bully proof

as a catholic school, we always start our class with a prayer.
everyone is standing, eyes closed, uttering solemnly the ever memorised 'the lord's prayer.'
'good morning mam!' grade five st. jude greeted their teacher mechanically.

then suddenly shea sat flatly on the floor.

this is exactly what she wrote in her 'most embarrassing moment' space in someone else's slum book.

i moved her chair while we were praying.
and i guess my prayers were answered.

...ayun asa labas ako ng classroom buong period.

bakit ba kasi ako nag-iingles? madaling araw na raw kasi. haha. anyway isa yan sa mga pambubully na ginawa ko noong elementary bukod pa sa pangtutusok ko sa kamay noong classmate ko nung grade two ng pencil kasi, binubully niya ako. haha.

looking back, i'm not actually a big bully. i don't boss people around, or call them names (in their face. haha). but i must admit, i'm a bully now. haha.

in my life, i bullied and got bullied too. I'm sure minsan naging shea rin tayo or naging, ako, the bully. haha bullying is a big issue and it may be petty or seem juvenile pero may effect ito as we grow and mature. god i experienced that strong feeling of hatred towards my cousins who bullied me, yung time na makakasama ko sila ay naging hell sa'kin at talagang iniiwasan ko.  but noong naghighschool ako i shrugged it off and well fought back. haha pero now naisip ko isa yun sa mga dahilan kung bakit hindi rin ako masyadong close sa kanila. sayang lang dahil isa akong cool person so it's their loss. charooowt. haha.

anyway highway so i learned to adapt with this dog-eat-dog world of bullies and victims. life is a survival and since bakasyon na may time pa ang isang student to bully proof her or his self bago magpasukan. but how?

easy.

1. fight back. 

these bullies, bwisit naman talaga ang mga yan. if they know na mahina ka, kakayan kayanin ka. shet. don't let them make tapak tapak you around. fight back! they will know na hindi ka yung tipong kinakaya-kaya. if they know that, they will leave you alone. kaya naman vivid pa sa aking memory noong time na i stood up for myself against my bully cousins. the feeling is awesome! hehe.

2. laugh with them.

uhmm no martial arts moves or witty catty line? well just laugh and make fun of yourself too. remember, these bullies are insecure kaya sila nambubully at kapag kita nilang affected ka, mas ego boost sa kanila yun. so learn the art of deadma and laugh. well some name callings are funny, even na sa'yo ginamit. kung kita naman na hindi ka naman affected, matatawa na lang din sila... and who knows maging friend mo pa sila di ba?

3. befriend the bully.

speaking of friendship, well it pays to befriend the bullies. haha. it doesn't mean naman na magiging bully ka na rin. sa school hindi naman ako masyadong nabully kasi nga kaibigan ko sila! haha. sophomore year lang ako naging first section noong high school. well knows naman natin ang buhay sa lower sections. haha bully haven! lalo na noong first year ako, grabe! pugad ng bullies ang section namin! haha how i survived? ginamit ko ang aking asset, my smarts. ako ang susi sa pagpasa nila as i pass the answers around. hehe and plus points dahil cool naman ako. wahaha. so my life is a breeze.

so easy lang di ba? hihi.

kaya kung sino ka man, nagbabasa nito, lugmok at nabully...

kawawa ka naman!
bwahahaha.

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nabully si senator angara sa twitter kasi raw dahil sa kaniya natalo si pia wurtzbach.
naalala ko tuloy yung status ko sa facebook:

Natuwa siguro at first si Pia Wurtzbach kasi ako rin matutuwa nun bilang less kaba kasi in Filipino ang tanong kaya chill at sasagot din in Filipino... But as she answers the question, her intuition kicked in... Uhm a lot are foreigner judges. Then, the bell rang. 

Tsk tsk so much for that intuition thing! And yes maiintindihan kita kung di mo iboboto si Sonny Angara sa susunod na election. Lol

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aw. meteor garden aired again after ilang years. shet naabutan ko ito ng kaunti sa gym, ang eksena iba't-ibang pambubully kay san chai. naka-mute sa gym so laos. tapos i'm kinda sick so tinatamad akong magwork out. so di ko tinapos ang circuit ko for the day. wahaha. i expected nga pala meteor garden sa iwanttv. but no. wala siya. laos.

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i bullied myself to blog today.
and so i did.

but i want to bully myself more to write substantial posts.
more inspired posts pa kumbaga.

i'm still looking and waiting for that inspiration...

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maniniwala ka ba kung nabuntis ako ngayon?
sa katunayan naglilihi nga ako e.

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last week, my workmate and i pushed ourselves to start our summer calendar in an agad-agad-lakad fashion bilang naging free ang weekend namin. so we hopped in a six hour bus ride to this wonderful town:

i learned surfing. :)
how cool is that?