Ever felt robbed un-literally?
Un-literally – (an-lit-e-ra-lee) adv, opposite of literally; not really; not actually
Here’s the deal. There’s this concept which I thought of thousands of weeks back. The moment it hit me, I eagerly made kwento to my closest friends. Actually, to date, I was able to tell the idea to just 3 persons. Person #1 was totally into it. Person #2 felt the same way. Person #3 mocked me because I was so excited that I already thought of all the possible scenarios. I was blurting out all the details I can think of sabay bawe na kunyare hindi ku nipagisipan. Empre, he did not buy it! Haha! I’m not sure if he was just making fun of me or what. Then again, he knew I was determined to get my point across.
Days passed..
And a few more..
I was talking to this gurl and she asked me a question. I was SO surprised coz she told me that the answer to her question was my idea (refer to previous paragraph). But there’s a catch. She was telling me that the idea was from another person. And it was supposed to be a BIG secret. My jaw dropped. I was like WTF?! All the details she was telling me were on my list!
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not after any credit for the so-called original ‘concept’. I just felt bad because I was so excited about it only to find out that it will indeed push through pero hindi dahil naisip ku. Admittedly, mababaw sobra! I know! I just felt na wala din palang kwenta lahat ng naisip ku. Because apparently, someone had exactly the same idea as mine! Nice noh?! <place sarcasm here> At isa pa, I felt bad that the 3 people I told the ‘idea’ to knew that it was going to happen. None of the three said a thing to me about it. None of them told me that another person suggested the SAME thing. None of them mentioned that I had that idea way back.
I don’t know the whole story. And I’m not interested. I don’t want to hear it. And I’m no longer excited. So much for my creativity.
There I said it. Finally, I can breathe.