Monday, December 22, 2008

Para sa mga OC

"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." Ralph Waldo Emerson





ang araw na ito ay para sa mga OC. at ang linyang yan ni Emerson ay para sa mga feeling OC... oo kasama na ako jan... at wag kang magkaila, alam mong, isa ka rin dun.


:p



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ganito kasi. may isa akong kasama sa office na ang binungad na kwento sakin pagkakita namin kaninang umaga ay ang kinuwento rin niya sakin nang huli kaming magkita, nung sabado pa!. Sa loob ko lang, nagtataka ako kung para sa kanya may naglipas bang oras magmula nang una naming na-discuss ang concerns niya. para kasing, naka-pause lang yung train of thought n'ya tas ng magkita kami ulit, hayun nag resume play na naman... (doh)

dahil nga kulang ako sa tulog wala akong magawa kundi mag tango nlng sa bawat salita n'ya. wala akong energy na magsingit mn lang ng opinyun ko. and dig this, gusto ko sanang matulog sa lunchbreak ko, pero pumasok sya sa office ko at sinarado ang pinto at nagkwento na nmn. goodbye, forty-winks! haaay...

pero may punto nmn ang concern niya. yun nga lang, parang sirang plaka na talaga. natorete ako at nawalan ng gana. yung arguement nya tuloy parang wala ng epek. subrang pabalik-balik na. alam ko na ba't ganun nlng ang reaksyun ng iba kapag sya na ang mag-umpisang magsalita. alam nilang wala ng katapusan.

pano kaya bukas? ganun parin ba ang bukang-bibig nya??!



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speaking of OC, I remember Orson Scott Card's book Xenocide and his description of a planet named Path and the genetically enhanced elite of the planet that suffered a form of OCD. In the book, those who were afflicted by OCD were considered Godspoken and were treated as demigods themselves. when the first symptoms of OCD appear in their children, they are subjected to a test wherein they either kill themselves or find an act of "purification" that would suffice to ease the overwhelming compulsion they feel.

much as in the real world, OCD can be quite crippling. we jokingly allude to it when we notice someone being overly neat or exhibits wierd tendencies like untwirling phone cords or aligning books or papers against table edges, but i've heard of people with the wierdest compulsions like making sure that the gas switch is turned off by switching it repeatedly up to 100 times.


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ikaw? ano ang act of purification mo?

7 comments:

UtakMunggo said...

i've got a mild form of OC and it's really annoying at times. yun bang alam ko nang na-off ko na lahat ng lights before going to bed but i HAVE TO CHECK AGAIN, just in case. so yun, buong downstairs at second floor iniikot ko ng dalawang beses bago matulog.

alam kong nasa isip mo: "and you call that mild?" wag kang magulo. mild yun. hmp. hehe

tHe AraChne said...

tita compared nmn sa 100 times mag switch on & off subrang mild nmn ang sa'yo. i'd say, your just practicing prudence in your security measures. :D

Anonymous said...

mild pa ba un???asus!


merry OC este merry paskow!

kirksydney said...

Pasensya na, hinde ako OC eh. =p

tHe AraChne said...

arni: merry christmas sa'yo :p hayaan mo na ti UM...

Kirk: parang di ako makapaniwala na wala kang ka-OChan... hmmmnn

Anonymous said...

act of purification ko? ako naman.. yung barya ko kelangan nakahilera.. as in yung sampung piso eh hile-hilera sila.. tapos hilera ng 5 pes... tapos piso.. tapos 25 cents... lagi akong pinagtatawanan ng kaibigan ko pag nakikita nya yung coin purse ko... cheers;p-glesy the great

tHe AraChne said...

uy talaga? so pede ka pala maging change fund kung ganun.. hahahaha ano ba kalaki ang coin purse mo? ;-)