Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
I had a weird dream last Saturday when I
took an afternoon nap.
We have this old, faded yellow and plastic
plate in our house (Mom said that it’s even older than me). In my dream, food
prepared in this plate made some individuals superheroes. Since
Hollywood
is making a lot of superhero movies from Marvel
and DC Comics, one of its directors went to the
Philippines
to look for this old,
faded yellow and plastic plate that we have. He really wanted the real thing.
He asked it from us and I said to him that he could get the plate in exchange
of a certain amount. I initially thought of asking US$150,000 but said to him
that he could have it for US$200,000.
I got the money and immediately bought two
house and lot for me and my parents. The rest of the money was invested for
business. I didn’t care for the rights. I just wanted to have the money to live
a more decent life.
And then I woke up. I realized that I was
just dreaming but I took my cell phone, used its calculator and computed the
exchange value of US$200,000. My covetous heart strikes again.
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
I have a particular classmate that is seemingly boastful of his competence
or ability. I say “seemingly boastful” because it’s how I interpret his
observable behavior. It is also because I don’t know my classmate’s true
personality. I only know the person as a distant observer.
I initially got irritated with this person because of his “pa-bibo”
efforts in the class. There are times that his line of reasoning is good and
relevant, but most of the time he is just causing class hours to be wasted.
I thought I will get over with him until I observed him again “flaunting”
his well-done assignment to our international classmates. I say “well-done”
because I could really see the effort he invested. I got intimidated and
envious because I envisioned myself doing the same thing but I just did the
minimum requirement.
I didn’t feel irritated because he did a better job than I am. I got annoyed
because he showed a fairly excellent assignment to our classmates who are
already having a hard time coping with requirements due to difficulty in
English.
Why does he have to do that? I just thought that he should have been
more sensitive to our classmates. He should have put his assignment straight in
the professor’s table. I don’t know if he had noticed the countenance of our
classmates after he took his assignment from them. They looked disturbed. If I will
put words in their mouth, I think each of them would say, “He did a good job. He’ll
get a perfect score again. How about me? I don’t think my work will even have a
passing grade.”
What I observed is helpful because it helped me assess my own heart. I
could even be more proud than him. I may not know it but perhaps my other classmates
may also think that I am proud. Who knows, he might be might thinking also
that I am proud.
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
I just thought of writing something about this cliché that I often
hear from Americans. I really don’t know what they mean when they say that, but
I don’t feel comfortable when I hear American Christians speak those words.
Why? I have observed that they would say “Oh, Shoot!” when they are
irritated or if they are dismayed with something or someone. It’s like this cliché
is an alteration of the “S___” word.
It’s like the common curse in Filipino. Instead of saying “P_____!,”
some would say “Putik!” This was popularized by the TV ad made for Tide.
It seems harmless but the subliminal thought behind the words are
there. I know. I’ve been there. I often swear before I became a Christian. From
“P_____!,” it developed to “Putik!” It was my subtle way of swearing, until I stopped
saying those words.
So what do you think? Am I right or am I wrong?
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