For Once

if you know me long enough, you will probably agree with almost all of my friends who say that I am "slow".
yeah slow... in terms of pag-gets ng mga jokes, or sarcasm of my friends.
...or in any conversation where I am always the one who will ask the questions "Bakit? Bakit?" or "Ano yun ulit?"
sometimes I admit that hindi ko talaga gets, but there are times that I ask those questions just to clarify that what I am thinking is correct. Ayoko naman kasi minsan mag-react agad on things tas mali pala iniisip ko.

"SLOW KA TALAGA" or "SLOW NANAMAN SI MAF"...well immune na ko to hear these statements from my friends. okay lang. Minsan we just laugh it off nalang para hindi offensive yung dating.
but there are times that it bothers me already. especially when I'm serious on asking about something that I really don't know but then all I will hear is the term "SLOW". (I ignore it nalang to prevent misunderstandings or whatsoever)

Okay I admit masaya naman minsan yung asarin ako ng "SLOW" pero with the other terms like "BOBO" / "TANGA"...slight offensive na siya for me but then, I tend to not look like I am already offended or pissed because sometimes I am not sure if they are just fooling around or they already mean it.

Honestly, I never like the fact that my friends can say those words to me. Yeah joketime but doing it almost every time isn't good already. I remember my teacher telling us about "labeling to children".
It means that when you label someone especially a young kid with for example "pasaway", there is a great possibility that he will live on to that label because that's what he always hear which makes him think that when he hears the word "pasaway" it is already accepted that it is him.

I am scared that I am now acting like a kid who accepted already the terms my friends coined me.
"SLOW" , "TANGA" , "BOBO"
I'm pretty sure that I am not those kind of shits.

I laugh out loud to jokes and pang-aasar.
but I wish people know how to stop and realize that it is already below the belt.
I believe that I deserve some RESPECT as a woman and as a human being.
Yes, as a woman because i get so offended by my guy friends.
okay lang naman asarin nila ako, but sometimes the words they use on me are not that good to hear from guys. parang nakakababae na! (lol)  it sounds funny but just like for guys, for me it is already stepping on my ego as a girl.

FOR ONCE...
I WANT TO BE RESPECTED SOMEHOW.



This is my thought in general. so for my friends who can read this, I don't mean something bad. 
I hope you'll just understand and respect my part.