Abominable Snow Man: An Essay
May 25, 2005Disclaimer: The article you’re about to read is fictional but based on actual events just this morning…
Sumabay ako sa kabarkada ko sa pagpasok sa office. Convenient
kase unang-una, parehong Ortigas ang work namin, 2) parehong building,
and 3) parehong office… (malamang alam nyo nang nagpapahaba lang ako
ng entry… 
).
Anyway, hindi iyon ang kwento… Habang nasa daan, (since walang matinong mapagusapan sa umaga) tinanong ko sya…
dok: dude, sa abominable snowman… ano ibig sabihin ng abominable?dok’s brain: naalala ko nun… sa mga cartoons ng circa 1985 to 90, madalas ‘to… ex:”Holy shimolly, batman… it’s an abominable snowman!!”
dude(nahiya si Peter na gamitin ko ung pangalan nya e): teka, oo nga
no… sa tagal ng panahon kong narinig yan, di ko man lang naisip
konsultahin ang dictionary para malaman ang ibig sabihin nyan…dok’s brain: uy, ibig sabihin di ako nag-iisa… note to self: you haven’t lost me yet.
dok: ok…
Nung nakarating kme sa office, 15 minutes pa lang nakalatag ang pwet ko sa silya nang may matanggap akong e-mail…
to: dok
subject: Definition of abominable
1. unequivocally detestable; “abominable treatment of prisoners”;
“detestable vices”; “execrable crimes”; “consequences odious to those
you govern”- Edmund Burke
2. atrocious: exceptionally bad or displeasing; “atrocious
taste”; “abominable workmanship”; “an awful voice”; “dreadful manners”;
“a painful performance”; “terrible handwriting”; “an unspeakable odor
came sweeping
into the room”
And then, it dawned to me… grabe naman ang nag-coin nitong term for a
yeti… “abominable snowman”: napaka heart-less… parang ang saklap
para sa side ng creature na to ang tawagin syang abominable… pwede
namang ugly
snowman - babanatan ka pa ng hifalluting term e sisiraan lang naman ung
nilalang… At saka, nakakita na ba talaga sila ng totoong yeti ng
face-to-face para i-claim na abominable ito? any proof? a photo? maybe
it’s not so abominable to me or to someone else… maybe the insensitive
person who came up with the term just saw a hazy blur or caught it in a
really, really bad time (man, if you see someone in the crapper doing
his thing - concentrating, you’d definitely find that abominable).
So for the sake of being politically correct (although we already have
the word yeti) and (fine, fine) to further the senselessness of this
entry, i present to you my new term for (may this be
the last time we hear this) abominable snowman…
the misunderstood-dubiously-disfigured snowperson
hmmm, come to think of it… abominable is a good word for a tongue exercise…
repeat after me… abominable, abominable, abominable, abominable,
abominable, abominable, abominable, abominable, abominable, abominable,
abominable, abominable, abominable, abominable, abominable, abominable,
abominable, abominable, abominable, abominable, abominable, abominable,
abominable… (galing ko magpahaba ng entry, no? )
Afterword: mula sa aking
munting survey, napagalaman ko na may mga hindi pamilyar sa mythical
creature na Abominable Snowman… i guess, ever since na pullout ung
paulit ulit na series ni bugs bunny (the episode where he was taken to
the planet mars… “you mean the planet Mars?“) noong mid-80’s, bumaba din ang kamulatan ng maraming kabataan mula sa Abominable Snowman… aaaaa, sad 
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