...and why you do still keep up with a feeling that brought you nothing but pain? ~ NB
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Momentarily, I caught myself in a deep thought. Apparently, he was talking to me and I was not listening. A few weeks before, he asked me about a dinner. “My treat!” he said. He has been one of the few guy friends I am genuinely fond of so not thinking twice, I told him, “Sige ba!” Besides, he's the type who rarely invites someone for a treat. I have this impression that he chooses the company he keeps. One thing I am confused of is that he rarely talks to me when I am with other people. He is one quiet fish.
He asked me to choose the place for the dinner. I went for the cheaper ones, the one where I could order a beer. Getting drunk is a good excuse to disclose certain inhibitions; but pretending to be one is a sly. Oh yea, I am a sly.
One thing I've learned lately is that when you don't want to be the topic of a conversation, make way to fish out information about the other person. Let him be the lead actor/actress. How? ASK QUESTIONS. A series if you have to. Try immitating Boy Abunda. I love his misleading questions, they always knock me off my feet. Most people rarely say: "E ikaw naman?" Most people are caught up with themselves that they would not usually bother asking the other person how they have been. These kind of people-- I call them the "I" people ---always talking about "me, me and me". Apparently, this fella is far from being an "I" person. He always finds a way to ask how I've been.
During the course of our conversation, I noticed one important thing, that no matter how much he hides it and no matter how he denies it, such pain shows. His eyes betrayed him. And I pity him, honest to god I do. He's still crushed.
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[postscript:]
i just realized that i am becoming more and more sensitive lately. must be the age. or must be because i am jealous of people literally "moving on". why am i always left behind?
4 comments:
I like this photo. The limited DOF really makes you focus on the subject.
nice photo as always,,,,i guess we all feel like that at some point of time..
I do think we all feel stagnant and resent that fact some days. A change of scenery or shake up your routine a bit and usually that cures it. Here I go again giving unsolicited advise. Pardon me.
Your photography is really fabulous.
Hmmm again, i feel that the soliloquy doesn't join the photo! You excite us with a beautiful photo, then you give us sadness and depression as "pabaon", that is not hospitality, meaning we leave with a heavy heart!
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