Babae lang

Don’t you find it irritating when a long-lost acquaintance greeted you with an insensitive comment?

Scene: Uy, Nica… followed by a negative remark:  Ang taba mo ngayon ah, Di bagay sa’yo yung gupit mo, Bakit ang laki ng pimples mo? *Pagkatapos ay sasabayan pa ng tawa.

Don’t you want to slap the bitch?

Pero

Ang lalaki kaya nagaganunan din?

Scene: Uy, Nico…followed by a negative remark: Lutang beer belly natin ah. Liit mo parin, pare. Ang pogi mo today. *Pagkatapos, ife-flex ang arm muscle to show off his bumps.

I don’t think so.  Men don’t usually ogle among themselves but the opposite sex.

Bottom line: Never state the obvious. Basic principle din ito sa Journalism. Example, a woman has been raped and was crying hard. A dumb reporter would usually ask, “Okay lang po ba kayo?”