opens up a letter without checking first if the envelope was addressed to you?! Plus, the act was so blatant! I left one of the letters unopened by my computer the night before, and the next day, it was opened. Gee, I wonder if someone broke into the house last night just to check if I got a job! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Then you're going to ask me for a favor today?! What am I dumb?! I am not dumb! You should know this by now! ::pushing down on my horns:: If only I knew how to translate those words so quickly this morning, then I wouldn't have to post this entry right now. Hmph.

Isn't it usually the kids who snoop around the house? Isn't it usually the kids who lie to their parents? Then why, oh why, is it the other way around for me?! Ayoko na talaga! {=(

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