"hard" times

bumped into someone i know the other day while walking down historic session road. how historic session road is anyhow? hm.. i don't know, i just like how it sounded. anyway...

the guy was a highschool batchmate. and his sexual orientation is a bit... leaning towards the... well, he's gay. so i asked him how's it been? he answered "it's been ok."

he's not based in baguio anymore; has been working in manila for almost two years now; he paused; then he proceeded to say that times were hard for him lately. so i asked him, "it's been a bit rough eh?" he said yes, and he said that he had a hard time adjusting to life in the big city, his work was hard, paying for the bills was hard, commuting from his apartment to his work was hard. and oh.. he also added that "life's hard... everything's hard."

so in our little less-than-a-minute discussion, i've noticed that he said the word "hard" about eight times. for some reason, everytime he said the word "hard" i just couldn't help but laugh. i was trying my best to hide it though.

and when i finally couldn't hold it any longer... i just burst into laughter. he asked what was so funny. i said nothing, then i apologized. then suddenly, out of the big fucking blue, i asked him... "if times were "hard" for you lately, then you must be having the time of your life then?" silence. i laughed. then silence. then i laughed some more. when i started to notice this weird look on his face... i said "see you around."

hard times eh? funny.

i'm out.