AndieCrafts

Manaway ba naman sa kabaduyan sa lain. You know, the kind of behavior wherein you mock others for something you haven’t realize you also had? Upon realizing, however, it kind of gets to your nerves initially, right? I mean, who wouldn’t be pissed off by the mere thought of having been unfairly cynical at others’ behavior, when the joke really is on you? But eventually, you get to catch up with life and realize that maybe, if you can’t beat the traits you find so annoying out of your system, that you might as well embrace it. So here it is, people… I BRING YOU THE BADUY REVOLUTION (of which I happen to be a proud part!)!!!

It all started with simplest of things: Friendster shoutouts. I can’t believe just how cheesy people could get with their shoutouts. Click on your friends’ profiles and you’ll see what I mean: their shoutouts are either love quotes, lines from a cheesy song, or a special message for their significant other (and for the whole world at that) to see. Cynical, aren’t I? Well, it just so happened that my brother posted a shoutout that goes something like this:

“Will you give me a chance to know you? It’d make me really happy if you did.”

Being the cynic, I posted a comment saying “What’s with the baduy shoutout, dude?” My brother’s just in high school, and what a shame would it be for him if his friends saw his sister post something like that. Just a couple of hours after me posting the comment, he took down my comment and changed his shoutout. By the time he got home, he told me this:

“Kinsa ra ang baduy sa atuang duha? At least akua, tao ang akuang trip. Ikaw, imong computer!” (For those who are curious, my shoutout said: Fitz, you are mine! And I’m yours, forever!)

It wasn’t a major fight really. In fact, everything said and done was in jest, and we simply got to laugh about it. But what he said really hit me hard: Sheesh, bai, BADUY KO!!! BADUY KO!!! WAAAHHHH!!!

Looking back on the things I have done, I was trying to be someone! (Sounds family?) I was just mocking my own kind! As a form of apology, though, here are my favorite movie and song lines that currently serve as a confirmation of my kabaduyan.

1. The Awful Truth

Lucy Warriner: You’re all confused, aren’t you?
Jerry Warriner: Aren’t you?
Lucy Warriner: No.
Jerry Warriner: Well you should be, because you’re wrong about things being different because they’re not the same. Things are different except in a different way. You’re still the same, only I’ve been a fool… but I’m not now.
Lucy Warriner: Oh.
Jerry Warriner: So long as I’m different, don’t you think that… well… maybe things could be the same again… only a little different, huh?

The Awful Truth starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne is my favorite movie of all time. The hilarious twists and witty script makes me laugh each and every time. It’s timeless, and if you still haven’t seen the film, and it so happened to be that you’re into romantic comedies, I suggest you see this one.

2. The Lady Eve

Jean Harrington: See anything you like?

This line is one simple line, but it got me all tingly after hearing it. With this film, you’ll see the girl making the moves. I love Jean. I adore Jean. But I don’t think I’ll be anything like her, though. Asa ka, pamatay pick-up line na bai! See anything you like? Dang!

3. City of Angels

Nathaniel Messinger: Seth knows no fear, no pain, no hunger, he hears music in the sunrise. But he’d give it all up, he loves you that much.
Maggie Rice: I don’t understand.
Nathaniel Messinger: He can fall, he can give up his existence as he knows it, he can give up eternity and become… one of us.

I hate this movie so much. It makes me cry and laugh and feel along with all of the characters. If someone’s going to give up their life as they know it for me, just like what Seth did for Maggie, that’ll be the day!

And these lines aren’t all. I’ve watched possibly every romantic comedy on cable TV, and I’m still going back way, way far as Cary Grant during the 1930s. So I’m a sucker, aren’t I? A big, damned sucker for cheesy lines and stories. Told you I’m baduy. And I’m loving it.

To find myself fully in my kabaduyan, I had to look for comrades. My brother’s in. And so is my sister (with her pamatay Friendster shoutout “With this spark I’ll keep on smoldering your senses…” Asa ka!). Then Kuya N-N, the school bus. I got the following conversations from Mujik’s blog (Him happens to be the school bus).

CONVERSATION 1:

Him and Her were sharing an umbrella one rainy night.

Him: So, when are we getting married? (Di pa gani mo uyab!)

CONVERSATION 2:

Her was eating palabok and Him telling Her what he did the day before.

Him: *Chit-chat-whateverloo*… we played
Her: Why do you waste your money on games?
Him: I’m not wasting my money. I’m paying the internet cafe to waste my time…
Her: I have a suggestion… Why not pay me, then I’ll waste your time?
Him: Hahaha! That’s impossible!
Her: Why?
Him: You can never waste my time… Being with you is not a waste of time.
Her: ummm… 0_o ok… (dang! there goes my money)

Isn’t that just cheesy? But it’s so cute… I LOVE IT!!!

To end my documentation of the baduy revolution, let me end with some IM status messages.

JP Abrina: Matututunan mo lamang maghinagpis pag natutunan mo nang magmahal.

Andie: Mahal na kita, pero ‘di pa tayo nagkikita.

Red: Pipitasin ko ang mga tala sa langit upang magsilbing ala-ala sa kislap at ninging ng iyong mga mata. (Am I right, Red? Please correct me if otherwise.)

That’s it people. One last thing, though. Are you part of THE BADUY REVOLUTION? If you are, prove it!

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