Saturday 28 May 2016

an afternoon coffee







Angry?  who’s making you angry?


-what, not who!


Ok, what’s making you angry?


-me…


You? So it is who, not what!


-no, it is what, what I am, what I became, what me is all about!


You mean your failure, or shall I say failures?


-thanks for the support!


Well, before giving you any support, I need to understand, or may I say, diagnose the problem first.


-ya, you are right, my failures, sssssss, is what making me angry.


Are you angry because of failing, or because you failed?


-what do you mean?


I mean, ok, for example, let us say your failure in achieving post graduate studies, lead you to the work you are doing now, so failing is the studying part, and your failure is your current job, income and life!


-I think it is the other way round, failing is the outcome, failure is the studying part!


No, definitely not.. do not let the grammar deceive you.. failing already happened, your failure is the continuous outcome..


-no, the grammar is there to make sense of words, the use of ing refers to continuous present!


Regardless,  that is not the point


-sure, but how can I answer a question if you can’t ask it?


Oh, you are just being pedantic..


-it is now my fault?


Well, I am trying to help, and all you are concerned about is the grammar!


-I did not ask your help!


You did


-you asked me what’s wrong, and I answered


I always ask you what’s wrong and you always say: nothing


-and you are never happy with that, are you?


Because clearly there is something!


-yes there is, and when I try to tell you all you want to talk about is the grammar


You are the one who brought the grammar up, with your use of ING, like if I was in English class at the primary school


-I was explaining to you the proper use, because you asked me a question


And did you care to answer the question, of course not


-I don’t know how to talk with you anymore


Because you do not want to talk to me anymore


-no, because whenever I am trying to talk to you about anything we end up arguing about something else


Well you never say anything if I do not ask, and when I ask you, you either say nothing, or lead the conversation into an argument


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That’s what you are good at, silence


-if I talk I get shut up, and when I shut up you get angry because I shut up


I never shut you up, and I am not angry, you are angry


-no, I am not angry


You said you were angry, with yourself, now we are both angry with you, or because of you


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-do you want anything from the kitchen?