DRIVEs me CRAZY

Obsessive-compulsive syndrome (OCS) - clinically diagnosed as an anxiety disorder. People who suffer from this have distressing and obsessive thoughts, which usually cause them to perform repetitive behaviors.

My first encounter with OCS is during our mini-chikahan-in-the-office-to-fight-sleepiness moment, an officemate just mentioned that our other officemate has OCS.  She’s into checking the lock of the door and checking for any plugged appliances. We didn’t discuss any details about it so I shrug the OCS thing off. But during pagpapanggap na review for IELTS exam, I’ve encountered once again about OCS in one of the reading test and got a glimpse of what OCS is. Third encounter is while I’m watching SCRUB (current series na pinagkakapuyatan ko), one of the doctor there is suffering from OCS, hmmm now I can really see an example of a person with OCS. An encounter with OCS in 3 straight days. Weird! Having been exposed to its definition, nature and symptoms made my brain cells to wonder if I’m one of those who is experiencing OCS *freak-out mode whehehe.

Lately, I’ve been into the “park the car…walk away…go back…check if I put the gear in P(which means park) and if I pull the hand break up” mode…yep, so far e alang palya, I feel the urge to double check it everytime I park. Hassle talaga. I’m thinking if it’s OCS or is it just that my brain cells are into vacation mode lately whehehe, in short being forgetful (signs of aging daw! Fine!).  Super forgetful naman ata yun if just after I close the car door and take a few steps , I’ll make a 180 degrees turn just to check the gear. Duh! I’m also thinking maybe it’s paranoia. Why paranoia? Well, I’ve experienced a few car-driving-related-mishap, nothing serious naman, that maybe, just maybe contributed to my so called parking-the-car-right-syndrome (whehehe):

·         Got stuck in an intersection during the busiest hour of the day- reason: DRIVING WHILE THE FUEL TANK IS EMPTY (feeling ko e may reserved fuel ang car whehehe)

·          I’ve locked the door while the car key is hanging in the ignition not once but TWICE. Tragic isn’t? The good thing is Jane has a duplicate key.

·         Got stopped by the police TWICE. Driving an unregistered car and driving with headlights off (actually pundido cya at kasalubong ko pa ang mamang pulis).

·         Right after parking the car (take note we’re still inside the car) nagmega usok ang makina ng kotse, sa kapal ng usok akala naming e magkakaron na ng pagsabog or di kaya ay may lalabas ng genie *grin.  Reason: nasunog lang naman ang starter.

·         Sometimes I’ll change the gear from drive to park just before the car made a full stop so ang result parang nagugulat ang kotse at ang mga pasahero e pang susubsob *grin

·         May mga little mishap pa but I can’t remember na hehehe (memory gap daw!)

Ano nga kaya ito! Hmmm whatever it is, it just makes me more human *wink and obviously it’s makes my life here in this island a little bit more exciting.*wink *wink.

buhay isla

Time flies really fast, can’t imagine that I’ve been here in Palau for almost 4 years now yikes!  katagal na pala talaga. So much had happened, so many lessons learned and so many people I’ve met that have touched my life and my heart (whehehe). All are to be treasured of and all have greatly contributed to who I am now.  Here are the top 3’s worth remembering (I hope my memory won’t fail me J

3 know hows

• I can cook now (hooray),  though I’m so mabagal as in super (as per buds) but still I can cook and can satisfy the hungry stomachs and the taste buds of my friendly friends

• I’m a licensed driver, ooops a licensed-kaskasera-driver–sometimes pag bad mood lang naman . I’ve been stopped by the police twice because of unregistered car (hehehe the company forgot to renew the license) and the headlight of the car that I’m driving is not working.

• I know how to swim na (a little). With the help of the magic fins I can enjoy snorkeling without vest and can have pictures underwater whehehe though I’m still in the process of learning how to dive to have better underwater pics. Need more time to go swimming kahit super neggie na ko keri pa din…for the love of water nga naman hmmm wawang skin it’s good may whitening soap and lotion

3 lessons learned

• Mahirap na masarap ang buhay-independent, lalo na if you’re living abroad, away from the comfort of home, away from your family and friends. You’ll learn to be responsible, from the simplest task of attending to your daily needs (like pagluluto at paglalaba) to making big decisions/choices in life. Along the path of I’m-in-charge-of-my-life-now, you’ll bump into various experiences from making bad choices to being ecstatic of the new found freedom, there’ll be angst, disappointments, love, pain, memories, name it you’ll got it.  Whatever it is, it will be a tool in molding you to become a mature and better person *big grin.

• Matters of the heart naman*wink *wink. Lovers can’t be friends (after break-up that is), gasgas na lesson hehehe. Anyways, simple rule, you can’t be friendly friends to someone you are emotionally attached with, after deciding to let them go. Why? You’ll end up getting hurt the more and you tend to hope that there might be a possibility of second chance. Second lesson on love, most of the time, it’s hard to know if you really love a person you’ve learned to cherished during your living-abroad-and-alone-saga. Why? Because the person that you’ve become so close to tend to receive and give the affection, attention and TLC that you’re supposed to give and receive from your loved one/s back home. Mahirap if tamang homesick lang yan, you’ll end-up hurting each other, especially if you know deep inside you na somebody’s waiting for you and you know you’ll come back no matter what.

• Never be afraid to trust, to love unconditionally and to do what is right and good no matter what, for in doing so you might find a precious thing called one true best friend. All of us need someone we can call our bestfriend, someone who’ll be there during our drama mode or kilig mode or kahit pa warfreak mode at kung minsan e silent mode pa.   Someone who’ll accept you (kahit alien daw!), someone who’ll understand you (may lucid interval daw!) or someone who’ll stand by you *wink. In short, ang bestfwend mo ang tanging tao na pwedeng bumatok sa ‘yo pag medu jejengers jengers ka and vice versa at ang magbibigay sau ng sandamakmak na tissue if ever feel mong magemote. Cya ang taong you want to be with when you want to be alone-ironic isn’t, but that’s what best buds is.

Hay! Buhay isla nga naman-so much had happened and is happening, more kwento next time.  I’ll be staying here for another year, so my island-living is not yet done hmmm ano kaya ang mga mangyayari pa *think *smile.

itatanong pa e!!!

i just don’t know why some people would ask something that’s really obvious…one question that really annoys me is “galit ka ba?”  with the paawa face pa…grrr talaga…the nerve of asking when it is really obvious na umuusok na ang ilong mo pati tenga sa sobrang inis…so either answer yes, which, might be a cause for a word war or a no, which by the way should be answered with a big grin followed by saying pramis!…duh! action speaks louder than voice right?  so don’t bother to ask just be sensitive enough to know the difference…

when life’s reality kicked in

it’s been a confession-plus-confrontation-equals-big-shock-of-a-lifetime month…have to deal with friendship & love,  betrayal & acceptance, letting go & moving on all at the same time…yep i’m still in the middle of it all and still trying to cope up…i guess reality is sinking in well little by little…it’s hard really, but accept it or not, life’s like that…it will kick you with truth and knock you down in an unexpected way…it is just up to you when and how are you going to accept life’s reality…out of all these heart breaking and mind boogling experiences i’ve realized that i’m no ms.-batong-puso after all and it’s ok to be weak at times… that friendship requires acceptance, trust and unconditional love…should i take note that it should be a two-way relationship…and that loving someone too much is not a guarantee they’ll gonna love you back…hard it may seem, but with the right attitude, we’ll be able to accept life’s way of making us a little more mature…SO JUST LIVE IT LEARN IT AND LOVE IT