Roxanne's Closet

How ISCHOOPID Can You Get?

By: Roxanne Estrellado - Limjoco

There are things that we do that are considered stupid. I for one have done a few. Sometimes they are not worth mentioning but others deserve a blog. I just hope that after reading this, you do not think less of me...

Years ago, I was so into ringback tones. These are the songs that your friend hears whenever he calls you up on the cell phone. I just uploaded a favorite song of mine as my ringback tone and I wanted to hear it. So I excitedly picked up our telephone and started dialing my cell phone number. Before I could even hear my tone, my cell phone starts ringing with a picture of my husband showing. So I put down the telephone and answered my cell phone, no reply. Hmmm... bad reception, I thought. Picked up the telephone again, dialed my cell phone number and then Tet started calling again. I answered my cell phone a bit agitated this time, “HELLO?!?!” Still no answer! Haay! For the third time, I rapidly punched in my cell phone number on the telephone. Sure enough, my cell phone started ringing again. “TET???!!!” All I could hear was a busy tone. Argh! In my frustration, I stopped dialing and didn’t even notice that my cell phone stopped ringing as well.

When Tet came home, I met him with, “Why were you calling???” He said he never called me. But but... “You called me three times!” Tet stared at me dubiously. Then slowly, I felt blood rush to my face. It was a sort of awakening... an awakening of how ischoopid I was! The realization that Tet was not the one calling me made me look down in shame, look down and search for my IQ on the floor. So that explains it. I was calling myself!!! I could just hear the spirits’ guffaw while taunting me with, “Walang gamot yan!!!” Sigh!