Simple Plan

Muntik nakong mahulog sa kinauupuan ko kagabe by the entrance of the building where I work nung maka-receive ako ng message na “Pre, ano sa english yung pambomba ng inidoro? Txtbk.” Pucha talaga! San nanggaling yun?! initial reaction ko. The message came from one of my dearest friends (a kumpare, in fact) whom I’ve long come to appreciate over years of sad and happy moments that we shared together with the relatively small circle of friends that we have.

Hindi ko alam, pero what probably took me off was how it came as something that’s totally unexpected, pero alam mong smart humor kaya it was hilarious.

Nung tanungin ko kung “Saan naman nanggaling yan?!” Sabi e “may 100 daw ang unang makahula nun sa kanila.” Apparently, parang trip trip nilang magkakasambahay. Nung i-text back ko sa kanya kung “sink pump” ba yung sagot, hiniritan pa ako ng “ah, ganun b? kla ko kse toilet bomb eh.” Utangnaloob!

It both amazes and saddens me how one can grow too accustomed to the scripts that he/she portrays on a daily basis. (Self-assessment ba ito?) Alam mo yung you wake up in the morning, commute to the office, work, have some laughs and chats during the day, commute back home, then sleep, only to wake up the next morning and perform the same routine all over again.

Actually, I think what my kumpare was trying to teach me thru that text message of his was that nangangalawang na ata ako pagdating sa aking sense of humor, and perhaps on some aspects other than what I normally do in the office.

He posed a challenge to me, and thru this I intend to do the same to you: break out of your routine once in a while to get a different perspective. Don’t kill your creativity by lazily nestling in your comfort zone. Allow spontaneity in your thought processes. Try new things. Hehe, and there’s this other thing, keep in touch with your friends and get pleasantly surprised by them.