The History of Punggek

Many has asked me this question "What is Punggek?" and to be honest, I never gave it a lot of thought.
But i remember my mother told me few years earlier that when I was small, I used to say the word a lot with my sister but the meaning it represent was not a good one. In the olden days, it was a taboo for kids to say bad words and we were brought up in a world where no bad word existed except the word "bad". We weren't even introduced to the word "beat" although we always got a good beating from our parents almost everday. So my mother told me that me and my sister created the word Punggek to fill the 'void' in our already limited volcabularly.

"I punggek you afterward!" is one of the example that would come out from our mean mouths. So the original meaning of Punggek is "beat". However, concerned with our creativity, my mother introduced us the the word "beat" and the word faded as suddenly as we invented it when.
But when i received a 'revelation' during SALT 1 in Brothers Bungalow to rejuvenate the word. Like in Genesis, when God breathed into Adams nostrils the breath of life, the word Punggek started to wake up in a totally different environment. Full of love, the word took another meaning in its second life.

Compassion.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

30 Days Letter Challenge - Day 2


Dear Crush,

Sorry I din wrote to you yesterday...













I love you... always was and always will be...

I love the way you smile...

I love the way you talk to me...

I love the way you hold my hands tight...

I love the way you lean on me...

I love the way you tease me...

I love the way you poke me...

I love watching movies with you...

I love sitting with you saying nothing at all...

I love looking at you...

I love just sitting in the car driving to no where just talking to you...




And...

I hate it when I have to leave you...

I hate it when I cant help you...

I hate it when you fall, I'm not there for you...

I hate it when you don't reply my messages...

I hate it when you ignore me...

I hate it when you forget about our plans...

I hate it when we say goodbye...

I FREAKING HATE SO MUCH THING ABOUT YOU!

But...

Despite all that,

I will always say a prayer for you every night.

I will always love you after every hurt you cause me.

I will always be there any time you need me.

I will always be yours.




Dearest crush,

I hope one day, in this life or another, we will grow old in each other's arms...

Sincerely,
Your Soulmate

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