you know you’re having a bad day when…
March 18, 2007 by johnwar8
- you’re trying to convince yourself that you’re comfortable with your body and someone tells you that you’re bloating uncontrollably. i don’t understand it why people i know constantly remind me that i am gaining weight. i mean, is it something worth saying? i find it really offensive because by saying that, they’re implying that i don’t check myself in the mirror, which is entirely unfounded because i always do before going out of my dorm. "they might be just concerned about your health," you say. baloney! don’t they know that by telling me that–by stating what is obvious–they inadvertently raises my blood pressure, thereby putting me at a greater risk of having a heart attack? i don’t mind it when people make fun of my size; hell, i may even laugh with them; but when people give me a comment that sounds as if i’d injured my eyesight, i feel like taking the highest dose of tylenol.
- reality hits you hard in the face that everything must come to an end. fate has a very wicked sense of humor. i don’t know what i’ve done wrong but fate had just to let me deal with goodbyes back to back. the other day, SuBeen, a korean friend and a former tutee, texted me to tell me that she was going back to korea for good. i was still recovering from the shock when i realized that today was also the last day of my tutorial with another korean student, hansol, who is scheduled to leave two weeks from now. i hate to admit it, but i’ve never been good with goodbyes. indeed, "the trouble with hello is goodbye."
- you sympathize with somebody and realize that your case/situation is no better than that of the person you feel sorry for. earlier, i met my tutee, kim. when i asked him where he had been, he said he had just finished eating. i asked, "alone?" he gave me a sorry face and said yes, to which i was quick to comment, "what a pity!" i had just said this when a realization left a bitter taste in my mouth. what right did i have to say that when i,myself, was on my way to buy take-out food? and of all nights, a FRIDAY night?
- you find out that not all of the "biggest" sizes fit you. when i was in cebu two weeks ago, i saw a very good pair of shorts that i really liked. i asked the clerk for the the biggest size and when he gave it to me, my smile was from ear to ear because i thought i could get "into it." imagine my chagrin when i couldn’t get it up to my hips. the biggest size was too small for me that if i were bent on getting them, i would have to start investing in really long shirts, perhaps tunics. In another occasion, i decided to pamper my already pampered self with a body scrub. when i arrived at the spa, i was horrified that the disposable underwear they gave me was just too small for my legs. i would have needed bundles of packaging tapes to hold it together. recognizing the futility of my effort to get it where it should be, i approached the spa personnel and politely asked him if the spa had a bigger size. i was told it was a free size. looking at the disposable thingy, i realized that neither of us (the plastic and i) could be free if i’d wear it. i protested and whispered to myself, "but i am big boned."
- you are emotionally drained and what you have on your cd player, auto-selected, are the tracks of gladys knight and the pips entitled, "every little bit hurts" and "help me make it through this night."
hey Wal, perhaps u’ve forgotten..u’r actually sunshine to those around u. Dn’t ya see? U have this aura that no amount of bulge could ever compete hehehe!
very funny ging! so cuuuute, don’t worry, fluffy or not , we love u to the max