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I talked to my student about stress. We started the conversation with the definition of the word then talked about our experiences associated with it—the usual cause and the relief. In my student’s case queuing for a long time as well as staring at the computer monitor for hours stresses her. But she said most of the time she is tolerant especially of wayward kids. In addition she practices “Reichi”. I am not really familiar with it though. All I know is what she told me—that it is a great stress-reliever, somehow like YOGA(?). We also talked about patience. I asked my student if she was patient and she answered “sometimes I am”. Well, I guess people, no matter how kind and understanding are, to some extent, impatient. As we were talking about stress, being patient and impatience, I felt so irritated NOT by my student but by the EXTREME car noises that I heard as we spoke.

I live near the highway so there’s no chance I could shut myself from the sound of cars passing by. Sometimes I find it unbearable I’d be piss of helplessness. Noises from a car that suddenly speeds-off... Does anybody else experience noise as bad as this? It’s just awfully annoying for me. Too bad I couldn’t yell “keep it down” or whatever. There’s no point since they are mobile, they’d be gone shortly even before I jump off the bed and produce a pestered sound. Plus, drivers of this kind are not of a mind to listen to my complaint.  Have you experienced it before? I mean have you heard of the irritating noise when the driver is purposely showing off making “harurot”? WTH!

I’d say on the average, 15 cars would unnecessarily speed-off and distress my not-so-deep slumber. It is bothersome and again effing annoying! I mean who does that at midnight? Who makes such car noises at 2 am?! Perhaps people who are fan of Tokyo Drift or Gran Turismo… But hey this ain’t Tokyo! This is ANGONO for goodness’ sake! Our town is so small! One can circle around using a mountain bike in a DAY! There are no fields or long, wide highways, the area is plainly residential…

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Besides car noises created by inconsiderate drivers, here are other things that drive me really nuts:

1. Spot (our spoiled dog) barking every time my mom or my grandmother eats something.
2. See number one. I mean, it annoys me a lot. Really. To know that dog is already full and yet barks so loudly as if he is deprived of food really really really annoys me. He barks incessantly as my mom/granma ingests their food. WTH!
3. Irresponsible/Insensitive PUV passengers (e.g. people who can’t keep their long hair and actually let them smack up against another passenger’s face; someone who can’t go near the driver to give his/her fare when the only passengers inside are the two of you and both of you sit at the farthest side opposite the driver and you happen to sit next to him/her; people who seat so near you, you can actually exchange faces with them)
4. Bitch old men and women. They think they have a bitch pass because of their age. I may not always have extra room to understand you know.
5. Rude customer service employees. Those who aren’t aware their job is to SERVE.
6. Filthy, foul-smelling maniacs and perverts. Who can tolerate them anyway?
7. Cashier who is sluggish and has the nerve to chitchat with the bagger amidst the long line of customers in a supermarket i.e. SM Save More.   
8. Sneaky taxi drivers. They make me exceed my temper limit.    
9. Spot. Spot. Spot. HE IS BARKING TOO LOUD AGAIN!
10. “Patok” Jeepneys with their music and speed at full blast, the conductor can barely hear the passenger’s voice and the passengers’ heartbeats stop the entire trip.
11. Unproductive bystander A.K.A. “tambay/sunog-baga”. Bystander who just smokes and drinks alcohol with his fellow tambays and would yell at his child “P.I” when asked for money to buy rice. COME ON HE HAS THE MONEY TO SPEND ON BOOZING AND NONE TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY’S BASIC NEED? Somebody should kick his ass.
12. STUPID NEIGHBORS i.e. Neighbors who yak at early morning hours, neighbors who sing at VIDEOKE at 3AM on a WEEKDAY! WTH?! Not to mention the singers are usually OUT OF TUNE and drunk!
13. See numbers 11 and 12... I need to breathe.
14. When Google or WORD crashes out of nowhere! WTH!
15. Liars. They annoy me. People who have the nerve to lie about something even when they are obviously red-handed. These include corrupt politicians of course. They disgust me so very much.
16. Lastly, NEGA-stars. They annoy me quite much. They’d flood the cyber world with their negativities too much too often, they give me a severe headache.

So there… I’ve mentioned the things that annoy me which likewise, stress me out. I just hope none of them would lead me to aggression…

How about you? What annoys you? And if you’re annoyed what do you do?