Tonight, I received a phone call from my ninang. We are no longer as close as before from the moment she kept on pushing me to join a certain org, but we still talk.

First, she asked about Papa. This is a usual idea everytime she calls. Then my job --- which I honestly know she's not interested to but the pay. And lastly, my 'madafakah lyf'.

A sting in her words can be felt when she lectured me with her famous line (statement for dalagitas): "Ay wag ka munang magbo-boyfriend ha, ang ganda ganda, ang talino mo, mag-payaman muna."

It's silly when I immediately responded, "Ninang may boyfriend na po ako.". And yes, silence is truly defeaning that I could hear it. Six more seconds and I'm surely gonna hang when she said, "Akala ko matalino ka, anong nangyari?".

Down my throat is a remark that I didn't say out loud. How I wish I did when I should've before she got off the line. Then I remember what Ian told me long before he became my boyfriend, "...hanggang kelan ka kaya hindi maaapektuhan sa sasabihin ng iba?"

Honestly I'm not affected at all, not to mention that I never care to any single nagging that she did. I just hate the fact that she's one of the people that I should let go of.

The gist of this thread is --- people are funny, they think what they wanna think about you and how you should live your life. They want to rule someone else's life when they couldn't even take a grasp on their own.

PS. Listen to what your heart tells you. It definitely knows what's best for you more than any blabber does