Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Inday

Ma’am/Sir,

I hereby render my irrevocable resignation as your employee, effective today. It has been a pleasant stay in your company, but owing to personal reasons, I am compelled to move on.

I would like to thank you and your good management for the wonderful experience accorded to me during my stay in your company.

Yours Katulong,

Inday

“I believe that my trained skills and expertise in management with the use of standard tools and my discipline and experience will contribute significantly to the value of work that you want.

My creativity, productivity and work efficiency and the high quality of outputs I can offer will boost the work progress.”

- Cover letter ng resume ni Inday sa bago niyang amo

“A change in the weather patterns might have occured causing havoc to affected sorroundings. The way debris are scattered indicated that the gust of wind is going northeast . . . causing damage to the path it is going.”

- Sagot ni Inday sa amo nang tanungin kung bakit nagkalat ang basura sa likod ng bahay.

“As much as I want to indulge in the proliferation of such indecent and malicious information, I want to lift the stigma and aleviate the society’s perception of our profession.”

- Inday, tumatangging makipagtsismisan sa katulong ng kabilang bahay.

“Compromising safety with useless aesthetics, the not-so-well engineered architectural design of our kitchen lavatory affected the boy’s cranium with a slight boil at the left temple near the auditory organ.”

- sagot ni Inday nang tanungin ng amo kung bakit may bukol si Junior

“Physical stress and excessive work may result to serious damage to one’s body. It is therefore essential that once in a while we take a break from our usual routine to replenish the lost energy we once had.”

- sabi ni Inday sa Amo nung humingi siya ng day-off

Amo: Inday, di ba nanood ka ng D Buzz kanina?

Inday: Yes, bakit Ma’am?

Amo: Bakit daw umalis si Angel Locsin sa Channel 7?

Inday: Sometimes, people choose to leave not because of selfish reasons but because they just know that things will get worse if they’ll stay. Leaving can be a tough act, and it’s harder when people can’t understand you for doing so.

“Bloody hell!!!What the fuck did just land on my cutie top?! I mean I’ve spent all day just to make myself look fabulous. I think I’ll have this eewy thing removed in a whip wham of time!”

- reaction ni Inday nung matalsikan siya ng mantika habang nagluluto ng tilapya

“Potatoes when consumed in their raw state are rapidly converted to glucose that raises insulin levels because of its simple sugar. When cooked in higher temperature like french fries, they produce large amount of free radicals in the body, causing aging, clotting, inflammation, cancer, weight gain . . . one french fry is worse than one cigarette.”

- Sagot ni Inday sa amo nang tanungin kung bakit hindi siya nagluluto ng french fries

“It’s absurd! It was never a fact that he will inflict a fight. I can only imagine how you handle schizophrenic kids on this educational institution. Revise your policies because it sucks!”

- Inday habang kasama si Junior sa Principal’s Office. Tulala ang Principal

“Allergens triggered the immune response. Eosinophilic migration occurs to the reaction site and release of chemotactic and anaphylotoxin including histamine and prostaglandins, these subtances result to increase circulation to the site promoting redness.”

- Sagot ni Inday nang tanungin ng amo kung bakit may mga rashes si Junior

Amo: Nakita mo ba yung lunar eclipse kagabi?

Inday: The fact that a low pressure area is proliferating within the Philippine area of Responsibility added by intertropical convergence zone and southwest monsoon over the rest of the country, how can we possibly witness that natural phenomenon?

Amo: Sorry, sorry. Wala na bang sorry?

The Wooden Bowl

Tomorrow, a week from now, a month from now, a year from now, we will not forget BUT surely we will remember the story of The Wooden Bowl. So, here
it goes :

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in- law, and 4-year old grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate together at the table.

But the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth.

The son and daughter-in- law became irritated with the mess. "We must do something about father," said the son. "I've had enough of his spilled milk, noisy eating, and food on the floor."

So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There, Grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner. Since Grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl!

When the family glanced in Grandfather's direction, sometime he had a tear in his eye as he sat alone. Still, the only words the couple had for him were sharp admonitions when he dropped a fork or spilled food.

The 4-year-old watched it all in silence. One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood scraps on the floor. He asked the child sweetly, "What are you making?" Just as sweetly, the boy responded, "Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and Mama to eat your food in when I grow up." The four-year-old smiled and went back to work.

The words so struck the parents so that they were speechless. Then tears started to stream down their cheeks. Though no word was spoken, both knew what must be done. That evening the husband took Grandfather's hand and gently led him back to the family table. For the remainder of his days he ate every meal with the family. And for some reason, neither husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, milk spilled, or the tablecloth soiled.

From this story, we learn, on a positive note, that no matter what happens, no matter how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

We learn that we can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles four things: a rainy day, the elderly, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

We learn that, regardless of our relationships with our parents, we shall surely miss them when they're gone from our lives.

We learn that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life"...

We learn that life sometimes give us a second chance.

We learn that we shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands. We need to be able to throw something back.

We learn that if we pursue happiness, it will elude us. BUT if we focus on our family, our friends, the needs of others, our work and doing the very best we can, happiness will find us.

We learn that whenever we decide something with an open heart, we usually make the right decision.

We learn that even when we have pains, we don't have to be one.

We learn that every day, we should reach out and touch someone.

People love that human touch -- holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

And Finally, Dear Friends, in our earthly existence,

We Learn that We Still ... Have A Lot To Learn