The bitter and the sweet
My buddy and I had just downed our usual Wednesday -night Johnny Black double neats and then he suddenly asked me:“Tell me, Teepsee, could it have turned out any other way?”
Neither one of us have to explain. We both know what “it” means.
“Well, aside from the obvious reason….” [Laughs]
“No, seriously…”
“Maybe if I was older and more mature, things would have been different. I could have put more on the line. But, I’m not older and more mature, so I guess things happened precisely the way they were meant to.”
“Still angry?”
“Err, I don’t know. I’m not sure. Ask me again sometime, say, after a month.” [Laughs]
“Bitter ka pa rin. [Laughs]. Will you ever regret it?”
“Honestly, the pain almost killed me, but no, there’s nothing to regret. Best learning experience ‘yun eh, in a way, a blessing as well.”
“That’s sweet.”
“Hahaha! Well, y’know what? It was one of the most important events of my life. I won’t trade that experience for anything – not even for a happy ending.”
“Really now…”
“Wait, did I just say that?” [Laughs]
“That sounded smart…”
“Lasing ka lang…”
“No kaya, it came out naturally, it sounded…. Uhmm, what’s the word… Sincere. There."
“Well then... Yeah, not even for a happy ending …”
- These times are the worst. Damn it all to hell. *Sighs* -
posted by teepsee @ 4:28 PM
2 Comments:
Wow. What an engaging story. Naapektuhan ako dude! Kahit di ko exactly sure kung ano pinaguusapan ninyo.
Sabi nga nila...
Never regret.. Just move on...
“Honestly, the pain almost killed me, but no, there’s nothing to regret. Best learning experience ‘yun eh, in a way, a blessing as well.”
i love this part. tama ka, sometimes, painful things happen, pero blessing in disguise. hindi natin alam yun, kasi in disguise nga, hehe.
i had a pain-almost-killed-me experience recently, personal and academic. i got through them eventually, though there were times when i thought i never could.. =p God bless!
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