Hugot Sa Buhay Novels & Stories

“ You don’t know what you’re saying.” “I do.” He said firmly. “I am completely aware of it. Let me save you from your worries. Let me save you, hermosa.” They say ‘Everything happens for a reason’. It’s the phrase de jour when life sucks. And it’s awful. Most of the time when people use it, they do so with the best of intentions. People reach for it when something horrible happens and they don’t know what else to say but they want to sound hopeful — both to other people and to themselves.

"Pakinggan muna natin sila bago tayo humusga." Ngunit mas marami ang hindi pa rin kumbinsido. "Paano kung mawalan kami ng kabuhayan? Wala tayong kasiguraduhan!" sigaw ng isa pang may-ari ng maliit na tindahan. "Hindi ba pwedeng magkaroon ng alternatibong plano na hindi naman tayo pinapaalis agad?" suhestiyon ng isa. "Baka pwedeng baguhin ang redevelopment plan para hindi mawala ang kabuhayan namin."

Nasapo ko na lamang ang mukha ko bago napaupo sa sahig. Paulit-ulit kong sinubukang pahintuin ang mga luha ko subalit tila ba may sarili itong buhay at kusa na lamang bumabagsak. Kaya naman imbis na pigilan ay hinayaan ko na lamang itong kumawala hanggang sa mapagod ako't tuluyan nang masanay.

Biglang bumigat ang dibdib ko. Masaya. Paulit-ulit kong naririnig ang salitang iyon mula pa kanina. At sa bawat pagkakataong may nagsasabing masaya kami noon... mas lalo kong nararamdaman ang sakit ng pagkawala. Parang may isang buhay akong ninakaw sa akin. Isang buhay na hindi ko na maalala. Tahimik kong ibinaba ang tingin.

“My life’s boring.” “Ako rin naman, masyadong boring ang buhay ko!” “Oh, edi anong gagawin ko?” She chuckled and immediately cursed when the enemy killed her. “Edi…” he paused. “What?” “Let’s make our lives interesting together.”

What I can't tell my mother I tell my grandmother because she is so much more understandable and she is always of good advice. Our life is worth what it cost us in effort. What is life? A delirium. What is life? A shadow, an illusion, and the greatest of goods are hardly counted. Yes, all of life is a dream, and dreams themselves, what are they? Dream!We are all resigned to death; it is to life that we cannot resign ourselves to, the root of the problem is that humans stop at the superficial side of what is life, I know it and I feel it there ' has a lot more than that, and I want to live it, I want to live happy days, when I see other people laughing out loud and going out, having relations

That's how small things gave impact. Napabuntong hininga ako at napailing. I am thinking too much. I am too drawn of my schoolmates wealth status. Nakaka-conscious din naman kasi minsan kapag halos lahat ng nasa paligid mo ay makakaya lang bilhin ang buhay mo—ang buhay na hinihiling mo nang ganoon lang kadali. It's hurtful.

Count me in. Let’s admit it—we’ve always wanted to live luxuriously, even if it’s just for a day or two. It’s a different world that we thrive in. If I’d even get to print a tweet for my motto in life, it’d probably be that one statement I saw “I wish God made me sad but filthy rich.” Because hey, I’d be a hypocrite if I won’t say that money can’t buy a little happiness—maybe they’re searching for it in the wrong store.

It’s a fact I know but for the life of me hindi ko maigalaw ang mga paa ko. Hello pasa, sukong bulong ko sa sarili sabay pikit. Hiyaw ng marami ang narinig ko kasabay ng mainit na bisig na pumulupot sa bewang ko. Narinig ko ang tunog ng pagtama ng bola sa katawan ng tao pero wala ang sakit na inaasahan ko. Instead, I felt odlly hot. Safe.

Sobrang kinaawaan ko ang sarili ko ng mga panahong iyon kaya pinangako ko sa sarili ko na hindi na ulit mauulit iyon. Hindi na mangyayari pa ulit ang pangyayaring muntik na akong talunin ng lungkot. I was so desperate to find what love is. I was so desperate to find that happiness my father’s talking about. Am I living my whole life with lies?