I'm a boarder in my own home. I wish. haaay...that house help was surely some help when she's around. but now, we have no idea where the heck she's hiding. hmm...i think she's hiding because she owes my mom a lot of charity-money. err...it's not totally a donation,but still it's help. my mom lends her money for her family problems. and now this is how she repays us? argh! porque di lang siya mapautang ulit ng nanay ko e maglalayas siya! people who borrow - demand, rather - money and run away without paying a single cent are considered thieves! gawd i hate them... thanks to her, i realized that i'm just a boarder in my own home. i only sleep, eat, study, go to school, go out, hang around and especially mess around when she was still here. and now, i'm a yayo!?! but i must say i'm a good yayo.

one ungrateful katulong gone, five yayos in. well, that's what it was supposed to be. but since my siblings are such jerks that they're better off asleep all day. early in the morning i'm the first to wake up. i start the day by sweeping and arranging the ruins from yesterday's chaos. after i've accomplished my glory, all of it comes tumbling down once they've awaken from their beauty slumber. aaargh!!! and when my mom sees the messed THEY've done, she's going to rant in front of ME about how messy WE are and how unhelpful WE've been. WE? sometimes i just hear her say "YOU". hmmph! then she's gonna order around demanding we do OUR chores right and don't leave out other stuff unattended. if one thing's left out, she's gonna holler for US to clean it up, pick it up, wipe it up, fix it up, put it up..and so on. I learned in school that plural form of nouns and pronouns suggest a number of subjects to be more than ONE. then how come WE,US,OUR implies a I,ME and MINE?

before, my parents keep complaining how messy and untidy we (my siblings and I) are. they said we should be responsible for the cleanliness and order of our home. we should do chores on our kusa. instead of going out on weekends, we should stay and help in the house chores. we are not boarders, that's what they've continously said. we are not boarders who just sleep and eat and leave as we please. we don't have anyone to serve us of our needs. we are our own help. what will become of us if we were really boarding in somebody else's house? it would be a shame if we'll be messy and all in somebody's house.

i do get their point and tried to meet their expectations. but now i realized that i'm more a boarder today than the last time. if i will be a boarder, i'd be responsible for my own stuff, i'd be neat and organized and tidy with my own stuff. but since i'm living at home with six family members, we are responsible for our stuffs. i share the sala and tv with them; i dine on the same table with them; we eat with the same set of dinnerwares and bathe in same bathrooms (simultaneously, of course); we walk and trod the same floors and stairs. it's all our stuff, therefore, we (should) share the same responsibilities. and this is where the troubles seeps in. WE (but most of the time, they) are a lazy bunch.

we are like a domino, one's fall is the other's push. if one of us is laze-stricken the other would be stricken as well, that will cause the fall of the whole yayo empire, thus disabling us to fulfill our task and serve our purpose. In turn, displeases our queen and goddess of the house. she'll then unleash her power of destruction, toppling our helpless souls.

a not-so-little exaggeration wouldn't hurt, right? but I guess you get what i'm trying to say. Don't you???

sigh... what really am i? a yayo or a boarder? if i'm a yayo, why don't i get paid for the services i render? but if i'm a boarder, how come i'm being ordered around? what would be best, yayo boarder?

sigh...i'd go for the latter. in fairness, i've always wanted to be in a boarding house. his is no different. i'll just have to imagine that they're completely, bloody unrelated to me and that i'm staying here until i finish my studies. harharhar!!!

i'd definitely go with that!

one cup at a time