Speaking about friends and love, and being steadfast, I first fell in love with Jennifer—Jennifer Aniston, who else—the first time I saw her in “Friends.” Since then, like the way I—and Bosnil, who else—chased Calista Flockhart and her character as “Ally McBeal,” I also tried watching Jen no end. Until Brad Pitt got in the way. And took my Jennifer away.
But right at the first sign at the time of the budding romance between them as it was getting clearer than the sky, I immediately prepared myself for the inevitable, I would bid Jennifer goodbye: “hiwalay kung hiwalay.”
I must end our “Friends”-ship. I must find other shows with which I’d stick. From then, I gradually shied away too from the movies of Jen. That was the start of my total separation from a rom-com film. I must be firm; I’d to obey my hurt. She made my body and soul inert.
Yesterday, due to the provincial government’s sudden termination of supply of newspapers for our free subscription, I did not mind skipping the day’s issue until I saw a screaming headline about General Purisima, from P-Noy’s quotation.
Unlike before when he would always defend his friend, this time the President did a complete turnaround. And he admitted finally that the controversial cop disobeyed his order as he averred, “Purisima let me down.”
It really hurts when a very close friend whom you deeply trusted so much would end up betraying deliberately your confidence and trust. But it’s better for P-Noy that Allan be dropped as he’d already gave him so many troubles helping his popularity to plunge too fast. In fact, other people wondered why the good general did not go the Angelo-Reyes way. Considering that as revealed by every enquiry, he is to blame and the cause of 44 SAF’s misery.
I could imagine P-Noy’s emotional struggle before he decided to tell the media, this time not a lie, of that pronouncement about his ex-General, his long-time ally. Perhaps, to decide about it, he let not only a few hard days to pass by as it’s tough finding courage to look at your erring friend and say, “hiwalay kung hiwalay.” And I congratulate P-Noy for what he did finally choose. He stood firm at last, listened to and obeyed his “boss.”
When I got married I too solemnly promised to myself to obey a good friend who happens to be my wife. Yes, I have to obey her at all times, but there are moments in life when some of those promises have to let fly. Yeah, we couldn’t avoid not to have any argument even on petty issues and thus, I have to decide, the man of the house has to be firm and draw the line whereon the line must be, “hiwalay kung hiwalay.”
Like a well-loved king known as a husband of valor, I would surely not let anything taint my honor. Each time I would do the laundry now, whether she likes it or not, I’ve to do “hiwalay” of “puti” from “de kolor.” I have to hold my ground and firmly stand on what I believe. It’s what I’d always want, which was originally my wife wanted.
“Hiwalay kung hiwalay!” Just be firm till we die.
Just like the courage and firmness of Abraham when God told him to sacrifice his only son Isaac for Him if he really had faith and love (Gen. 22:1-18). Imagine a father’s struggle deep within him yet he obeyed and never asked, and he later known as the Friend of God (James 2:23).
Truly, “obedience is the very best way to show that you believe,” “Patay kung patay.” And finding courage too to tell this world of pleasure and sin, “Hiwalay kung hiwalay.”
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