The other scarface
He'd make a terrible Filipino newscaster, reporter or anchorman. Yet he'd be sure to make the show ratings zoom and rise.
My initial encounter with Gil was a random day at the school pavilion. I was studying at the table next to his. But somehow I couldn't focus on the guidelines for taxation because I couldn't help but overhear his rehearsal of his lines for his report in Filipino. With incredible enthusiasm he delivered line after line, undisturbed and absent of any hint of a damp spirit despite the fact that he pronounced 80% of the Tagalog words incorrectly. What I found hilarious was his great effort to sound like a true Filipino, to speak believable Tagalog and then suddenly sounding slang just as he was gaining momentum.
Our formal meeting took place at an entirely different setting. with bright lights, preppy clothes and fancy cameras to match the occasion. He was a finalist in our school pageant and I was one of the core group organizers. Despite my poor and blurred vision, I noticed a prominent scar near his right brow. He told me the story behind it. A girl came up to him. Flirting came almost instantaneously. And then inevitably, they danced. The problem was the girl had a boy friend who was at the same party. You don't need to be a genius to predict that the boyfriend punched pseudo scarface in the face and thats why it resulted to a scar. Of course a lot of bleeding preceded that.
well i say the physical hurts still better than the other kind.
and in the words of gerard butler, "better a floozy than a dousy."
My initial encounter with Gil was a random day at the school pavilion. I was studying at the table next to his. But somehow I couldn't focus on the guidelines for taxation because I couldn't help but overhear his rehearsal of his lines for his report in Filipino. With incredible enthusiasm he delivered line after line, undisturbed and absent of any hint of a damp spirit despite the fact that he pronounced 80% of the Tagalog words incorrectly. What I found hilarious was his great effort to sound like a true Filipino, to speak believable Tagalog and then suddenly sounding slang just as he was gaining momentum.
Our formal meeting took place at an entirely different setting. with bright lights, preppy clothes and fancy cameras to match the occasion. He was a finalist in our school pageant and I was one of the core group organizers. Despite my poor and blurred vision, I noticed a prominent scar near his right brow. He told me the story behind it. A girl came up to him. Flirting came almost instantaneously. And then inevitably, they danced. The problem was the girl had a boy friend who was at the same party. You don't need to be a genius to predict that the boyfriend punched pseudo scarface in the face and thats why it resulted to a scar. Of course a lot of bleeding preceded that.
well i say the physical hurts still better than the other kind.
and in the words of gerard butler, "better a floozy than a dousy."
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