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Just recently I overheard someone compare me to a TV series villainess.

I don’t watch the series but I have an idea who the antagonist is, I’m not sure though of how this villainess is perceived – a bitch or an evil?

The conversation was nothing but an exchange of whispers but it was so deafening it made me cringe from where I was seated.

I don’t need to look behind me to see who made the comparison but if it was a stranger or just an acquaintance this wouldn’t end up as my blog entry.

To hear someone whom I thought knows me better than that so casually compare me to a villain is unfair.

But after a short-lived “I-was-hurt” drama I’m glad I was able to see good things come out of this somewhat unpleasant encounter.

In the absence of malice, the listener in the conversation I overheard later on confirmed what I thought I heard and says that he thinks otherwise. He says that I am more comparable to the heroine. He may be pulling my sleeves or maybe his comparison was more on the physical side but I’d rather not entertain the idea. I don’t want to waste time overthinking how other people perceive me.

After a considerable moment spent on reflection I have decided against talking to the person. I realized that she is just the kind of catalyst I needed to assess my relationship with others and to correct the way I perceive and treat others.

I am no saint and I myself am guilty of passing judgments even to my friends so I guess I deserved this. Sabi nga ni Celine Dion in one of her song: “it’s all coming back to me now” - sa tagalog, karma!