Coffee Table Diary

35 Degrees and a Drama

April 20, 2009

 

It’s april the 15th and i’m punished by the steamy temperature of the day. Walking along the busy streets of Ayala, I decided to take a cab on my next stop to reward myself after making one positive morning call. I was about to request the driver to lower the volume of his radio when the news caught my attention. “A radio anchorman rushed his wife to the hospital for gun shot wound”. Getting more information on the subject, the cab told me account of the news. The question was, “was it suicide or was there foul play?”. Familiar with the radioman’s hard commentaries, I asked myself…”was it payback time or something?”. News anchor has a big effect to media since they’re the ones who feed us with political and national news updates. Most often than not, they target on the negative ones that will cause big effect to the people. And from these news comes out our emotions. Just like how I reacted while I was listening to the news.


See how peoples mind work? I am yet to know the story and here I am assuming things…how would I know anyway?  For us who watched the drama, we can’t help but sympathize to those relatives pushed, collared and handcuffed. I can only hear police stories on how they handle their catch, but seeing it happen LIVE on national television, brutally…there’s a feeling of fear. The tears and screaming that I heard while they were being arrested are still vivid in my mind. The daughters breaking voice as she request to leave them alone touched my heart. Truly, it should only be one domestic problem and for her, to be shown on national tv is an embarrassment to them. I’m on her side. I wonder how this will affect her and her younger sister. It’s our nature to react to these kind of news. And have compassion to feel the pain of those abuse and hurt. The drama is not yet over but life goes on and people will surely wait for the end of the story. Tonight, I offered my prayer to strengthen them…



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Honesty…Still the Best Policy

April 14, 2009

 I’m just being “honest”. These are the very words of my sister who had an interview at the embassy. She was petitioned by my mom to join her in a foreign land. Allowed to be petitioned are children who are still unmarried. The filing was years back when she was still single. But the approval was released when she was already married and had a baby. The interview went smoothly and when the deciding question was asked on her civil status, she told the consul honestly “i’m already married”. Breaking on one of the requirements, she was expecting a non approval of travel. She took it openly in her heart. and I admired the consul who praised her for her honesty. She gave up the opportunity that most of us wanted. But she was happy enough. She told me, it’s hard to lie. How many will have the same stand on honesty? It is indeed hard to lie, the truth will always come out. So why cant a person be honest for once and tell the truth. That truth may hurt us, or hurt the other person, but as long as you were honest enough to express yourself (in an unoffensive way), being honest is still the best. If we get used to lying, it becomes a habit..and once it becomes a habit, it forms ones character..

Honesty please….that will make us a better person. And will surely build bridges of good relationships.

 

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Beginnings….

April 13, 2009

Sometimes in our life, we just feel the urge of keeping something in our box of thoughts. Good or bad memories sealed with keys…..hoping that it will be swept away in time. But little did we know that these are life’s lessons. I used to keep a diary when i was growing up. Posted with daily activities, it left me bored until I gave up. But as days go by, there are moments in my life that I regret not keeping diaries of  the most important events in life. I should have kept the details intact. That way I can see the changes in my life.

This will be a start of a new chapter in my memory bank. And i’m happy that you will be part of it.

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