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Chika

I just realized this today: I like to chika.

Or maybe that's a wrong word to really describe it. 'Yun lang talaga 'yung phrase na ginagamit ko. Parang kasi perfect siya, more so than simpleng kwentuhan.

I don't know, really. Ngayon ko lang talaga napansin. Or that, I just fully accepted the fact that I really am loud and talkative.

Loud, yes. Aminado ako run. I have a loud voice that gets through the other room. 'Yung tawa ko, kahit malayo, alam mo nang akin.

But talkative? I am, yes, to my friends. Pero this internship I managed to talk to my cointerns and even my mentors with ease. Not really that easy but I'll get the hang of it while talking. And that's the few things I learned this summer.

Woah.

And that, for me, is crucial for being a writer.

I still remember Manix Abrera's words in a forum in UPLB: Kung gusto mong maging writer, dapat makinig ka sa mga taong nasa paligid mo. Obserbahan mo. Pakinggan mo 'yung istorya nila. (Not the exact words but oh well, that's what I remember.)

Dapat marunong kang tsumismis. O kahit simpleng kwentuhan sa iba't ibang tao. Kasi roon magmumula ang mga kwentong sinusulat mo.

It's the root of everything. You mix what you know and your imagination to make something... magical.

And that's what I did recently. I talk to people. Or specifically, I learn to talk to people. I observe their actions and how they interact with people. Their mannerisms. Their way of speaking. And most importantly, what they say.

It was stupid for me to only fully realize it until now. Or maybe that I know, I just didn't take it into practice until now.

Oh well. Let's talk sometime. 😀