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Habang nagwawalis sa harap ng bakuran si Inday, ay napadaan si Ethan sa kanyang tricycle.

Ethan: Hi Inday. Tuloy ba yung outing naten sa Pagudpud?

Inday: Hey Ethan. I’m not sure, who’s planning anyway? Do the others already know?

Habang nag-gugupit ng mga damo si Dodong at narinig nya ang kanilang usapan.

Dodong: Mga pre, game ako dyan. Ilang araw ba tayo doon?

Inday: Well, the most suitable would be at least 2 nights but it depends on how long you guys are allowed for a furlough.

Ethan: Teka sasama ba si Manang? Hehehe, baka matangay ng alon yun.

Narinig ni Manang galing sa loob ng bakuran habang sya’y naglalaba. Huminto ito at lumapit sa kanila.

Manang: Hoi!! If you must know, I was a varsity swimmer when I was in high school so don’t underestimate my aquatic capabilities (banat nya kay Ethan). And of course, you can count me in.

Dodong: Teka si Ederlyn, text ko lang. (Ei sma b u outng pgdpud? Ksma laht)

Ethan: Wag!!! Wag na naten isama si Ederlyn, natandaan mo last time? Nag-inarte. Tapos di pa tumutulong sa paghahanda ng pagkain o kahit paglinis lang ng kinainan.

Inday: Yeah, let’s not bring any dead weight this time.

Manang: I agree!

Dodong: Ngek na text ko na!

Tumunog ang cellphone ni Dodong, galing kay Ederlyn ang message… “K! Sli aku!! May bago rn akung bikni“.

Nag-text kaagad si Dodong… “Sry wrng send“.

Dodong: Whew!

Inday: Well, let’s just discuss this over our Yahoo Groups. I have to go prepare our supper.

Ethan: Okay! Sa Yahoo Groups na lang.

Sa di kalayuan ay naririnig pala ng pulubi ang kanilang diskusyon at lumapit ito sa kanila.

Pulubi: Can I join your outing too guys? Pa-add na lang e-mail ko on your Yahoo Groups. It’s babangonako@duduruginkita.com

Napatingin na lang sa kanya sina Inday.

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Isang hapon, nagmemerienda ulit ang barkada sa may sari-sari store na may isawan sa tapat.

Dodong: Alam niyo ba kung anong gagawin ko sa perang iniipon ko? Magtatayo siguro ako ng maliit na restaurant dito sa may atin. (habang sinasawsaw ang betamax sa suka)

Ethan: Aba, bigtime ka na pre ah! (sabay kagat sa bananacue) Anong klaseng resto ba yan?

Dodong: Maliit lang. Siguro gotohan lang.. ay “Pares” na lang kasi may kilala ako sa palengke mura ang bigay saken ng karne.

Ederlyn: Wow darling pwede mo akong kuning cashier or waitress. (sabay inom sa sopdrink)

Dodong: Anong darling darling? Nakakalimutan mo na ba? Wala na tayo no. Tsaka baka mawalan ng gana mga kakain pag ikaw ang nagseserve. (sabay nagpa-ihaw pa ng isaw)

Napahiya si Ederlyn at nagtawanan sina Ethan, Manang at Inday.

Dodong: Inday kunin kitang kusinera ha? Alam kong papatok ang “Pares” naten pag ikaw ang nagluluto.

Inday: Flattery won’t get you anywhere Dodong. Besides, do you already know what you need before you pursue that endeavor of yours?  You need to register a business name and submit a BTRCP Form No. 16B to DTI. Or SEC if it’s going to be a corporation or a partnership. Then get a Barangay Clearance, Mayor’s Permit and Sanitary Permit. You also have to register your business to BIR then get a license to operate from BFAD. And that’s just the gist of it.

Dodong: Huwaw!!! Ang dami pala. Buti na lang andyan ka para tulungan ako.

Inday: Well, I could concoct a list of appetizers, entréés and dessert for your “Pares” resto. (sabay subo sa baong California Maki)

Ethan: Tulungan kitang i-advertise yan pre. Ipapaskel ko sa tricycle ko yung trapal mo.

Pulubi: Do you have a name for your establishment yet? (sabay sawsaw ng baong bruschetta sa olive oil)

Dodong: Hmmm… wala pa eh. Dodong’s Pares kaya?

Manang: How unimaginative. How about… Pares Hilton. Classy yet funny. (sabay dukot sa Chippy)

Dodong: Hahaha. Ok yun ah!!

Ederlyn: Di ko gets? Anong nakakatawa dun?

Inday: Of course you don’t dear. Well Dodong, the name should cater to the mass anyway so better come up with another one.

Sumingit na rin ang maglalako na kumakain lang ng isaw sa tabi at nakikinig.  

Maglalako: Eh kung Lovers In Pares kaya? Tapos pwede ko na rin i-register ang domain name para di kayo maunahan. Nagwe-web design din nga pala ako.

Dodong, Ethan, Ederlyn, Manang: Pwede!!!

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One nostalgic night, Inday (in her element), sat in her favorite couch and began browsing Kahlil Gibran’s collection of poems in “The Prophet”. One of her favorites in the book was that part pertaining to Love with lines such as,

When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

But if in your fear you would seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love’s threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.

When you love you should not say, “God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am in the heart of God.”
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

“What a paradoxical and profound literary work indeed. I know someday I will find my other half”, Inday uttered calmly.

She grabbed her ipod and shuffled Nina’s Someday before eventually going to bed.

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Junior: Ate Inday ang hirap naman neto. Ba’t di ko magawa? Paturo namannn!

Inday: Junior, it’s quite easy as pie really. You have to visualize the cadence and not rely on your auditory nerves. Feel the undulation. Tap your feet or bob your head along with the rhythm. Do not get addled by their chants. It is eight beats per cycle, the first four is yours and the second half is theirs… PATA PATA PATA PON.

- Nagpapaturo si Junior kay Inday sa larong Patapon sa kanyang PSP

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Isang hapon ay lumabas si Mr. Montemayor para bumili ng internet prepaid card sa sari-sari store dahil nawalan sila ng DSL connection at kelangan nyang mag-email.

Pagdating nya sa tindahan ay nakita sya ni Ethan na nagtetext habang kumakain ng bananacue.

Ethan: Sir! Magandang hapon po. Ako nga pala si Ethan, yung kaibigan ni Inday.

Mr. Montemayor: Ahh ok. Gandang hapon din. Ka-text mo si Inday?

Ethan: Ahh, hindi po sir. Nag-susurf lang ako dito sa cellphone ko, checheck ng balita.

Mr. Montemayor: (nabigla) Ahh… ok… galing ah. Sige.

Kumatok sya sa tindahan at lumapit ang tindera.

Tindera: Ano po yun?

Mr. Montemayor: Meron ba kayong prepaid internet card? Yung 100 pesos lang, bigyan mo ako yung mabilis at mabenta.

Tindera: Ahh meron po sir. Pero kung gusto niyo mabilis talaga, nag-ooffer din kami ng Airborne Access prepaid card. Aabot naman yung wifi namin sa bahay ninyo kasi may mga booster antennas naman kami. Kelangan niyo lang ng computer or laptop na may wifi adapter. 100 lang rin sir para sa 60 minutes.

Mr. Montemayor: (laglag ang panga) Ahh sige, pwede siguro yan. Samahan mo na rin ng isang Cheers softdrink.

Tumambay muna si Mr. Montemayor sa tindahan habang inuubos ang softdrink nang may dumaang maglalako.

Maglalako: (sumisigaw) Hoppppp… Hopppp… HopiaManiPopcornDomainNamesatWebHostinggg…

Nasamid si Mr. Montemayor sa kanyang iniinom. 

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Patulog na sana si Inday pagkatapos niyang manood ng Oprah. Pero dahil medyo hindi pa siya inaantok, nagpasya siyang ilipat ang channel at nagkataong Bb. Pilipinas 2008 pala ang palabas sa GMA. At tiyempong Q and A pa ang naabutan niya kaya medyo nagising ang ulirat niya nang nagtanong na ang isang judge tungkol sa kahalagahan ng pamilya sa pagsali ng isang kandidata sa naturang beauty pageant.

Bago pa man sumagot ang kandidata, sinabi ni Inday sa sarili, “Lucky for her, that is a very plain and straightforward question!”.

Ngunit napanganga si Inday nang marinig nya ang kasagutan ng binibini,

“Well, my family’s role for me is so important because there was the, they’re they was the one whose very, ha-ha; oh I’m so sorry. Ah my family, my family, oh my God, I’m, okay. I’m so sorry; I, I told you that I’m so confident; ah wait, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, uhm, sorry guys because this was really my first pageant ever. Because I’m only 17 years old and I did not expect that I came from, I came from the one of the to(f)p 10; uhm, so, but I said that my family is the most important persons in my life. Thank you.”

Pagkarinig ng mga pahayag ng Binibini, nasabi nya na lang sa sarili…

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Linggo ng umaga sa bahay ng Montemayor…

Magsisimula na ang laban nila Pacquiao at Marquez at excited na pumwesto sa sopa si Mr. Montemayor habang si Inday ay mabilis na naglilinis ng sala.

Amo: Inday, tignan mo o. Bumili na ako ng Nokia N95 kahapon para mapanood ng live ang laban nila Pacquiao-Marquez sa myTV. Kung gusto mo makinood ka na rin, pero pagtyagaan natin ang maliit na screen.

Inday: Good for you sir! But I have a better idea. You see I recently purchased a 40″ Sony Bravia LCD TV for the maid’s quarters and subscribed to the pay-per-view broadcast for the fight. If you want, you could help me clean the house so we could watch it there.

Nahiya ang amo ni Inday sa phone nya at tinago na lang ito sa bulsa. Kumuha ng feather duster at tinulungan si Inday sa paglilinis. 

Related: Pacquiao vs. Barrera

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Sir: Inday pakisabi na lang kay misis pag-gising nya na nagpagupit lang ako ha.

Inday: Alright.

Makalipas ang ilang sandali, nagising si ma’am at hinanap si sir.

Misis: Inday, ‘lam mo ba kung nasan…

Inday: Ahh your husband went to the abode of a tonsorial artist for a bit to have his hirsute appendage diminished.

Misis: Ano?!? May tonsilitis asawa ko tapos nagpatanggal ng appendix?!? (hinimatay) 

Inday: (sigh)

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Sorry guys, I’m quite busy these days so I can’t come up with new content for the site. If you have your own, please do e-mail them at blogniinday@gmail.com.

I would like to share my top 10 Inday stories (series not included) so far in no particular order:

• Pacquiao vs. Barrera
• Paalam Kokey
• Na-interview si Inday sa Boy and Kris
• Puzzle
• Men vs. Woman (based on KC Concepcion’s Globe commercial)
• Grocery List
• MMDA
• FHM Offer
• Errand
• Pintura (based on the Colgate commercial of Carmina Villaroel and her son)

Have fun reminiscing. Hirap maghanap ng top 10 due to the number of stories already available.

What’s your favorite non-series story?

- Manager

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Isang hapon ay nagkwekwentuhan ang magbarkada sa may isawan sa kanto habang nag-memerienda.

Ederlyn: Eto, I have a question para sa inyo ga. Ano ang pinakamasakit na experience ang naranasan na ninyu?

Napaisip ang iba.

Dodong: Siguro sa akin ay yung pagpili sa isang babae pero parehong mahal mo ang dalawa. Para talagang nahahati ang puso ko. (sabay kagat sa isaw)

Ederlyn: Ay yung sa akin yung binuhos mo ang pagmamahal mo sa isang lalaki pero kulang pa rin at iniwan ka. (sabay lagok sa softdrink)

Ethan: Wala pa ko masyadong experience pagdating sa sa pagmamahal eh. Siguro masakit na sa’ken yung binati mo ng good morning pero di ka pinansin. Hehehe. (sabay kagat sa bananacue) 

Inday: I guess mine would be not showing my affection to someone and by the time that I realize that he’s the one I love, he’s slowly pulling away. (sabay subo sa baon nyang blanched green and white asparagus with lemon thyme and Parmesan vinaigrette)

Pulubi: Sa akin naman yung bihis na bihis ka na pero di ka pala kasama sa lakad. Sakit nun. Hirap kaya ako maghanap ng maisusuot tapos di rin pala ako kasama. Tsk. (hihingi pa sa kinakain ni Inday) 

Napatingin na lang sila Inday sa pulubing nakiki-merienda.

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