Menage, Pinoy style

We all know that as Pinoy, most of the time the family wanted to stay close together. Sometimes even extended families far from their provinces live with them specially to find luck or a greener pasture as the old cliche goes. Anyway, there's no harm there as long as nobody is taking advantage of anyone. It's 50-50. A lot of advantages and disadvantages also. If you want privacy you'll certainly won't like the idea, I supposed. But if you want to be of help, it's okey. Sometimes naman kasi there are people who do not know how, or do not know where he stands. If that is the case naku mahirap din ang tumulong. Yung bang, haler...parang ako na ang tumulong ako pa ang magdudusa factor, lol. Kasi it's much easier kapag kayo kayo lang sa bahay. Na when one member of the family becomes so lazy, you'd go something like..."will you please do this" or sometimes, "I think you ought to help me here" and "can you do this for me?"....without having any petty issues. But if someone is there, sometimes if onion-skinned, or paranoia exists, they'd go, "para naman akong katulong dito ah"...or kawawa ako syndrome. Or sometimes nakakabaliw kung makita mong text lang ng text ang bisita mo. Yup bisita. Bisita sndrome. Hay naku di ba nakakaaliw. Grrrrr. Buti na lang hindi kami ganon. So far naman eh we live on our own at walang uninvited guest whatsoever. Eh ang dami ko pa namang do's and dont's. Naku bawal sa aking ang nagiislurp, eh kahit sino naman ayaw di ba? Pero strict ako sa ganyan. Kahit kanino naman siguro di ba? Iyan ang di ko makasanayan...kasi pag nakarinig ako ng ganyan nawawalan ako ng ganang kumain, but never this time siguro. I am used to na hearing this noise here in Japan. Here it is wala lang. Nagsanay ako how they eat hot noodles here, the Japanese way...at first muntik ko nang malulon ang chopsticks...lol...eh sa hindi talaga marunong magslurp eh. Pero ngayon okey na..."when you're in Rome, do what the Romans do" daw. At isa pa, no offense meant ha, for us it's not nice to fart in public, pero dito okey lang, so one time di ko napigilan ang magburp, eh nasa restaurant kami. I always eat fast kasi. Pareho lang naman yan sa pagyoyawn di ba. Eh sila nga okey sa kanila ang farting, eh ng magburp ako na di ko talaga napigilan si gas na lumabas, ayun...at parang napakalaking kasalanan ang nagawa ko...lol...I was like, sorry tao lang...hay naku di matapos ang tawanan namin. Hay naku I do miss home talaga. One time I was chatting with my bunsoy naman...my great guitarist...na nangungulit na naman ng FX...sigh. I asked him, uy namimiz mo na ako eh. He answered abashedly, "syempre naman po, wala po kasing maingay dito ngayon eh" and to this I only say, I love you bunso ko.:D
I missed being a nanay to my kids. Yup. Nageenjoy ako dito, but in a way, lumilipad din ang utak ko sa mga bata. Syempre pati sa tatay di ba, and who won't feel this way. In western countries, as early as 18(matagal na yon)liberated na ang isip ng kabataan. They can simply declare freedom from their parents. Pero mostly sa pinas, matindi ang attachment ng pamilya. Maganda. Pero may negative din na results. Merong umaasa sa magulang kahit may sariling pamilya na. Pero kahit ano pang sabihin, iba pa rin magmahal ang Pinoy...