KUYAs

KUYAs can be real pains in the ass! i'm glad i did not have one.

so you see, my bestfriend/neighbor/cousin/soul sister and i just got home from a birthday party a block away from our homes. we were still having our rubik's cube 101 when some of her guy friends told us that her brother told them to tell my bestfriend that she should be home before he does. or else, all hell breaks loose.

i know how terrified my bestfriend is of her kuya. so we reluctantly got up from our seats already decided that we are going home. on our way, very unfortunately, we came face-to-face with her brother. there we were in the middle of the road at the middle of the night enduring his biting words.

"uwi pa ba yan ng matinong babae? palibhasa hindi kayo sinasabihan ng mga magulang niyo," blah-blah-blah. though a bit dizzy from the wine i had, i swear to God i heard the PI phrase. i stopped myself from answering back because after all, he is still years older than me. ever since we were kids we were taught to respect the words of the elders. secondly, the big great brother was drunk. it was the booze talking. and thirdly, there were people watching the scene his brother had uncaringly created. on the street was her kuya's barkada and our guy friends who were gentlemen enough to walk us home. imagine how humiliated my bestfriend was.

i am doing this blog because i am so pissed of what had happened. i am pissed that i can't do anything to take back the words of her kuya that hurt my bestfriend so much. while i am doing this blog i can imagine her crying so helplessly in her room. this was not the first time that she had received stinging remarks from her kuya.

well kuya, to answer your question: yes it is already past midnight. but it does not mean that we are not matinong babae anymore! we were just girls having fun. we know we are more than safe in that party because we are in the company of our second cousins and friends. it's not everyday that we do this kind of thing. yes i had several shots of wine but i am in total control of myself. and for your information, your sister was just sitting down there talking and laughing with the rest of us. i want you to know that you are so unfair! i hope to God you realize tomorrow when you are in the proper state of your mind that you are very very wrong. it's too much to wish that you'll apologize.

on the other hand, some kuyas can be real angels. i was lying down in my bed thinking about what had happened when i received a text message from another guy cousin (kuya#2) who was with the drunk one (kuya#1) when the commotion happened. kuya#2 apologized for the way kuya#1 acted. he said that kuyas are just like that, that kuya#1 do have a point somehow. he just had a different way demonstrating his point. he said that they were just trying to protect the family. i understand, because that's what you have to endure when you live in the province, in a very small barrio, where everyone knows what everyone is doing. kuya#2 also told me that he understands about our having fun but it really is very late, and that we have to set limits in everything we do. you see? both kuyas have the same concerns. they just have a different way of expressing it. if only you could try doing that!

kuya#1: if, by any chance, you read this entry, i meant all the words i said. i hope you reflect on it.