Huwebes, Marso 31, 2016

WHEN SOCKS BECAME BACON (An Anecdote)

         Another academic year has just ended.We no longer debate over the fact that students were exhausted in their 10-month stay in the portals of their schools and how much sweat they had yielded to complete the stringent requirements of their teachers. For such a reason, it is surprising to see some of them who almost give up and feel like it is absolutely futile to exert much effort; thus, we will see them hilariously complacent.

One day, in the last quarter, the teacher administered a long test to his Grade 8 students. Some minutes after the , many had placed down their pens to have rest. The teacher noticed that the boys were already standing to go at the back of the room and sit near the airconditioner.
“Balik sa upuan,” the teacher commanded.

The boys insisted that they would not make noise anyway so the teacher just allowed them. When everybody was completely done, the room began to be filled with confounding noise. The boys had gone too blissful discussing non-sense things when suddenly the teacher heard a funny punchline from a guy:
“Ano ba yan, ‘tol, yung medyas mo bacon na!”

The entire class burst into laughter and the teacher, behind his table, furtively looked at his own socks. It’s cuff area was nearly crispy like a bacon. Time indeed would remind us that everything grows old and ugly and that renewal should be painstakingly sought...


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