Vantage Point

It was 11:30PM & the editing of my video project is about an hour before completion when Jonard arrived at the editing house. Upon entering he said:

Jonard: Buti andito ka dre.
Me: Bakit?
Jonard: May shoot ka sa August 8?
Me: Meron na.
Jonard: Kanino?
Me: Sa studio nila Ed.
Ed: Di mo na maaagaw yan!
Ruvel: Bakit bok? Kulang kayo ng photographer?
Jonard: Oo eh.
Ruvel: Ilan ba sked n’yo?
Jonard: 4, 2 sa umaga, 2 sa hapon, kayo?
Ruvel: 2 lang, alam mo naman si Sir ayaw ipagkatiwala yung photo sa iba.

I was amazed how many people wanted to get married on that day.

Jonard: Kayo Ed ilan tanggap nyo?
Ed: 4 din, meron pa ngang humahabol pero tinanggihan na ni Boss.
Me: Pangatlo ka na sa nagtanong, pero nauna na sila Ed.
Ed: Kulang pa nga rin kami ng 1 photographer.
Ruvel: Si Jun nga gusto rin akong kunin.
Jonard: E di doon ka na, mas maganda magbayad yun kesa sa Sir mo.
Ruvel: Patay naman ako kay Sir.

Forgive for being so ignorant about this, I don’t know what’s with the the 8th of August 2008. If you follow our conversation, that’s 10 couples wanting to get married on that day, another studio that asked my service has 1 & 2 other studio that I know have 2 each.

I’m so f***ing intrigued on how many Pinoys will get married on that day, demn! I can’t believe how much the Chinese have influenced us.

I remembered what Fr. Oly once said in a homily of a wedding that I covered, “Wedding is an event while marriage is a lifetime journey.”

Somebody might say, “wala namang masama kung maniwala tayo”, I would say to them, ang masama ay ipagkatiwala mo sa swerte ang buhay mo.

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