Easy As It Is

Relationship is like a car. It needs to be geared up by the owner and be equipped with proper tools before traveling and be able to use it for years and years. And once the person enters the car, he has to be ready. The driver doesn't just sit back and relax, then he enjoys the ride. No, it isn't like that. He has to operate the wheels. He encounters different things as he travels along the street; traffic, reckless drivers, bad or good weather and many more. It is up to him how he handles those challenges. If he drives hastily, his car may crash. But if he drives smoothly, he can reach his desired place safe and with his car intact.

Just as relationship... Two persons have to be equipped with love, trust, fidelity, and the like before entering an affair. As they go through it, they inevitably battle with different challenges and rocky stages. If they pass all challenges, they will definitely end up together. Driving is attached with traffic rules to obey and relationship is attached with rules to follow and limitations to consider.

Every relationship is high-maintenance. It requires dozens of effort and tolerance. Both parties must contribute. On its first stage, it feels like utopia. No probbies, just pure bliss. But as time passes by, everything turns to be heavy. Various emotions turn up; sadness, jealousy, hatred, anger, and happiness. These emotions are perceived when things happened. The couple feels sadness when they part ways and miss each other; jealousy when one is too close to another opposite sex; hatred when one forgets anniversary or any special occasion; anger when one becomes unfaithful; and they would be the happiest couple if they grow old together. =)

Relationship may be hard to keep up. But sometimes, it is only the couple who makes things difficult and complicated. The time is perfect and all things they need are in their hands, but they still create problems out of nothing. For instance, the never-ending cheating issue. The typical scenario in our society, boys cheat on their girls. Boys' cliche reason is what they call their "nature". They say "We are just human; weak and get seduced." Grounds are not acceptable. God gave us free will to be able to think of and choose the right one. So why cheat? Hence, they choose to cheat, not their nature choose to cheat. The so-called "nature" is a mere defense mechanism.

If a couple wants to last their relationship, they have to look straight. no swagging. Trust your partner. Be loyal. Take care of him/her. Love one another. And be consistent. Lemme see if you won't end up together. =) It's fine if things or other people try to ruin your romance, just don't let yourselves ruin it. Instead, you build it. It's much better to hear the phrase "you and me against the world" rather than "you versus me in a perfect world".

Taking care of a relationship is easy as counting 1,2,3. Just don't let harsh things and heartless people come your way, neither get destructed by yourself. A little kid can count, and so can you. Start from zero 'til you reach infinity... As in being with him/her with no end....


P.S. After I wrote everything, I just realized... I used too much METAPHOR. Hahaha... :D I just got this idea from the "Prom" movie.  Thanks for reading! :)

Blissful Busy Bee

Cinemalaya @ CCP

It's been a month since I last updated my blog. Many things are keeping me busy this semester.

Month of July is so memorable and meaningful. A lot of things happened and are continuously happening. I can say that I am growing into an independent woman one way or another and it's better for I'm turning 20 (read as TWENTEEN) after 4 days.

Our housemaid is no longer working at home due to some hush-hush reasons but a new maid will come next week. Hence, Uncle June (my guardian) and I are living unassisted for more than a week. We are both doing some of the household chores. There is one woman who visits every Sunday to do the washing of clothes. My uncle cooks and I wash the dishes. I also sweep the floor and organize furniture. Honestly, I have one worry. I fear that my hands will be annoyingly rough. I don't mean to be "maarte" nor be indolent. In fact, I enjoy cleaning and love to learn doing house jobs for I will be using this experience in the future. It's just that my parents and I have been taking caring of my soft hands and so I wanna maintain it. Who doesn't want soft hands, right? :) Before, our housemaid was the one who woke me up. I couldn't get off my bed unless someone would force me. But hey! Now I can jump off my bed on time. I set my alarm clock before I sleep. I am improving, ain't I? :D

As I go through this, I feel that I am ready to live on my own, not being away from my family whom I love so much. I mean I'll be working after college to earn a living. There is no assurance if I will work in Riyadh and live under the same roof with them. I might work here in the Philippines or in other places. Therefore, I'll be doing things by myself. However, there are two tough things which I really need to learn and master. Cooking and washing clothes. Effort is very much necessary to accomplish this. Hahaha...

Loads of school works are in my hands right now; 2 undergraduate researches, requirements for AdBest, documentary competition, and other school stuff. I must accomplish these in 5 months. This is my last year in college and so I'm really doing my best no matter how brain-squeezing it is. :)

Hardships are attached with blessings. (well, hardship itself is a blessing.) Yes, I maybe suffering from too much school pressure but there are things that give me relief. Like, the documentary we produced last semester was chosen by Centro Escolar University to join the International Center for Communication Studies. ICCS is one of the biggest organization for future practitioners of the communication profession. The org will choose 3 from many documentaries made by different universities and those 3 will be competing in Hongkong on November. Win or lose, still a blessing! And of course, people around me who never leave me. They take all the hard knocks away from me and help me get through with this. :)