on different occasions this week, i asked three people the usual, "Kamusta na po kayo?" (How are you?)
for some strange reason, i didn't elicit the well-known "Fine thanks, and you?"
there must be something about the way i asked it that made them, um, elusive.
they must've sensed that i was genuine in asking and was not after the superficial pleasantries. i then understood that when confronted with this simple, yet meaningful phrase, people tend to shy away in fear of exposing the real them. they don't want to show the world how vulnerable they are. and almost instantly, they change the topic and divert it to something "safer".
how are you?
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