Draw Close To Jehovah

May 19, 2005


The last day. A small gathering of our book study. A very beautiful book. So now I know how it is to draw close to God, but the question is, what have I been doing? I know that I am trying. But I know should try even more.

user friendly.

well, in my case, this is not with regard to computers or any other technological gadgetry, but, it does have everything to do with people.

you know how it irks you when a someone you consider a friend would just give you a buzz, or a ring, or whatever just because they need something from you really bad? hey, i know i am not alone in that, but it just is so irksome, irritating, like a persistent bug zinging near your ear. these people to me, are the user friendlies.

so yesterday i got to talking with a friend about these "user friendlies", and well, we tried to put it in context, if you need help from a friend, and have not talked to them in a while, just called them, and go beat around the bush before asking for help, then that is considered being "user friendly." his was, hey, if you called, it's been awhile and you need something, go out and say it that instant rather than wait and say, "oh yeah, and i also called because...."

ranting. because a user friendly friend of mine calls and promises this and that, but never delivers. what the heck is that? and stupid fool that i am, i'm like, yeah, and yeah, and this and that. i think that this is it. the end. she calls and says "sorry for bothering you, but i need a huge favor....." this is the last, and the favor would be pretty huge. and then little chit chat without heart.

for the user friendly:
i laugh and talk at the right time
civil i am being, biding my time
not a true friend u turned out to be
just one that is user friendly.

super highway

so, i was at the bus, and normally what you would hear in there are people speaking in spanish (with each other). now, when a phone rings, most of the time, conversation is carried out in english. but, once in a while, i chance upon a bus containing filipinos, so conversations are carried out taglish, tagalog, or their provincial dialect.

so, yesterday, there i was sitting. my cellphone a sentinel hanging from my neck blink, blink. and this guy's phone rings. he speaks in his dialect and in tagalog. and then he said it. superhighway. wow. it's been so long since i've heard that word. it seemed alien, and yet familiar. and i smiled. and i go "astig. been so long. oo nga naman superhighway." and the memories kept rushing in.

so, thank you, "the guy" thanks for letting me remember again.