Saturday, August 5, 2006

   VideoCam Crap!
When I got to college I tried to know the things ahead & I’ve came across with the importance of a video camera. So I requested a video camera from my dad explaining its importance. So by some time he bought me a Canon model vidcam. I was indeed happy & relieve that I wouldn’t have to go around & ask or borrow a vidcam. That vidcam will be useable by my third year. Since then it was kept new even though used.

Now I’m in my third year days where the vidcam will now be thoroughly used. Now this Auntie of mine want to borrow the vidcam for her own aesthetic purposes. Though my mom explained to her that the vidcam would be of my general use this year. She insisted claiming I’m such a social person to use such gadgets for my pleasure. Thinking that the vidcam wasn’t that of use in my course. My course by the way is Fine Arts major in advertising. And in advertising meaning it’s not only pure illustrations, we for sure have t.v ads for the rising technological development. So now you see how the vidcam is thoroughly related to my course.

At the very first word my mom uttered, “borrow” I strictly declined. I have already foreseen what’s going to happen. Yet my mom said that we should or else they will think of us as such selfish beings. And so as my dad also agreed to the extent that they return the vidcam before the day I will use it.

So what else can I do? Since I’m at school when this younger sister of my father came to our house. It’s just when I arrive home that I was informed that the vidcam is already in her grasp. So days gone I heard that Auntie of mine went to her older sister in Cavite. Yes the same place where I stayed during my SEM break. It seems that they were indeed enjoying the use of the vidcam. They even requested for the cord so they will be able to watch it in their wide television. My auntie said that she’d pay my mom the expenses of the delivery. So even though were like low budget my mom tried to deliver it as soon as possible. But I was not as happy as them I should have done my project already by now. I was never willing from the start knowing that something will really happen. For I know their attitudes & their personality that even the lowest of ranks is sure to shiver.

My auntie returned the vidcam later than the said date she would return. I was tired from school & slept by that time. That auntie already left by the time I woke up she even had her dinner at our place. I then examined the vidcam only to know that it needs to be reset. So the resetting problem was solve by me. Then I found another problem it won’t play the tape inserted, it won’t accept any tape at all! It always flashes, “Remove the cassette” in red fonts. So that was the problem that even the manual can’t solve. I wondered what did they do to my vidcam back there. I ask some friends of mine some advices & they all conclude that it was indeed broken.

I went to school to let my friend (who has a vidcam too) to examine mine. Then he pointed out to me that the rear portion of my vidcam has lost some tiny screws. So he said that it’s better to let a cam specialist to solve the problem. For he was sure the cam had fallen & that it was manually unresolved. So then I was so heated up by the thought they returned my cam in a malfunction order! Now how the heck am I going to even start with my project with the vidcam’s condition?! I also found out that there were some scratches & signs that it really had fallen. I ask some comfort to some friends though some can’t assure to lend me a vidcam. And some to my surprise just told me how unlucky I am & how it serves me right!?! Though the ones who said that were boys *duh* how natural to boys to think that way. It was wrong of me to seek such comforts in cold-blooded beings. I will not be insulted in such an inferior sarcastic thinking. So I informed my mom through text messaging. Later my Brother who happened to stay at Cavite for job searching texted me that indeed the vidcam had fallen. It had fallen due to the holder was too drunk to manage. I was shocked why the heck did they leave borrowed items with a drunk person?! Goodness I could really say where the heck is their brains?! That drunk person was my other auntie’s husband but that’s no excuse to be easily forgiven or let go.

Honestly once you don’t take care of borrowed things it just means YOU don’t give a damn to the owner! I was indeed insulted not by words but by intellectual psychological understanding. They only later confessed after WE found out the problem already.
Maybe I could have forgiven them if they repaired it before hand. And not returning it to us unusable we didn’t give to them unusable in the first place. Scratches are forgivable but it as being unable to record has indeed lost its purpose! It only means that they have no plans in paying for the property damage. That auntie of mine washes her hands like
Pontius Pilate & told my mom that she wasn’t the one holding the vidcam. Who gives the damn if it wasn’t her; she was the one who borrowed it! It’s her responsibility to check the items borrowed if it’s still usable or not! To be cautious is often to show wisdom, that’s what I’ve learned in a random dictionary’s example.

Shesh I really could say this is SO childish! Pointing fingers or blaming others is not an excuse to escape from the responsibility. For goodness sakes she even got the guts to get angry even when she is at fault here. My mom ask them about the vidcam but what the baloney did they replied? “PAY YOUR DEBT!” (Magbayad ka na ng utang mo!)
So what’s that supposed to mean? It’s obviously an excuse to escape from the topic! I really got furious why the heck are they doing this.

So I texted that auntie in English for I think they are underestimating my mother since she’s only a high school graduate. I want them to talk to me not push my mom around. No matter how we hate our parents we don’t want to see them apologizing for our sake nor push around by others. I use to say when I was little that I would someday get revenge but as I grow up I learned lots of things. And that include that kindness is a gift to be nurture & not just said. And from what my mom said she sure was insulted. I texted her this & see if she does need to be insulted:

MSG no.1
“8s ur responsibility 2 take care of thngs u borowd dat cam was bought 4 me 2 use n skul I sacrifse my project 4 ur use but now im xur 2 fail my midterms. U didn’t evn say tank u nor sori 2 me. U shudnt blame anyone but urself. Wers d values of reliability n responsibility n such childsh acts.”

MSG no.2
“Don’t you dare change topics n family debts. Wat do u expect me 2b? Hapy? No such owner wud b . Gving 8 2us broken s such a big insult n my behalf. U as an older individual shud hav had a btr view of des things. Am furious about my cam. Dat was 4 family n esp. skul use. U shud hav ben cautious. Honestly once u dnt take care of d thngs borowd 8 means u don’t have respect 4 d owner n dats me. I am very furious n wen a silent person gets furious 8 s nvr gona smyl agen.”


Now I heard from my mom that they said a lot of gossips about me in Cavite. Oh sure do that it only proves how guilty they are that they can’t think of any plan but to backbite. I laugh & said if she weren’t guilty as charge she wouldn’t be insulted. Their high educational attainments reduce to an undergraduate level. I can’t believe such people exist in real life.

So I guess we should start believing the telenovelas (t.v drama) now. Such unforgivable twisted relative antagonist does exist. Just because I’m haven’t graduated nor have a job yet doesn’t mean I’m super DUMB! Having a high position somewhere doesn’t give anyone the right to step on others! It will never either give anyone high position in HEAVEN. I’m not either saying I am of all perfectly good. I am human after all but even though I am human I will do my best not to be human. A human who is naturally selfish, jealous & other qualities hand down by the first ancestors.

Sure we could say I can’t guarantee my words. I can cry if I want to I can go crazy if I want to but I won’t let anyone step on me like they want to. If someone bites, CRY but bite back. Since I had malice in this world I have known knowledge is indeed power. I couldn’t conclude that the rich is wicked & the poor are good. It’s actually in a different perspective of one’s thinking. For sure some rich people think that the poor are wicked & should be erased. We have indeed different understanding. Even the slightest lame news or gossips can change as some would surely add & subtract words. So for starters WATCH what words you use. Words can be powerful than you think they are. I’m not either saying I’m a master (nobody is anyway though we could claim).

For now the situation is so fused up. We have an air of misunderstanding & ill treatments. Geez I would appreciate some advises on this heated up situation. Thank you for spending time in reading the current mishaps of my life. Have a nice day! *sigh*



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