Good-breeding

March 1, 2007

Ok, in my country, or mainly this city, you would know if a person has good breeding or not.
Breeding does not necessarily entail a person born with a silver spoon in the mouth, nor the penniless

Good-breeding entails—a person who is NOT vulgar, rowdy, ill-mannered, gossip-mongers, nasty, repulsive and
those who does not use gay lingos,
gay lingos are for gays!

And those who use tacky Cebuano terms, that make you look like you’re uneducated (i.e. Syosa!,hobaga ate oi!, Char!, last na lang ka ha, haller! …And the likes)

those who does not stare at your msn window and
check who you're chatting with
(unless this is your bf or husband or gf–with rules agreed upon)

those who does not stare at
your pin number when getting cash over  the atm
those who looks away when you're
about to type in your password!

those who don't hack systems–
emails, msn messenger!

this is more than etiquette in our simple daily habits.
it should be spontaneous.

I know many rich people who
are as equally rowdy as with some underprivileged.

See , breeding is who your parents are, who YOU ARE.

I know people who grew up without parents, who,
amazing enough , are more apt to do a classy act than
those lucky enough to have parents.

You can still have fun and be loud and be uninhibited,
and be poor without being BASTOS.

But then again, just like what father and grandma taught me,
Good-breeding—
it’s either you’re born with it, or you just don’t have it.