July is nutrition month reminding us to be mindful of our diets, and reminding us of the various comparisons made to describe humans using the characteristics of vegetables and fruits. We have cheeks that are as red as cherry or apple or some would describe people as plump as a pumpkin. It seems nice to hear these similes in English as it seems to be not so rude. Funny that when comparisons are made in Tagalog, it appears to be unrefined and harsh.
Conforming with the celebration this month, I will share of someone that I can say is consistent with the vegetable- human comparison. We have candidate number 1 who is much like a momordica Charantia not because of the physical aspects but because of how he/she treats things. I may not blame him/her as there are many biases in the world but the extreme bitterness is quite annoying. In the end, he ends up exhausting him/herself trying to outperform people who never intended to compete with him/her in the first place. A piece of advice to him/her is to disregard what other people may think but start to think of how much he/she really values her/himself. Candidate number 2 is so much like a Ridge Luffa not because of the size of the vegetable or any of his/her body organ/parts but because of the two syllables that constitute the Tagalog term of the vegetable. Much like Miss/Mr Momordica, Miss/Mr Ridge Luffa is never tired of pursuing and picking fights ranging from the nonsense to the most important ones. Seems that Luffa does not have the ability to distinguish important from unimportant matters or he/she is merely too childish to keep in mind that nothing good comes from striking at every misunderstanding.
Again, kumain ng gulay para di laglag ang IQ.
Conforming with the celebration this month, I will share of someone that I can say is consistent with the vegetable- human comparison. We have candidate number 1 who is much like a momordica Charantia not because of the physical aspects but because of how he/she treats things. I may not blame him/her as there are many biases in the world but the extreme bitterness is quite annoying. In the end, he ends up exhausting him/herself trying to outperform people who never intended to compete with him/her in the first place. A piece of advice to him/her is to disregard what other people may think but start to think of how much he/she really values her/himself. Candidate number 2 is so much like a Ridge Luffa not because of the size of the vegetable or any of his/her body organ/parts but because of the two syllables that constitute the Tagalog term of the vegetable. Much like Miss/Mr Momordica, Miss/Mr Ridge Luffa is never tired of pursuing and picking fights ranging from the nonsense to the most important ones. Seems that Luffa does not have the ability to distinguish important from unimportant matters or he/she is merely too childish to keep in mind that nothing good comes from striking at every misunderstanding.
Again, kumain ng gulay para di laglag ang IQ.
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