Comments on: Ex-Masseur Nel Shares His Story

By: charlie

charlie — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:39:17 +0000

Growing old is mandatory but growing up is completely optional. Life is the predicament of existence and what happens in between our youth and the end of the road is what really matters. I’m moved by his story and made me crave to have someone I could call mine.

By: -crave-

-crave- — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:02:53 +0000

tnx sa story kuya nel..nag isip tuloy ako ngaun kung tuloy ko pa toh..trainee pa lang naman ako..baka pde pa ko mag back out…meron pala gantong blogsite,,na click ko lang sa google search ng search results ng mga massuers gaya natin..

By: mickeyscloset

mickeyscloset — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:07:15 +0000

so touching. i love it.
btw, idol kita kasi CPA ka. sana ako rin maging CPA someday. hehe

Visit my blog: http://mickeyscloset.blogspot.com/
anjan ang adventures ko in life. ahaha xD

more power and more love! =P

By: FilipinoTopMale

FilipinoTopMale — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:54:40 +0000

great story… great person… great life. thank you for sharing your life.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:42:56 +0000

most people dread or fear the thought of growing old. yeah, sure, some welcomes the idea and even embraces it. but admit it or not, most do not. and the mga nakaakibat na katotohan ng pagtanda ng isang tao.

alam na natin yun: humihina na ating katawan, madaling magkasakit, bumabagsak ang ating mga mukha at para sa ilan, ramdam na ramdam na atin ang katotohanan ng kalungkutan.

to be honest, nel’s story can be anyone’s story. in the end, i feel that what nel wanted to actually tell us is that the pangs of loneliness in his growing old and alone is just as real as the hedonism of his being a former masahista of his youth.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:14:47 +0000

i hope to see you when i get to the States next year. it’s just a matter of perspective on what one wants to do with his life. yours is a great story to share. with all the colorful bravado attached to it.

By: Rome

Rome — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:22:10 +0000

Good to know that another masahista made it through. Ang buhay nga naman hindi mo masasabi ang kahahantungan. Congrats!

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:21:32 +0000

Nel, I see that you have survived. I salute you and wish you well.

By: lionking

lionking — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:33:24 +0000

Hi Nel,
Just read this letter of yours.
I’d refrain from making any comments now lest you’d get provoked again -just kidding, ok?
Also hoping you were able to read my post dated Nov 16 on that other blog thread.
It just occured to me as I was reading the reactions here that those three blogs you mentioned above were in fact mine(the earlier ones).
I’ve only been a visitor to this blog only relatively recently and only by accident and I did find some of the commentaries really interesting as I don’t get to read stuff like this, as in never.
Talk about arousing one’s curiosity.
But raining on one’s parade was the last thing on my mind when I forwarded those posts.
Now, I realise how they could be interpreted subjectively.
Though, again, that wasn’t my intention.
And I do hope that you’ve taken it in your heart to make peace with those rather callous remarks from someone who should have taken into account other’s deeply-held feelings in view of these matters.

By: Quentin X

Quentin X — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:14:26 +0000

I actually do have respect for the people in the spa industry. Most of all I do admire the people who work there because that is what they like to do: to give relief to the weary. It is unfortunate that society have too many self-righteous members who look down on such a trade.