My ------------------------------------------------ Family

Before anything else, I dedicate this post to my Papa Miko, Mama Jelain, Ahia Ace, Sioti John, Siobe Honey, Siobe Kary, Auntie Joahnna, adpotive Daddy Joseph, stepsister Danna, Nelvin, his parents, Tita Nene, and Yaya, Ej, his mom, and Nicole, Sherlyn and her hair, Thomas and his brother, and everyone else along the line.

But not to my mom, dad, and siblings.



Ayon sa Dictionary.com:

fam·i·ly ˈfæməli, ˈfæmli/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fam-uh-lee, fam-lee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, plural -lies, adjective –noun

1.	parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not.

2.	the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family.

3.	the spouse and children of one person: We're taking the family on vacation next week.

4.	any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins: to marry into a socially prominent family.

5.	all those persons considered as descendants of a common progenitor.

6.	Chiefly British. approved lineage, esp. noble, titled, famous, or wealthy ancestry: young men of family.

7.	a group of persons who form a household under one head, including parents, children, and servants.

8.	the staff, or body of assistants, of an official: the office family.

9.	a group of related things or people: the family of romantic poets; the halogen family of elements.

10.	a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and, frequently, live together: Many hippie communes of the sixties regarded themselves as families.

11.	a group of products or product models made by the same manufacturer or producer.

12.	Biology. the usual major subdivision of an order or suborder in the classification of plants, animals, fungi, etc., usually consisting of several genera.

13.	Slang. a unit of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra operating in one area under a local leader.

14.	Linguistics. the largest category into which languages related by common origin can be classified with certainty: Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and Austronesian are the most widely spoken families of languages. Compare stock (def. 12), subfamily (def. 2).

15.	Mathematics. a. a given class of solutions of the same basic equation, differing from one another only by the different values assigned to the constants in the equation. b. a class of functions or the like defined by an expression containing a parameter. c. a set.

–adjective

16.	of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a family: a family trait.

17.	belonging to or used by a family: a family automobile; a family room.

18.	suitable or appropriate for adults and children: a family amusement park.

19.	not containing obscene language: a family newspaper.

—Idiom

20.	in a or the family way, pregnant.

[family, from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/family; online; Accessed 8 March 2007.]

Pero hindi dito nakalagay ang pinakaimportanteng definition ng family para sa akin:

A family is where the heart belongs to. It is where the heart grows, gains experience, and heals. It is a place of security and happiness.

May pamilya tayong lahat.

Naiintindihan nila tayo.
Mahal nila tayo.
Hinding hindi tayo pababayaan ng ating mga pamilya.

Oo nga. May mga pamilya kasing hindi close sa isa't isa.
May mga magulang kasing hindi maintindihan ang mga anak.
May mga magulang kasing ayaw intindihin ang mga damdamin ng mga anak.

Pasalamat na lang ako at hindi ganito ang aking pamilya.

Kaya nga ako nagpapasalamat sa aking Papa, Mama, kina ahia at sioti, kina siobe, sa aking stepfamily, sa aking mga greatest friends and their relatives, and the rest along the line.

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...

"Sa Fort na ba kayo sa Monday?"

"Oo.."

"Eh pano yun? May shuttle ba?"

"Wala, kanya-kanya."

"Tinuruan ba kayong pumunta dun?" Oo daw. "So papaano?"

Instructions kung paano pumunta sa bagong office ni kuya, may tono ng pagkainis. "Masakit sa dila magsalita."

"Eh bakit ba ang sungit sungit mo?! Aba, anak ng pating! Kung ayaw mong kinakausap ka at pinakikialaman, eh 'di magsolo ka! Pero hanggang nasa puder ka namin ng daddy mo, magtiis ka! Bakit mo sa akin binubuhos yang kamalasan mo?! Wala naman akong kinalaman diyan ha! Hangga't andito ka, sumunod ka sa mga batas namin! Aba Bong, ilagay mo nga ang sarili mo sa lugar! Akala mo kung sino ka na diyan porke't nagtratrabaho ka na! Hindi ka na nga pinagagawa dito sa bahay tapos ganyan ka pa!"

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Marami pang kasunod yan. Ayoko nang ituloy kasi baka sabihing sinisiraan ko na sila.

Nadukutan kasi ng telepono si kuya. Nakikinig siya ng mp3 sa kanyang telepono habang pababa na siya ng bus. Tumigil daw yung music, akala niya naghang lang or namatay na yung phone niyang lobat na. Yun pala, nadukutan na siya. Kasalanan niya kasi naka mp3 siya in public, na alam nating hindi safe especially sa isang bus na siksikan at full of suspicious people. Masakit din ata ang ipin niya.

Hay yay yay. This time I really felt sorry for him.

SOMEONE DID NOT UNDERSTAND SOMEONE'S FEELINGS. SOMEONE ALWAYS DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OTHER IS GOING THROUGH. SOMEONE JUST NEVER UNDERSTANDS WHY.

I am so lucky to have my Papa, Mama, ahia, sioti, mga siobe...

Guys, salamat talaga kasi you really make me feel happy. You fill in what's missing in my life.

Love you all at sana all of you loves me too.