The Adventure Of Super Kamote

Gising, frend.

Tumatanda ka na, frend.

Nasa Friday Magic Madness na yung mga paborito mong kanta.
Nakaka-relate ka na sa Classic MTV. Lesbiana na yung kinaaaliwan mong
child star dati. Nanay na lagi ang role ng crush na crush mong matinee
idol noon.

Parang botika na ang cabinet mo. May multivitamins, vitamin E, vitamin C, royal jelly,
tsaka ginko biloba.

Dati, laging may inuman. Sa inuman, may lechon, sisig, kaldereta, inihaw
na liempo, pusit, at kung anu-ano pa. Ngayon, nagkukumpulan na lang kayo
ng mga kasama mo sa Starbucks at oorder ng tea.

Ang dating masasayang tawanan ng barkada sa canteen, napalitan na ng
walang katapusang pagrereklamo tungkol sa kumpanya ninyo. Wala na ang
best friend mo na lagi mong pinupuntahan kapag may problema ka. Ang lagi
mo na lang kausap ngayon e ang kaopisina mong hindi ka sigurado kung
binebenta ka sa iba pag nakatalikod ka. Ang hirap nang magtiwala.

Mahirap nang makahanap ng totoong kaibigan. Hindi mo kayang
pagkatiwalaan ang kasama mo araw-araw sa opisina. Kung sabagay,
nagkakilala lang kayo dahil gusto ninyong kumita ng pera at umakyat sa
tinatawag nilang “corporate ladder”. Anumang pagkakaibigang umusbong
galing sa pera at ambisyon ay hindi talaga totoong pagkakaibigan.
Pera din at ambisyon ang sisira sa inyong dalawa.

Pera. Pera na ang nagpapatakbo ng buhay mo.

Alipin ka na ng Meralco, PLDT, SkyCable, Globe, Smart, at Sun. Alipin ka
ng Midnight Madness. Alipin ka ng tollgate sa expressway. Alipin ka ng
credit card mo. Alipin ka ng ATM. Alipin ka ng BIR.

Dati-rati masaya ka na sa isang platong instant pancit canton. Ngayon,
dapat may kasamang italian chicken ang fettucini alfredo mo. Masaya ka
na noon pag nakakapag-ober-da-bakod kayo para makapagswimming. Ngayon,
ayaw mong lumangoy kung hindi Boracay o Puerto Galera ang lugar.
Dati, sulit na sulit na sa yo ang gin pomelo. Ngayon, pagkatapos ng
ilang bote ng red wine, maghahanap ka ng San Mig Light o Vodka Cruiser.

Wala ka nang magawa. Sumasabay ang lifestyle mo sa income mo.
Nagtataka ka kung bakit hindi ka pa rin nakakaipon kahit tumataas ang
sweldo mo. Yung mga bagay na gusto mong bilhin dati na sinasabi mong
hindi mo kailangan, abot-kamay mo na. Pero kahit nasa iyo na ang mga
gusto mong bilhin, hindi ka pa rin makuntento.

frend, gumising ka. Hindi ka nabuhay sa mundong ito para maging isa lang
sa mga baterya ng mga machines sa Matrix. Hanapin mo ang dahilan kung
bakit nilagay ka rito. Kung ang buhay mo ngayon ay uulit-ulit lang
hanggang maging singkwenta anyos ka na, magsisisi ka.
Lumingon ka kung paano ka nagsimula, isipin ang mga tao at mga bagay na
nagpasaya sa yo. Balikan mo sila.

Ikaw ang nagbago, hindi ang mundo.

He met her on a party. She was so outstanding, many guys chasing after her, while he so normal,
nobody paid attention to him.

At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him,  she was  surprised, but due to being polite, she promised. They sat in a
nice coffee  shop, he was too nervous to say anything, she felt uncomfortable,  she thought, please, let me go home…. suddenly he asked the waiter. “would you  please give me some salt? I’d like to put it in my coffee.”

Everybody stared at him, so strange! His face turned red, but  still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it.
She asked him curiously; why you have this hobby? He replied: “when  I was
a little boy, I was living near the sea, I like playing in the sea,  I could
feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffee.  Now every  time I have the salty coffee, I always think of my childhood, think
of my  hometown, I miss my hometown so much, I miss my parents who are still living  there”. While saying that tears filled his eyes. She was deeply  touched.

That’s his  true feeling, from the bottom of his heart. A man who can tell out  his homesickness, he must be a man who loves home, cares about
home, has responsibility of home.

Then she also started to speak, spoke about her faraway hometown,  her childhood, her family. That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of their story.

They continued to  date. She found that actually he was a man who meets all her  demands; he had  tolerance, was kind hearted, warm, careful. He was such a good  person but she almost missed him! Thanks to his salty coffee!

Then the story was just like every beautiful love  story , the princess married to the prince, then they were living
the happy life… And, every time she made coffee for him, she put  some  salt in the coffee e, as she knew that’s the way he liked it.

After 40 years, he passed away,  left her a letter which said: “My dearest, please forgive me,  forgive my
whole life lie. This was the only lie I said to you—the salty  coffee.

Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time,  actually  I wanted some sugar, but I said salt. It was hard for me to change
so I just went ahead.I never thought that could be the start of our  communication! I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life,
but I was  too afraid to do that, as I have promised not to lie to you for  anything..

Now I’m dying, I afraid of nothing so  I tell you the truth: I don’t like the salty coffee, what a strange
bad taste.. But I have had the salty coffee for my whole life!  Since I knew you, I never feel sorry for anything I do for you.
” Having you with me is my biggest happiness for my whole life. If  I can live for the second time, still want to know you and have you
for my  whole life,even though I have to drink the salty coffee again”.

Her tears made the letter totally wet.Someday, someone asked her:  what’s the taste of salty coffee? It’s sweet. She replied.

Love is not 2 forget but 2 forgive, not 2 c but 2 understand, not 2 hear but 2  listen, not 2 let go but 2 HOLD ON !!!!

Don’t ever  leave the one you love for the one you like, because the one you  like will leave  you for the one they love.