JULZBOY

            The past three weeks (two weeks, 5 days) has been nothing but
a wild roller coaster ride for me. So many experiences. Many Many experiences.
*Sigh*, somehow, that doesn’t translate to “dami-dami”. It’s not as funny when I
say it in English. Hehehe. But my stay here in Northen California has really made me take stock of
a number of things. Here are some of the highlights:

On our way to LA, Luis (my bro) and
I almost ran out of gas in the middle of “Intestate” 5 (wala kasing will, kaya
intestacy nag g govern). No kidding… the warning sign for the gas had been on
for 5 minutes already and we were miles and miles (1.6 kilometers per mile) away
from the next gas station. Sabi ng brother ko “Kuya, pag naubos gas natin dito,
sino magtutulak? Bato bato pick na tayo?”. I, on the other hand was thinking to myself “Putik, sa dami-dami ng
inaral ko, Egoy lang din ang titigok sakin sa kalsada”. Damn, I voiced it out
to my brother, and we ended up laughing. Masaya Matibay… or “Matira” ba yun?

Speaking
of egoys, there was
another near-miss life and death experience that we encountered. It
happened at
McDonalds of all places. There was this huge black homeless guy who was
bullying this white homeless guy inside the store. Of course, being the
"intrigeros" that we
were, we didn’t realize that we were gawking at the scene as it happened in front of
us. All of a sudden, the black guy caught us staring and shouted “YO, WATCHA
LOOKIN’ AT? HUH? WATCHA LOOKIN’ AT??”. For the first time
since I got here, I wished I brought Prox and Parrot with me. But even with two
bodyguards, I doubt if all of us could
have taken him down. hahaha. eh SIX POR (6’4) kaya yun. Mukhang aparador. Kerby kami ng brother ko. Biglang tingin
kami sa french-fries sa taas ng tindera.

Naunahan kami ng sindak. Sabi ko, WHAT IF pag sigaw niyang yun, bumanat ako ng: “we be lookin’ at you nigguh. Ya can’t
be raisin yo’ damn voice round here. Aint no reason y u be wishin to mess wid
mah homeboy lez u want us to bust yo’ sorry ass. So u shut yo’ crap or imma
shut it down for ya. Ya hear me you punk ass nigguh?”

Pero naisip ko…. OA.  Hehe

 
The Philippines’ economy is labor-intensive. Our primary (or is it
sole) export is labor, for crying out loud (a tear drops silently). And
I am learning this the hard way. I am a driver-slash-laundryman here.
Dakilang labandero ng kapatid kong nagtratrabaho. Sige, nga, how many
of you are willing to wash, dry and fold the clothes of your siblings while you’re on vacation?
teka teka, ndi kasama yung may mga kapatid na baby At least dollars
ang kita ko. hehe Kanina lang binigyan niya ako ng $2 pang icecream Bait sha e.. galante. (teka lang ulit, titimpla ko muna yung gatas
niya).

The bar
exam is just over 4 months away.

I haven’t
even finished a single book.

I’m a
little homesick already. And I sort of miss my friends and family as well.
Especially those na hindi umaasa sa pasalubong hehe. (oo, sadyang parinig yan)

Anyway, I
have a few more days here. I’m gonna make sure to make the most of my remaining
time with my bro…. unless of course an Egoy decides to ruin it for us. Hahaha

 

PS: I aint hatin on my boyz from the hood ayt?  Just joshin arnd wit mah crew from a-town. Got
no needs to get smoked up for talking shit abt ‘em. I best repruzent mah real
roots. Fo shizzle.

Eyo.. im out.

Peace mah brotha’ from anotha motha’.

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Hahhaha Nakngtipaklong… F na F tlga hehe…

Joke lang yung feeble attempt ko to speak ebonics.

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