Hindi Makabasag Pinggan?

Without knowing that I was reading his IM replies, a guy told another person that I'm "mahinhin". Aaminin ko, pumalakpak ang tenga ko dun. It was nice to hear, maybe because it came from a guy, secondly, it is something new. Wala pang nagsasabi sakin nun.

Kapag narinig 'to nang mga kaklase ko nung college, maraming magpoprotesta. Sobrang kulit ko noon I'd say it damaged my reputation.

On one team building activity just recently, one person decribed me as "hindi makabasag pinggan". That's it, I thought. This has got to stop. I really do not take it negatively, I actually like it. But this is a crime of misleading people! Mahinhin is too much to take, being called "hindi makabasag pinggan" would be such a duty. Ang hirap panindigan, it like being an ambasadress of goodwill, or the Miss Universe. High maintenance!

Modesty aside, I was called a few times a "Maria Clara", not because of how I behave, but because of my old-fashioned approach in courtship and dating.

But "mahinhin", is sooo not me. I talk like a boy sometimes, I LOL, I shriek like a pig to be slaughtered when I see Jake Cuenca on TV, and I'm wa-pose 90% of the time! At kahit ako nahihiya sa sarili ko kapag nagagalit ako.

Maybe I am not yet comfortable because I cannot show the real me yet. But it really is neat to be known as someone who is gentle, and softspoken and yeah..."mahinhin". Haha, akala lang niya 'yun.