Bite that tongue

When I was college, I have a friend named Jheff (I hope he's not reading this). One day in our tambayan (sa harap ng canteen), I noticed that he looked upset. On his hand is an expensive-looking calculator. I didn’t see this stuff with him before. I asked him what’s wrong. Bad trip daw sya. May napulot daw syang calcu dun sa last meeting nila ng chem lab. The calcu didn’t have any name. He was clueless of the owner. He picked it up and decided to return it to the owner on their next meet (which is a week later since it's a laboratory class).

It was the day of the next meet, Jheff was a few minutes late for class. When he arrived, he could hear that one of his classmates is fuming mad. She was so sure na may nagnakaw nung expensive nyang calcu on their last meet. Biglang na-confuse ang kaibigan ko, di nya malaman kung itutuloy pa ang good deed nya. Baka pag nagsoli sya, isipin ng classmates nya na ninakaw nga nya yon at na-guilty lang kaya ibinabalik. Jheff kept the calcu with a heavy heart. He’s a good guys. He knew that it’s not right to keep it but he also doesn’t want to be tagged as a theft. Di ko sya masisi. The situation was wrongfully judged.

Lesson learned: Hinay-hinay sa pagbibitaw ng salita. We tend to say the worst things in our worst mood and this could blow things out of proportion. It could add insult to what is already hurting. Learn how to bite your tongue. Mahirap gawin 'to but it works. And when you have properly assessed the situation, speak up. Mas maganda ang resulta di ba.