A Sharp Tongue

It is a necessity when ranting and raving out loud. That, plus matching gesticulations and a wide vocabulary in both english and visayan makes for a very interesting fit.

When the feeling of disappoinment sinks to the pit of your stomach and stays there, immediately find someone who enjoys a colorful ranting rampage; don't wait until you get nauseated. Slap the table or whatever solid, stable object is at hand; but not too hard because that'll hurt. Use colorful language and the necessary tone(s) of voice but see to it that you won't be heard by them; you are therefore required to look around and see if anyone unpalatable is nearby. The face has lots of muscles; use them all to convey what's really in your mind and your brain will take care to coordinate with your arm muscles so your gesticulations and widened eyes will match. Laugh at yourself while at it, and get your chosen listener to participate by giving him/her/it the chance to say something...pahirita pud bah!

Now that you've exhausted your larynx cos you're not used to talking that loud, you may start to whine. Remember not to overdo it cos that tends to get annoying. Here, your gesticulations may be smaller or absent, your face may stay with one expression (a "sorrowful" one matches the whining) and your voice should be at a lower volume but you should still use varying tones. Again, use humor on your situation so your listener will look forward to such episodes of yours and allow him/her/it to participate.

Then you'll get hungry but you wouldn't want to eat cos your throat is sore from all that ranting and too much cigarettes. Drink some water and try not to think about the budding migraine that's been bugging you the whole day. Go home, turn up the music loud, and blog til hunger gnaws whatever other feelings away.

Kaon sa ta na...