when i tried chatting on the MiRC (many years ago, i had this conversation that i cannot forget. so our chat conversation goes like this:
the chatter: hi ctc?
me: sure...asl plz..
the chatter: 21/ m / manila.. u?
me: 18 f davao
the chatter: bye. KATULONG!!!
me: wat??? wat do u mean?
the chatter: im not interested. u r a visayan. katulong in short.
me: you narrow-minded moron! so what if i'm a visayan??! it doesn't mean that im a katulong.
the chatter: our household helpers are all visayan.. "opo koya!" hehehehehe....
me: damn it! ur not just insulting me but the whole mindanaoans & visayans as well!!
the chatter: gtg katulong! better do your chores. "opo koya!" hahahahaha...
me: FREAK! GO TO HELL! conyo a$$!!!!!!
goodness! nag-init ulo ko dun ha...
so i stopped for a while and think about that. i mean is that really how those people from luzon think if they know that you came from visayas? or worse from mindanao?
::: so, a while ago when i was having a merienda, the t.v. was tuned to an afternoon koreanovela. (i'm not a fan of it).
of course we all know that the actors/actresses originally speak korean and it’s just dubbed tagalog by filipino dubbers. so there was a scene where the house helper was asked by the "amo" about something.
the helper said "baket koya? ako po ang nag loto nyan kanena" (as: “bakit kuya? ako po ang nag luto nyan kanina”)
darn. even on koreanovela, why the helper should have that "visayan" accent??!!
dina-dubbed na nga sa tagalog ang original korean language nila, ganun pa talaga?!
i mean how many times have you seen on television or even in movies that when a house helper or a "buchaha" talks they all have this exaggerated "visayan accent"???!
is this a stereotype that all the visayan are helpers??!
naiinis lang ako dun everytime may nakikita at naririnig akong ganun. it's somehow a little bit offensive, dont you think?
im not against being a house helper or something. in fact i admire them for having a decent job, which infact it is a hard job.
and there's nothing wrong about being visayan/mindanaoan. considering that there are so many great leaders and brilliant people whom we look up to... who are visayan/mindanaoan...countless of them for that matter....after all, we're all the same... living in the same country! i myself is a proud true blue-davaowenya.
it's okay if we sometimes laugh and not make a big deal about some people's articulation imperfections....but NOT to a point of generalizing that all visayans are like "that"... it's just not right....diba, mga dong ug day???
MABUHAY ang mga BISAYA!!! hehehehe....
HO...HO...HO...
Yuletide season gives me certain high...
the food…the cold breeze…etc.
i like the feeling of wrapping gifts for our relatives, pamangkins, my mom's inaanak. seeing the faces of those little kids lighten up when they receive simple present gives a pure joy. and of course, the feeling of unwrapping gifts gives a different bliss too. hehe... Christmas and New Year ’s Day were celebrated w/my whole family..relatives...cousins...& friends... we were pigging out, had drinking sessions, having fun,& never slept whole night on both occassions!(^^,)*
HU...HU...HU...
and now... the season has come to an end.
back to do the work that has been long pending! i still have to make our thesis! the whole 5 chapters is assigned to me! and it should be done in like what.....? 2 days!! unbelievable! not to mention, we also have to implement our design project which is really complicated! which i don't like to think about... but if we can't make it....sorry for us then...argh!!!! (oh God... forbid!) and many other projects on the long queue! tsk,tsk,tsk...
no articles for the school paper,no updates (for a month) on my written personal journal that i've been keeping for years!
house helper is still on vacation...who's gonna clean the house..? who's gonna do the dishes...? the laundry..? eyes on me...huwaaat??! i haven't clean my very own room!!!! my dirty clothes are piled up inside my room! it's a total disaster these days! hehehe...
(opo... manlimpyo lagi ko, Ma...) hehe... ;)
regardless of those things that should be done, what I’m doing now is relaxing... haha! well...i can't really blame my self.. i don't know why i got tired easily...hahay...it's because of the cold weather... and my back aches too! perhaps, the effect of over sleeping?! hehehe...
i wake up at noon...eat my brunch...dvd marathon…sleep again...wake-up…lakwatsa…. hmmm...i think im becoming a sloth! im aware of that! so, i try drinking a lot of coffee just to keep me awake! it should give me that “kick” but i guess it never works on me....
well... forget those things for a while (atleast just for this break) 'coz the top list on my new year's resolution is not to be harsh on myself, and to spoil my self just a little bit more... (so selfless noh? hehehe...)
since this is the year that i've been long anticipating for...
gamay antos nalang jud.... yahoooooo!!!
it's a HO...HO...HO holidays after all...
HAPPY 2007 to all!!!!
i mean how many times have you seen on television or even in movies that when a house helper or a "buchaha" talks they all have this exaggerated "visayan accent"???!
