Sunday, April 22, 2012

age gap


I rarely say ‘I love you,’ but when I do, I mean it.
These three words, they could change our lives forever, seems overrated and clichéd nowadays.  How can someone love somebody in a span of days?
If you happened to watch ABS-CBN’s Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) Teen Edition 4, one of its housemates, Claire was bursting and expressing her feelings towards Yves, another housemate.
“Hindi ko siya (Yves) crush, mahal ko na siya,” words to these effect were said by Claire. Love?  Oh come on.  
Iba na talaga ang mga kabataan ngayon. Ang bilis ng panahon, at tila kay bilis din magbago ng pananaw ng mga bata ngayon. Now I feel older!
I used to watch PBB religiously and would often get excited in the teen edition but I felt off in watching the fourth instalment as the theme of the show seemed to focus on the superficiality—‘kalandian’ ng mga teenagers ngayon. Sorry to use the term but that’s just how I see the housemates, shallow.
The housemates were blindfolded during the first week, the purpose of the task was to avoid prejudices as people tend to look and assess a person based on his or her physical appearance. However, the intention of being temporarily blind was defeated once the housemates removed their goggles.
Hindi mo naman nga maiiwasan ang tumingin sa panlabas na kaanyuan ng isang tao, dahil ito naman talaga ang una mong makikita. Ngunit, tila nag-iba ang pakikitungo ng bawat housemate noong nanumbalik ang paningin nila.
Every time they would talk, the theme of the conversation focused on the statuses of their romantic relationship, (one of the housemates said she was engaged, hija, do you know the responsibilities of being engaged?) their crushes and their failed love lives.
Kung hindi man lovelife ang topic, nag-aaway naman sila, nagbaback stabban. Ito na ba ang kabataan ngayon? I’m not generalizing the youth today, but please prove us wrong.

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