Nakakatawa ang buhay ngayon ano? We announce to the whole world what we do, what we eat, want, hate. Pag nag e-LVM tayo, pag masakit ang puson, pag bwisit tayo kay neighbor, pag napapangitan tayo kay kumare, at nayayabangan kay kumpare.
We use social media as a tool to express ourselves, to share our life and experiences to friends, family, and strangers alike.
We tell them about the food that we cooked, tinola ni Antonia, tilapia ni Irene at tokwa ni Joyce. As if naman the world cares.
We greet people good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wish them sweet dreams and give unsolicited advice about positivity, romance, anger management, Christianity, etc.
Some husbands and wives profess their endearing love to their spouses, to the envy naman of those not happily married. Posting or blogging about a happy relationship sometimes conjure envy and sadness instead of inspiration.
Meron naman yung mga kulang sa pansin who post provocative photos, parang L na L. Ipinapakita yung sos nila. Inggit lang daw yung mga parang bandehado ang dibdib.
The web is a free world, one can publish whatever photos they want. Naka luhod o naka tuwad, naka bukaka, waiting for the shooting star.
People are also emboldened to speak their mind, to criticize, to give their harsh comments, with no fear of repercussion and guilt.
Oh My Buhay contains a lot of photos that are trash literally and figuratively. I post photos of our basura at home, our tilapia ulam, my slippers, ipis, etc. Things that have no relevance to other people’s lives. It would not make the world a better place. But this is now the trend, we blog about our life, our strife, our problems, how the world is treating us.
I have many posts about feeling depressed. My personality is really susceptible to depression, ipinaglihi kasi ako sa sama ng loob. No matter what I do, at this age, I can no longer change the way I view things, the way I react to things.
I tried to learn how to be calm, but calm is simply not me. I react violently to things I don’t like. Sometimes I am thinking, I should not post my feelings when I am angry or upset, maybe I should just post when I am eating good food, shopping, traveling, smiling. But that would be fake and pretentious. No one can pretend to be happy all the time. Or maybe I should change my blog into fashion and travel. But Oh My Buhay is my crappy diary. It doesn’t contain everything about me but it does have a good feel of who I am and who we are as a family.
Blogging requires some restraint. I always forget that many people would be able to find my blog and read it. I have to be careful when I criticize and express my disgust about things. I do not want to be a negative influence to others.
Lately, I’ve been extremely busy about many things. Almost everyday I am on the phone with several lawyers for different situations. Sa dami ng lawyers na hinihingan ko ng opinion, maybe I should have a full time legal department. It’s not about cars. About other things. I could always use my blog or social media as a tool to vent out my experiences with arrogant, greedy building landlords, unethical business practices of some hotel owners, etc. But I try to restrain myself. But pushed against the wall, I know how to fight back.
Please don’t change the way you write and the subjects you write about. That is what makes your blog different from others and that is what we look forward to everday. More power Ms. Annie!
Ms. Annie, your blog is the real life. Your readers can identify with your everyday posts that’s why we always come back to read more.
I will beg to disagree about the irrelevance of the ipis, household help, etc. — those who have these problems understand, and somehow just knowing that you are not alone in facing these inconveniences, difficulties or problems, makes life more tolerable because it gives you a better perspective, rather than a myopic view, of things. It is somehow comforting to know that sometimes the problem is not really us, it could probably be the world around us, but as you write your diary, it becomes a testament to things that come to pass — and this provides hope that things could work out.