I don't know nga why she was being overly sensitive about it.

My point was simple, I told her, Rox, your father's sick. I commiserate. He's dying. elieve me, I feel bad, I'm crying inside. !ou're asking for an advance so you can pay hospital bills. "e all get that. #ero si $oning the delivery guy last week %ust asked me for an advance kasi nasira motorsiklo niya. &nd the company needs $oning and his motorcycle to deliver stuff. If I knew I would need to demand an advance from the main office for Rox's dying father, I wouldn't have given $oning an advance. ut such is life, you'd think a broken motorcycle's be'all and end'all then you reali(e shucks, an old man's had a stroke and he's dying. )o I told Rox, maybe she can rethink re*uesting for an advance, and spare everyone the hassle. "hy. If the advance comes, she'll use it to pay the hospital. "hat for+ $o prolong her father's life ' who, for all intents and purposes, is a vegetable. &nd I'm sorry about that, believe me. I'm crying a river. ut see, it's like asking $risha here to have sex with you. !ou know she's gonna say no but you try to smooth'talk her into it, but you know in your deepest, most honest evaluation of your self'esteem, that you're %ust not good for her. )he'll say no. )o why prolong it+ "hy not skip the humiliation, and %ust go straight home and %ack'off about her. ' I'm not saying it's right to %ack'off on colleagues ' that's not my point. My point is ' why. "hy do we moan about death anyway. I think it's because we think life's such a big deal and to lose it sucks like hell. ut really, life's like a dog. I mean when it's a puppy , he often does take his shits but playing with it makes up for it. like when you win something, or when you get a raise, or when $risha %ust gets so drunk she says yes to sleeping with you. ut eventually you stop being able to compete, to work, . $hat's the point of the dog's life where he does nothing but shit and you hang onto it for sentimental value. &nd trust me Rox's dad has %ust been cleaning shit for at least ten years now. )o maybe it's best the dog be put down already. $he company'll have a hard time giving Rox an advance, and it'll be a big hassle. ,specially when you reali(e, it's gonna be spent to prolong something sucky ' bearable ' but sucky. (Pause) If Rox asked for an advance to celebrate her dad's coming death '' $hat I might actually consider more.