I wanted to improve my English skills and at the same time learn more things in preparation for my soon professional life. So I made visiting NBS part of my daily routine for the second sem. (Ok, actually I just want to find way to burn my time till it's time for dinner).
Last Friday, I decided to start my new routine. What books am I going to read? I browsed the business section but there's no book that is open--I mean pwede basahin kasi hindi nakaplastic. These books were too expensive naman to buy. So I walked around the other shelves. I tried Nicholas Sparks and Paolo Coelho's but it seemed I wasn't in the mood for such inspirational books. How bout Mario Puzo's? Aabutin na ako ng merienda kinabukasan di ko pa rin yun matatapos sa haba. Hmm. I found my way to the Phil. literature. Yah, why not Filipino writers first?may English naman. I found most of the books boring. Youngblood sna kaso natapos ko na yun. Naghanap pa rin ako. I kept looking and found this strange orange obscure little book. It's just a hundred-page book enough to burn my time. Lies My Yaya Should Have Told Me. Oh. What are they?
The book is a compilation of RJ Ledesma's essays from his previous column in the Manila Times called “Playing With My Tools,” and his current column for the Philippine Star called “Pogi from a Parallel Universe.” The observations on pick-up lines, dating, courtship, and certain life-changing events, such as dealing with the parents of your girlfriend, are razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud (not just chuckle) funny, and most of the time, embarrassingly true. How else can you explain this passage: “In their more complex minds, women mistakenly ‘boys’ night out’ with cheap beer, voluptuous women, and really lousy singing. They’re wrong you know- the beer isn’t cheap.” haha.
It isn't all about his yaya. There, his barrister girlfriend (asawa na ata niya ngayon) who loves to pinch RJ's balls with her rusty pliers, and RJ's meeting with his girlfriend's parents, whom she learned the rusty pliers thing. He talked of the things no men has dared to talk about, and how they're different from their Venusian counterparts with very unique sense of humor. As I was reading it, I remembered some experiences related to his topic and realized that they were true and I haven't realized them before. Now, I am equipped with knowledge about women (not girls lang.haha) on how to, at least, handle them and prevent those stilettos kissing my balls. I finally found my relationship bible.haha
I couldn't help but laugh (and everytime I laugh, the whole NBS hears it) as I read it. I recommend you to read this book. This will help you with your relation problems and learn some facts about women-facts most men haven't realized.haha. I guess there's a little number copies of it. Mga isa pa ata.hehe. Wala ako maipapahiram senyo kasi naisip kong wag ng bilhin kasi di ko namalayang natapos ko na. Page-turning kasi talga.hehe
