Never Assume Unless Otherwise Stated Novels & Stories

“Because I already know—” “NO, YOU DON’T!” Napatigil ako. Nagulat sa pag taas ng boses niya. Ito ang pangalawang pagkakataon na nagtaas siya ng boses sa akin. Nagulat din siya. “Tama na, kuya,” sunod niyang sabi, parang matagal nang kinikimkim. “Hindi mo alam lahat. Hindi mo masasabi ang pwedeng mangyari. Walang kasiguraduhan ang lahat. Hindi mo pwedeng i-assume agad na may masamang mangyayari. Hindi mo pwedeng sabihin na layuan ko ang isang tao nang walang sapat na dahilan..Na in the first place work related naman lahat kaya kami nag-uusap. Hindi mo kasi nakikita ‘yung pinopoint out ko din.”

“Kailangan niyong mag-isip ng mga possibilities. Hindi lang dapat sa iisa para hindi kayo nagugulat. Lahat ng puwedeng mangyari, at kahit imposible, dapat ay iniisip niyo kaagad ‘yon.” I shouldn’t be saying this, though. Sila ang mas nakaaalam ng mga ganitong bagay, pero wala namang masama kung mag-assume sila lalo pa’t hindi nila kilala, o hindi nila alam kung paano nga ba makipaglaro ang mga ‘yon.

mahina kong bulong, halos ayaw na rin paniwalaan ang mga sinasabi ko. “We have already mistaken one innocent person, Ms. Salazar. We cannot afford to accuse someone again just because of we feel or think they are responsible. I told you before that it is safe to assume that everyone is a suspect, but since evidence are starting to show up before our eyes, I think we cannot think like that anymore.” Agad akong natahimik at napaisip sa sinabi niya. I know he’s right. This already serves as our lesson. And I hate myself for always assuming things when I shouldn’t anymore.

Weird thing, and amusing, though. "After all, if you don't close the deal, you can continue to enjoy the pleasant fantasy of winning the business. There are ways to close the deal, like the assumptive close. When you're not certain that the client is convinced. Talking about the details will either confirm the client's decision to allow for further discussion. Be careful with this kind of thing."

Pa’no pa kaya kapag araw-araw na kaming mag kasama? "Every time you're doing it, it's as if you want me to kiss you." Nanlaki ang mata ko dahil sa sinabi niya. Mabilis rin akong nakatayo sa sofang inuupuan namin para lumayo sa kanya. "Rule number 8. Don't assume, prove it first. Ikaw ang may gawa no'n ah, apply mo naman sa sarili mo." Umismid lang naman siya dahil sa sinabi ko.

Paulit-ulit na bumabalik sa isip ko ang sinabi ni Clout. Nag-ooverthink ba ako? O sadyang assuming lang talaga ako? Niyakap ko ng mahigpit ang unan ko at pumikit. Ang sakit na rin talaga ng ulo ko, bahala na nga. Basta Never assume unless stated.

I admit it, I can see hopes when he said those words to Rain but I know that I can't be happy without the fully assurance. Hindi ako totally pwede na mag-assume. Hinding-hindi kung ayaw ko na masaktan pa ako ng tuluyan. When I assume it just means I let the door of grief open that I really don't want to happen. Not to assume the safest I can do. "A-are we back togethe---" I threw a card again but I failed. "No..." mabilis niyang sagot.

Mahina kong bulong sa sarili ko. Pero kahit sabihin ko pa iyon, hindi nawala ang hindi magandang pakiramdam na unti-unting bumabalot sa akin. They were reaching. And that was exactly what worried me. Because when people didn't have enough information, they made assumptions. And kapag hindi pa rin sapat ang assumptions, gumagawa sila ng sarili nilang kwento hanggang sa may paniwalaan na silang version—kahit wala naman ni isang taong involved ang nag-confirm kung totoo ba iyon.

pabulong ko pang comento. Naramdaman ko ang pagtawa ng mga classmates ko. Pati nga si Sir Paolo, nakita kong napangiti sa comento ko. Bigla tuloy akong nakaramdam ng hiya. Kasi naman this mouth. “The values of exes vary. Class, listen. This is your first lesson in this subject, you have to remember the basic rule in Geometry, ‘do not assume.’ Sometimes exes are positive, some undefined. That depends.” Sir Paolo smiled at me as he continued, “but I agree with you, a lot of them are zero if not negative.”

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴. 1. 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭.