Core Values

     Core values, what are they? These are the values or principles that is so important to you. The values that you will carry on through out your life. Values that you prioritize the most. One of my personal core values is having fun all the time. I am here to have lots of fun. I love keeping myself busy doing things that I want. Spending my time playing computer games or playing some sports with my peers or even hanging out with them. Hanging out with your peers is very enjoying. Going out to the mall, hanging out in the park, going everywhere as long as we still have our feet, kung san man tangayin ng hangin ika nga. And also you meet new friends too. Time waits for no one, time is gold so why bother being alone and doing nothing? Instead, go out there and see life, live life. I may be goofing off a lot but I also take things seriously. But, honestly, taking things too much seriously is quite boring and you get stressed all the time. You can take things seriously but not too much, you'll get old fast. Another thing that I value most are the people that surrounds me, these are my family and friends. I value them. Of course I don't want to live alone all by myself. I don't want to die alone. Who will cry in my funeral? HAHAHA. I cherish every moment that I'm with them. Every second counts. I give importance to the bond that we made. The bond that will never break. These are the people that you can lean on when you got some problems going on within you. You can always count on  them. Not only my family and friends that I value, I also cherish the new friends I made. And of course I keep the old ones. Like they say, "make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other's gold."  So these are  just some of my personal core values.

     Have you ever had compromise any of these values for someone else's sake? Well, there came a situation in my life that my parents told me to take my life seriously. Just like what I mentioned earlier, I love having fun all the time. So they told me that I'm taking some things for granted, that I'm having too much fun, not taking things seriously. That time, maybe all they see is that I'm having fun all the time, yeah it's true but even though I'm goofing off a lot, what they didn't notice is that I also take things seriously. Well, having fun is one of my core values. I can't take that away from me. This is what's important to me. I will have this value and I will carry this through out my life. As for the people that surrounds me, I haven't got into a situation that I will turn my back away from them, that I'll give them up. And even if that situation comes, I would not give them up. Well, it's because these people are important to me. These are the people that I turn in during my downfall. These people are priceless. I wouldn't trade them for anything.

Hills Like White Elephants

The "said" and the "unsaid"

"Simpleng simple lang ang operasyon na ito, Jig," sabi ng lalake. "Para ngang hinde operasyon ito."
Tumingin ang babae sa lapag kung san nandoon ang mga paa ng lamesa.
"Alam ko naman na hinde ka mag-aalala, Jig. Wala naman ito. Para lamang mahanginan."
Hinde nagsalita ang babae.
"Sasamahan kita at lagi lng akong nasa tabi mo sa lahat ng oras. Papahanginan lamang nila ito at magiging maayos na ang lahat."
"Pagkatapos nun, anu ang gagawin natin?"
"Magiging maayos tayo pagkatpaos noon. Parang dati lang."
"Paano mo naman nasabi yon?"
"Yun lang naman ang sumasagabal sa ating dalawa. Yun lang naman ang hinde nagpapasaya sa atin."
Tumingin ang babae sa kurtina, nilabas ang kanyang mga kamay at hinawakan ang dalawang tali ng kurtina.
"Sa tingin mo ba, pagkatapos nito ay magiging maayos at masaya tayo?"
"Oo naman. Wag kang matakot. Marami akong kilalang tao na nagawa na ito."
"Ako rin naman," sabi ng babae. "At pagkatapos nun, silang lahat ay masaya."
"Pero," sabi ng lalake, "kung ayaw mong gawin wag mong gawin. Hinde naman kita pipilitin kung ayaw mo. Pero alam ko simple lang ito."
"At gustong-gusto mo?"
"Sa palagay ko ito ang tamang gawin. Pero ayaw kong gawin mo kung ayaw mo talaga."
"At pagginawa ko ba magiging masaya ka at lahat ay magiging ayos na at mamahalin mo ako?"
"Mahal kita. Alam mo yan."
"Alam ko. Pero pagginawa ko ito, magiging maayos na ulit pag sinabi ko na ang mga bagay ay parang puting elepante, at iyo bang magugustuhan?"
"Magugustuhan ko. Gusto ko pero hinde ko maisip. Alam mo naman kung paano ako mag-alala."
"Pag ba ginawa ko, di ka na mag-aalala?"
"Di ako mag-aalala dahil ito ay simple lang."
"Edi gagawin ko. Wala naman akong pakealam sa sarili ko."
"Anung ibig mong sabihin?" "Walang pakealam sa sarili ko."
"Kasi, nag-aalala ako sa iyo."
"Alam ko. Pero wala akong pakealam kung anu man ang mangyari. Gagawin ko ito at lahat ay magiging maayos na."
"Ayaw kong gawin mo ito kung ganyan ang nararamdaman mo."