TIME KILLS ALL ... it seems

Last week, my hubby borrowed a car from a very generous ninang so that we can go around town collecting boxes for hundreds of library books that we were hauling into our Center.  Since B was unfamiliar with the car, the car went dead on him three times while we were in the middle of the road when he tried to shift gears.

The last three months has been unbelievable and I was left catching my breath even at this time into the fourth month. I wanted to go to neutral but it seems that if I shift gears, my motor will stop running. So here I am chasing time but I feel like I'm running without ever getting to the finish line, wondering if there is even a finish line.

There is just no time to kill, and so time is killing me.. and now I'm wondering how I got here.

Procrastination, one of my most dominant character has gotten me in trouble yet again.  With the risk of sounding defensive (none of your business since this is me  ranting in my blog, hehe), the procrastination has a valid reason.  I was confused and I didn't know what they want from me.  Well, okay, I should have asked for clarification, but it is not like I  am sitting in front of my computer waiting and staring and doing nothing, anohh!!!?  See, yesterday, I received an email that went straight to my heart like the speed of a bullet  and pierced me with an inexplicable pain that feels like I was stabbed with a rusty hatchet and it was twisted again and again.  Serves me right probably, but I can't help but notice that this year was a very bad year for me in terms of relationships.  Most of the time, I don't know why people get angry at me.  While growing up, I basically built a thick wall around me so that I will never get hurt again in relationships.  But now I can't figure out why the walls could not keep the arrows from piercing me. I keep myself from talking a lot because from experience I am usually misunderstood when I open my mouth.  So during my formative years, when there is no one but impersonal people around me, as my parents are miles away, I developed this attitude of talking only when being talked to. I know that some people misinterprets that and some are annoyed by it, but the attitude has become a part of my personality and now I don't even have the skill to converse normally anymore. So when the email sender yesterday wrote that curt email to me, I went off and cried in the pouring rain. 

Comments

bob arsenio said…
akaw...men inan-no kayman nitan-ah.....miscarriage mowan????..koy haballi kayman na-mon nahapa keteg. praying things will get better.
Margie Lumawan said…
on niti ngo eh! kay imbonget towak nonta toon nantodon hi-gatayo nonta kapilmidoan ni workshop mod emmen la adawi... kalangomman.. ansakit i nemnem ko, kay da kapan-iingah anhan ngo! HAHA!! Hahahayyyyyyyyy!!!
bob arsenio said…
hipay nangibongten toka? ni na-gahan ni oonga? hapa nambilang kaisadya:(
Margie Lumawan said…
andi.. koy apil ngon banag... kan toy ipaw-it ko kono law hota mahapol da panggep ni pan-ihkoyla, apay isuda pay laeng kano aya ti mapan mangkita no anya ti kasapulan nga mabaydan.. men kan ko kadid email ko ay agaynin tep nak kaheghegeday hongbat ni adada bossing ni edom. ma-no et nangkedaw ni pahinhiya nonta kaagsapaan to law men kaw iya.... kammon hi-gatayon kalanguya men kan tayo ay Andi ngoy agah ni Sorry...
Margie Lumawan said…
koy pehed met ketdi.. men amon nabel-atanak ngon peteg... kamaima-ma-mad lawen hapit ni kadengdengelad ya... amon nak kamambelebeled! Amon nak kaanmampolipolig di daplah... idoy taaw gayam... ompatey anhan law nem daplah!!!!!! :) wayyyyy, angkayo ay! kay ingah niyay ligat ni nemnem ko nontan la... kan ko nem ag anhan law mapanidwa. kita kamablay!
bob arsenio said…
he he he...kayman ngo.....hin-apil dadan angkiho ngoy sorry min...more than sorry. akaw nem ag da anhan inawatan ay in-Inglih mo od:).
Margie Lumawan said…
hiya min anhan, kaongkana-yah lay nemnem ko. haballin mo kapanengdengel... hi-gata to-wa ngon too ah... kaidin..
bob arsenio said…
koy nakaawati tep tooak dama:)...kaidin niti kamapasamak men kamon hi-gak men kan ko keteg di angel ko nem hina-dom ay..."koy wadan way piyan mon itodo." nahapit kamin manang nonta last week et nandengelak metlaeng panggep manang Sapina et kan ko ay..."akaw, hipa'y piyan mon itodon hi-gami?" nakamaikaahiidan onga da...nama-ma hota buridik dan hi Hannah.

indawtan towak na-mo daman Apo Diyoh ni tangilan mabalin ni mandedngel et wadan hiyaman i hakey ni ministry-ik ngo nem sensitive-ak et ni kapangipanglo kayman ni Ispirito Santo. Igyan kamon onkadoy katoo men kalaglagma na-mo ono ag pandangdangaan i kan ni Ispirito Santo.
Margie Lumawan said…
way, agak noman ngo intibetibew hi auntie Julia... kelay hipay napasamak auntie sapina? Kah, wada angkangoy hi-gam pay laeng ni naidawid yay nak pangibag-an :-)... agay, ibagak ali...

on toto-wa, nonta madaman lawey nemnem ko et, kamanreberebelden kan ko ay hiya ketteg law, kan koy ongkiwangak ketteg et hiya law i panhilbid ya. menne kaliwaliwatan Apo i nemnem ko men, medyo impakalhik ni bassit i pohok tep agak piyan ni nemnemnemen i kamapaspasamak ni kan ko pa anhan ay ayakaw anhan et dakita igepgepak ni nayon... kelay i kinatoo...
bob arsenio said…
katoo niti man....nantaoli ngay hota deppression to et deh...naihikil mowan hi hatanah...et koy toka bakalah manang kono. to kahiihimi tep kan to kono pa ay hi-gadan ahawa to. ditan cfm nem hiyay nantaloan to nonta summer.

koy haballi tep kaawattin Apo Diyoh ni amin i anggan hipan temperament tayo. haballi et ag tokiho pahigan kapanemnemnemi. gandet ton kiho kaman-react tep igya kiho pay dadan met di lubong nem hay pehed niman men kiho anhan ali kamainemnemi. diyay tayo kapangwattin hakey nem hipay liknan Jesus nonta nanopaan da ay komkompormin naibabaan ton andi gabol. heh...kay dimokey lay inhulat ko....amon alin nobela:)
Margie Lumawan said…
hehe, sapay public iya... takon,

ay isu? inoy, apaw kayman ngo... kelay iyan kamaam-ameg di pamilya tayo.. kay namahig i ataki.. nalapod matibew tan di ag matibew...
bob arsenio said…
koy anggan od....:)

haballi ay waday Diyoh ni pinadtian tayo.
Margie Lumawan said…
wada mowan i bellon damag.... kan da kono ay nak kaman-eelet ni todo tep hiyaman kono dadan i nak kapanglain kanen ko. kammon konon andi nak itodoan et maaganganak... amin konon ongan longcoy, kami kono kamampakpakaahi!!! kammon i-inglih et parasite.. kelay nangka-inangihanak nonta nangngelan ko...
bob arsenio said…
ayakaw noman.....aliwa kan parasite....nemnem mo ay kamon angel moy inonod mo nontan dadango ni in-apply moh inka-nurse mo et wadan wada kad abroad ni kamanhuweldon ahleg ton pilak. and i have no doubt you would have made it considering that you have brain. gandet ni too (nama-ma nem itolok da ngoy angel dan paipanglon lawe ni kapannemnem ono kapangipanglon hatanah). kamon mallahin i lawen nemnem(envy or whatever) men andi mangagah ni hi-gato/hi-gadan man ni kapannemnem. kamon i-spiritualise et oblan satanas iyan gandet. aliwan hapit ni tooy mamahbah ni oblan impiyal ton h-gam. basta od nalleteg i mo kapannemnem ay to-towan hi Apo Diyoh i mo kapanhilbii, hiyaman i importante kayman. amin ni banag way pamelpegan to, nem hota inlogim ni nagipiyalan mon biyag mon manhilbin hi-gato, hiyaman i importanti tep gandet ni hota tayo kaamegan naianam di piyan to et amta tayo ay hiyaman i mabayaan. it will come to pass.....
movel velasco said…
Asking questions even to God is normal....& sometimes to be hurt like of Job of the old Testament is inevitable. I understand the longing to have a bundle from heaven is so intense that it really pierce into the uttermost part of the soul to lose even one.Woman is fulfilled as she executed her near-death labored child bearing into a newly born homo sapiens that makes her being fully paid or rewarded in all of her sacrifices. As your brother in the Lord,am with you with Bong in your quest of answers. Let me just remind you about the purpose of marriage. AS you knew it already, God had already finished His wonderful creation & lastly he made the man out of the "red soil". Then, at first, all things went so good until Adam had been given a partner for 3 major reasons. First,fulfillment or enjoyment. When ADAM behold EVE he used the strong word " At last!". With or without children, marriage can grow and still be fulfilled because that is how God designed it to be. When lovers planned to marry each other, they did not discussed about bearing child but only LOVE! Second, Partner. A help-mate. A team mate. Marriage is a partnership to fulfill God's mandate. With or without children, we can still serve the Lord! Third, procreation. "Go ye & multiply" This is intended for every couple but not all couple had been blessed to have children and yet had been used by God to multiply their "Children in the Lord". Lastly, remember Rebecca or Hannah. They speak of themselves.
Kolang kayman idayan hapit et hiyay mato-palan i likna ni kamanlinggayo nem takun isupay ni panliwliwet mon bahaan.
Margie Lumawan said…
Hello Kuya Ninong Pastor, :)

Thanks for this very long comment... actually, I don't have a problem if bear a child or not. I have accepted the fact that there is only a 9% possibility that I could become a mother. I'm at peace with that and sometimes I think I am kind of thankful. I don't know if you'd understand that feeling. :D I only get crazy when people look at me and have this look in their faces as if I am the most pitiful, pathetic creature in the whole Kalanguya for not having a child. And you know how our people can be very insensitive with their comments. They'd say, "Ayakaw anhan ngo! Kay andi anhan i mo kaikogoh!! Koy pangkedaw ka dadan ni hi Diyoh!" As if the Lord's ear is not alrerady bleeding as kakahingi ko!" hehe

I was just under a lot of impossible pressure (work and future-wise) this last few weeks that the bad mouthing thrown my way did not help any. Ayun.. tsaka ito kaseng blog ang counselor ko.. I get to think things through and get them in perspective when I rant in my blog. :) Sorry to subject you to my ramblings! :D
Margie Lumawan said…
Hello Kuya Ninong Pastor, :)

Thanks for this very long comment... actually, I don't have a problem if I bear a child or not. I have accepted the fact that there is only a 9% possibility that I could become a mother. I'm at peace with that and sometimes I think I am kind of thankful. I don't know if you'd understand that feeling. :D I only get crazy when people look at me and have this look on their faces as if I am the most pitiful, pathetic creature in the whole Kalanguya for not having a child. And you know how our people can be very insensitive with their comments. They'd say, "Ayakaw anhan ngo! Kay andi anhan i mo kaikogoh!! Koy pangkedaw ka dadan ni hi Diyoh!" As if the Lord's ear is not already bleeding sa kakahingi ko!" hehe

I was just under a lot of impossible pressure (work and future-wise) this last few weeks that the bad mouthing thrown my way did not help any. Kaya ayun.. tsaka ito kaseng blog ang counselor ko.. I get to think things through and get them in perspective when I rant in my blog. :) Sorry to subject you to my ramblings! :D
movel velasco said…
Well yes the right word is"insensitive". Yun bang ag ngarud man-annak ay lagi pang tampulan ng tukso at biruan. Then they will follow with "pangkedawka dadan Diyoh" w/c they mean "ag ka dadan mangkekdaw" or directly saying " you're not really prayin..." But am sure if they were in your shoes they will also write what you've posted here. Regards to Bong and I expect still to see you someday with your own child at your lap.....Deo Volente.

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