sa totoong buhay

when i was small, make that younger (i've always been small in height, i sadly am gaining weight :-D), well when i was a kid (that's more like it), i remember always starting my questions with, Mama, sa totoong buhay ba ganun din? Ate, sa totoong buhay ba etc. I have forgotten what the questions were about but i distinctly remember that phrase i always used.

sa totoong buhay.


maybe it was because of the television, it seemed that i had the impression that the things i saw on TV were not of the "real world". that the cartoons, the actors and everything else were just made for TV.

but then what is there sa totoong buhay?

sa totoong buhay...

• you don't always get what you want. unlike the many hollywood movies we've seen, our lives are not made for the movies :)
• lagi pa ring huli ang mga pulis dumating sa crime scene
• hindi laging orange juice, hotdog, bread, bacon and eggs (na pagkadamidami kahit na 3 lang ang nasa screen na kumakain) ang almusal. para sa ibang tao, sapat na ang pan de sal na sinwsaw sa kape (yumme) para sa isang masayang almusal
• inaapi lang ang nagpapaapi (hehe!)
• when sombody dies, they are really gone for good. you don't just see them dead and the next day dancing on tv to promote their film
• we have to learn to make big and small decisions ourselves, and more importantly, to stand by those decisions, whether or not things end up okay or otherwise
• walang superheroes, bagong bayani lang hehe, and seriously, real life heroes who make a difference in other people's lives
• hindi lahat ng tao ay nakakaranas ng maliliit na ginahawang tinatamasa mo
• failure is NOT fatal. it's true, we can always try until we make it good.
  

• cancer does not cause hair loss. the radiation does this. (i then had the silly notion that cancer patients automatically lose their hair). and many people have proven that cancer can be beaten
• children grow up, really fast, yun rugrats nga naging all-grown-up :-). i guess both parents and kids should savor each moment of childhood ;-) before it's all gone

• monsters are everywhere! in the guise of bad leaders in government and other institutions, corruption and greed, poverty and senseless killings. these are some of the monsters reality brings us. darn, we sure hope we can do something about them
  

• you can't expect everyone to treat you fairly, but it should not keep you from dealing with others fair and square
• kelangan mo mag hanapbuhay :-) kaya stop the rambling mean hehe! back to work!
  

happy weekend sa lahat! sa totoong buhay man o sa alternate reality ninyo!

image credits:from google image search :-)