random babbles: anger, danger

i like coke commercials. i sometimes say in class that compared to pepsi, coke's commercials are more well-thought of. the conceptualization of these TVCs is a process i wanna be a part of. try to remember your favorite coke moment... (really, please do) mine would be their "holidays are coming" series. christmas lights me up, makes me feel good. so one time last week, i was watching TV, and a coke commercial was played. this is the one where people suddenly shake like crazy. i was flabbergasted. i hated it.

i hated the guy with over-ironed hair. i hated his friend beside him. i hated tricycles. i hated flirty girls. i hated youtube. i hated aliens. the TVC was an absolute horror. a disappointment. it was no way near the clever "hottah, hottah." i felt like i opened a present that i'd recycle next christmas. for days i avoided that commercial. i was wondering if coke's oasis of creativity ran dry.

and then i realized, why am i so angry?

lately, i've been having crazy thoughts of being bitchy and telling off anybody who got on my nerves. i know, that's so not me. so i got a bit retrospective. what do i hate the most?

-i hate people who think so highly of themselves. imagine being seated beside a person who can't stop praising himself. "oh, i look so good. don't you think i look so good?" i just want to stand up and say, "yes, honey, i think you look soooo good. and i'm glad because i can think. can you?" i'd rather get surprise compliments than force the idea on everyone. doesn't praising oneself too much make the self-comments invalid? i think now i know who created the mirror of erised...

-i hate people who take me for granted. like if i do one thing for you, do not expect me to do everything else for you, as you wish. fine, i was there when you needed help in choosing the right shoes. do you need me to look for the matching socks too? some people get too much comfortable in ordering people around. there's always a limit. a borderline. so don't get all depressed and angry if i decide to do something you don't approve. or something you didn't ask me to do. unless i'm on your payroll list. :)

-i hate people who don't know a thing about BPOs yet are sooooo critical of the industry. working in a call center is WORK. real, hard WORK. it's not a summer job i took because i wanted to buy the latest gadget in the market. a lot of families now are being supported by BPO employees. imagine my wrath when i realized that for one payday, my deductions can already support a family for two weeks! where else can you do that? (and yeah, that was only for one time. so don't message me and ask for libre.)

-i hate boys full of drama. oh cmon. read one of my notes here in fb. that guy alone can give me enough writing material to last me a lifetime. i don't believe that gay people are the most complicated species in the world. or maybe i'm just getting old.

hmmm... maybe that's it. i'm getting older. little things irritate me right away. i'm getting older, and fatter. i guess it's time that i practice what i preach. in our anger management class, we advise our participants that changing their lifestyle can change their life. a little less of something can give more positive things back. less time in consuming food, better metabolism. less cigarettes, more sleep. less cranky, more healthy. i have a good relationship with food. it satisfies me to the core. but i just have to reduce my intake. no crash diet. that's worse. no caffeine too. soda has caffeine right?

i guess that's why i hate coke, too. darn it.