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these few days i have been thinking about my former school mate in CBBA. for those who attend our church and had studied in the academy, they would readily know Ms. Liza Genese. if your initial thoughts about this entry is that i would say something that is not good about her, then you are absolutely wrong. in fact, i would say something that is very important - a simple truth that liza had made me realize and yet we often fail to comprehend the wide expanse of it.


Liza came at our house one evening. although she was a little drunk (so she said), she can still talk some sense. then she started talking about her suitors. i admit that i was bored during that whole 15 minutes or so monotone of hers. i could not relate to her stories. i was starting to make excuses in my mind so that i could avoid another story of hers to begin.

but then, her voice and tone started to change. she was not talking nonsense anymore.

"you know how the people in the school [cbba] think about me," she said. "Oh, Liza? that ugly girl?"

yes, i was at some times guilty of saying that too. then she expounded at that topic. i could not remember her exact words but the truth of what she said struck me.


yes, we are all guilty of stereotyping people. we label them and then look at those people just like that for the rest of their lives. we are the ones who make their stay here on earth more difficult. we contribute to their misery.

i have been wondering for quite some time why people look at liza like that. she is pretty, i believe that. the only problem why most people could not see that is because they have always looked at liza the same way they looked at her when she was in preschool: an uncomely child who had nothing to do but to make others notice her by doing stupid things. until now, that image is still stuck in their minds so that their perspectives could not change. they live in denial of the present things.


if we could stop labelling other people, the world might have been a little easier to live in. when people are not destroying each others personality and reputation, things would have been better.


this entry was not made to offend liza or anyone. i really appreciated what she taught me that night. and i still think that liza is pretty. if you can't accept that, it's probably your fault.