If I will be possessed

Well, if you’d ask me, I would do everything and savor every moment while it lasts. I will play with my voice as it changes or shifts from one personality to another—such that from a husky to deep moans of fatality. I would perhaps make different faces as fears to look at me shock the crowd. Or test the strength like superman and banish all my enemies who bully and make fond of me. And of course, levitate and float like a superhero—only I am in a diabolical mode.

But you know what, if I am to choose, I would prefer be possessed by a sexy seductive woman with a sweet attractive voice. Or anything beautiful-but-already-dead creature as destiny would permit it.

The problem is, I might not be able to control the overpowering scent of malevolence. I might not even know myself on the first place. I might do scandalous things while laughing, and I don’t even know a single piece of the jigsaw puzzle when I wake up. Or worse, I might not even wake up anymore. Those are just some of the feelings and could-be-experiences of people who suffered from the so called evil/demonic possessions.

Now, let’s get serious! Why would these things happen on the first place? Are they pretty enough for evil things to be attracted to them? Is it because they lack faith to the Almighty? Stress perhaps? Or could these be psychological?

I had a high school batch mate who suffered from these things. She first was possessed by a child, then after a while was abducted by an old woman. The thing is, with the number of students, she was the only one who suffered from the unfortunate thing. I then thought that maybe she is just unhealthy. Or she lacks some faith to be that delusional. I even thought of psychological issues. Well, who would have thought that an easy-go-lucky girl like her is too vulnerable for that? Later then, we found out that she was suffering from health diseases and mild psychological problem.

Nevertheless, we have to consider all possible factors why one might be attacked or should have suffered from possessions or abductions. We must never forget to pray and be firm for our faith and develop our whole trust to God. We might as well neglect all problems and take life positively, not facing it with a negative attitude. If you are having the sense of fear to a specific thing, then ask for some advice from your friends or your spiritual guide—could be a priest, a pastor or any in the same field. Because at the end of the day, who will learn a lesson but you yourself. At the end of everything, it’s not only you who will be affected, but those around you who care and support. Do not let them be dominated with fear because of you, although they have to help you as an individual. Trust HIM.      

M is for Misconception!

                                           

“Hala! Terror man kaayu na siya nga teacher. Balhin dayun ug room kay manghagbong jud na siya.”

This is what I always hear from my friends when they talk about a specific teacher in a specific room number, especially those who are teaching the sought to be busting subjects. I then tried to think of the possible things that I should do or say when I’m on the spot—stare at the teacher’s glaring eyes in awestruck, or will I just look at the floor in a gloomy unhappy face?

But I thought of my past experience with one of those teachers of this institution, whom they told was a ‘terror’ one. Yes! At first I was afraid. Indeed driven by those heart-pounding words that reverberated through my inner thoughts. I can still remember my trembling hands and shaking knees when I first met her. Especially when she banged the door behind her and asked something to the class in an authoritative voice, oriented us and begun the session.

I can still remember that she has to make me recite in every meeting. Hence, I have to study ahead of time to prepare for the following sessions. I can still remember that she gives her exams every after a chapter or two, and all answers are written on the reference material. I just can’t understand why some stare at the ceiling during her exams. I can still remember that as time went by, I was already used to doing those things that she wants us to do, yet some of us tend to be afraid and aloof to her, especially during exams and recitations. I can still remember that I thought I was her favorite student, that I have to be present every meeting with a gun and plenty of ammos—if favoritism if the proper way to say it.    

    

At the end of the course, I survived. I made it through the end with that so called ‘terror’ teacher. Yes! It was tough, but I made it through with a high mark. Why? Simply because I never believed that she is a terror one.

Friends, if we are all driven by fear that our teachers are inconsiderate terror creatures, then we will never survive. If we will all think that one teacher is a terror thing, how much more if all teachers are the same? Will we just be contented with the failure or patch things up and strive? Because what they want us to do is abide with their standards as teachers. And what we can do is obey them through doing our best and one thing to achieve that is by studying the course.

Have you ever think that a teacher wants you to learn what you need to. And inculcate it in your mind if she has to? If you are just doing your best as a student, then what will you be afraid of? If you are on the right track and you feel that the teacher is busting you, then tell her what you feel. That’s one of your rights as a student! Because for me, there is no such thing as a terror teacher, only lazy students. There is no such thing as strict professor, only afraid and unprepared individuals. There is no such thing as authoritative instructor, only unwilling learners. So don’t be one of those students. Don’t be one imprisoned thing by that silly MISCONCEPTION.   

“The Legal Wife”: A Sad Reality!

                                                           

          

To tell you honestly, I was never fond of watching evening TV series, may it be from the Kapamilya or the Kapuso network, especially those unrealistic, fictional characters and nevertheless less appealing situations that they are dealing with. Maybe because they just can’t get into my nerves, thus staying away from my interests as a viewer. Yes, entertaining minions is their business, but I still can’t find the reason to be fascinated to the stuff.

Not until one of those programs had successfully caught my inner thoughts, not because it’s busting me, but because it’s more realistic, and I’m sure many Filipinos can relate with it. No, I’m not referring to “Ikaw Lamang”—it’s quite old and tragic, yet I find it nice anyway—I’m pertaining to “The Legal Wife” from the Kapamilya network (not to be biased to the other one). At first, I found it simple, like any other TV programs that consume your precious time, yet on the latter part of the show, I felt stirred, indeed moved by the dialogues and was as well affected by the real life situations that the characters were trying to portray, which they did successfully. From then on, I can’t make my day without sitting in front of our 21 inch LCD Panasonic TV set, watching the series.

Yes, the characters are appealing, good enough to depict the role as a matter of fact, but what awakened me the most were the situations–they are just so pure and genuine like the writers are experiencing the whole ‘affair thing’, the dialogues are so real that it seemed unimaginable you just can’t stop hooking up with it. Also by watching it, you might as well understand the story behind every hidden lies, the courage to be a seductive mistress, the strength to be an unfaithful husband, and the innocence of a wife that hides the doubt because of her unbiased love. So whom do we have to put all the blame on? To the lonely mistress? To the cheating husband? Or to the innocent wife? Hard to tell isn’t it?

But we have to face it! We may understand their individual stories, but we can never hide the fact that this is happening, that illegal romantic affairs are just around the corner—it might even be too late, but probably, someone you know might either be the unfaithful or the unfortunate. Hence, The Legal Wife is just a representation of one of the most common social adversary of this country. It is just a representation of the reality that we are consumed by lies, governed by mistrust, and ruled by unfaithfulness and temptations. I’m even waiting for the statistics of the broken family rate of the country if this can’t be stopped in the worst case scenario.   

This is a very sad truth, and we can do nothing but to accept the consequences of the wrong move. But we could at least do something to decrease the probable rate of this concern through knowing ourselves better, approaching people better, thus results for you choose the right person better than anybody else, and not just choose because you were provoked to do so. Let us do our part and make the correct move towards other people and avoid the wrath of social adversaries.

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