Pilósopo Si Daddy

Hey everyone and welcome to the Sherwin M podcast. This is episode 2, Pilosopo si Dadi and I’m your host Sherwin. Hope you guys enjoyed episode 1, Taupo. If not, go ahead and check it out if you haven’t. Anyway, we’re on episode 2 now and wow, still a little nervous but let’s get to it. So did anyone out there try the Taupo thing? Like when you knock on someone’s

door and say Taupo? Just curious. Anyway, forgot to mention from episode 1, a shout out to my good friend Gerald Grant for hooking me up. He hooked me up with the intro and outro music. I asked him for some music that I could put in a podcast and he gave me a couple and I chose those two. So it’s in the show notes

from episode 1. But yeah, those are the two that I picked out and enjoyed. So what else is there? Oh, so over the President’s Day weekend, I submitted a request to iTunes and Google Play to submit this podcast. And after a few days, actually yesterday, was that like three days afterwards, they emailed me and said, hey, we got your request and we’re processing it. So check us out in a few hours and you’ll see your podcast listed. So I did and it’s

there. I’m so excited. So you could check out this podcast listed on iTunes, the podcast app on iOS and Google Play on your Android devices. You could see that I also created a Facebook page, Sherwin M Podcast. And there is also a website, podcast.sherwinm.com. And of course, my blog,

is sherwinm.com or blog.sherwinm.com. So anyway, the other stuff that I’ve been looking into is how am I going to record co-hosts or guests that are remote, that are not local, like they’re not here where I’m recording at. And after a few Googling, I found this app for the Mac called

Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba. So you could download a trial and it looks like the limitation, it’s the full version, but it’s limited to 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, according to the documents, it starts to degrade the audio. So I’m going to try that out and see if that will work out. Hopefully it does so that the guest or co-host don’t have to do much except connect to me and I’ll be recording it on my end.

So I’m looking forward to trying that out. So that’s about it on the introduction stuff and stuff that’s been happening. But now we’re going to talk about the meat of the show, I guess, the main topic. So episode two is Pilosopo Si Dadi. And I got this idea for this topic because of the things that my kids teach me and the things that I notice, like their behavior. It’s pretty funny. And also that what I noticed is the stuff that I

learn from my kids. So as a dad, one of your jobs is to pretty much teach your kids things, right? Like you’re supposed to raise them and teach them things. But at the same time, you also learn from them. And it’s a, you know, pretty cool experience. It’s not always cool, but it’s a pretty cool experience.

It’s cool. But yeah, so yeah, so Pilosopo Si Dadi. So Pilosopo is a Tagalog word. And I kind of know what this means. So but I looked it up anyway. And like, I guess the direct translation is philosopher,

which really doesn’t, I guess it doesn’t make sense. I don’t know. Anyway, I guess that the term Pilosopo in English, you could say is a smartass. Yeah, that’s, that’s pretty much it. And the title is Pilosopo Si Dadi means daddy is a smartass, meaning me. From what I remember, what I could

recall, I was a smartass kid, pretty much. From my aunts and uncles telling me and from my dad telling me things. Growing up, I was a smartass. So what do you mean by a smartass? So I guess the remarks and response that I would give would be just smartass responses. And so that’s what I’m experiencing from my oldest

son. So I have two kids, and they’re both boys. And another Tagalog word that I can share with you guys, two Tagalog words, is panganay. So panganay means firstborn, or oldest, right. And then bunso is the last born or the youngest.

There’s no gender relation or whatever. For those words, it’s just it, you could say it for both boy or girl. Yeah, so panganay is firstborn, bunso is last born. So I’ve been noticing certain mannerism from my panganay. And that’s what I’m going to be sharing with you guys today. And one

of them is, he is pilosopo. He’s a smartass. So what do I mean by smartass? Like, what does he do? So here’s some examples. So whenever we tell him to go brush his teeth, he’ll just like ignore us

and won’t listen. And of course, you know, like you gotta keep, keep repeating it. You gotta tell him like, hurry up, you know, come on, go brush your teeth. It’s time to go brush your teeth. Hurry up. So when he finally acknowledges

it, he’ll over exaggerate and just say something like, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up. And then he’ll get up from the couch and start running to the restroom. And, you know, and he’ll just pretty much, you know, over exaggerate with his response. So I’m hurrying, I’m hurrying, I’m gonna run right now. And I’m gonna go brush my teeth and blah, blah, blah, blah. So,

so that’s like, that’s being philosophical, right? And so another, another thing he does is if you tell him to go take a nap, right? Hey, go take a nap, you know, then his response will be fine. I’ll take a nap, wake me up tomorrow, you know? So that’s, that’s what he does. It, it,

it really is a bit irritating, but when I think about it, like I could, I could recall me being like that, you know? And so that’s, that’s what he does. And so that’s, that’s what he does. And so you know, so I guess that’s, that’s karma for you. Um, I remember growing up, like my dad would always say stuff like that, like watch when you grow up, all your behaviors are gonna, uh, transfer to your kids and they’re gonna do the same thing. And I’m like, oh man, it’s happening. So, and then

there’s like this other example where I tell him to go eat his vegetables, right? So then his response would be, all right, well, give me all the veggies so I can eat it all. So, so, you know, those, those things, um, and it’s, it’s, it’s crazy. It’s just, it’s funny, but frustrating at the same time. So, so that’s one, one example of, um, some of the mannerism he, I guess, inherited. I don’t, I don’t know. It’s, it’s crazy. So another, another example is, um,

what I used to do is I, I fiddle around with, um, corners of pillows. Um, you know, your, your pillows are like normally square and they have these corners. And for whatever reason, when I was younger, I would, um, fiddle around with it, especially the like pillowcase, right? I’ll fiddle around with it to a point where, um, there would be holes. Like I would just use my fingers and just, you know, uh, fiddle around to a point where I start having holes in, in the corners of pillowcases. Um, I don’t, I don’t know why I do that, but I was,

I actually was told why I did that, but I don’t know if like my aunt was joking around with that reason, but, uh, I’ll probably share that another, another time, but, um, it’s funny, but I don’t know if it’s like uncomfortable, if it is true of why I do that. But anyway, yeah, so that I used to do that, um, when I was, uh, a kid. And so when my panganay was younger, like around two or three, I think, um, my wife and I, Abby, uh, would notice this and he’ll, he’ll do it when he’s like either half asleep or, um, just lying down in bed and he would just do it. He, he would just go to a corner of a pillowcase or whatever. Um, and just fiddle around with it. And I would tell Abby, I’m like, you see that? And he’s like,

yeah, I don’t know why he’s doing it. Well, I know why, because I used to do that. I, and I don’t know, like, it was just one of those weird moments for me. I don’t know. It’s like, how does he know, um, like how to do that or why he does that? It’s just, he just does it. Um, I never really asked

him why, but, uh, this is odd to me or not odd, but just interesting, um, that he just automatically does it. Like he doesn’t know about me doing that as a kid or when I was younger. Um, but yet he does it on his own. I don’t do it anymore. So he, he didn’t see it. He didn’t see me do it. So, so I

don’t know. Um, is it like, uh, hereditary or mannerisms hereditary? So, um, I don’t know. I don’t know. So those are two examples from, um, me growing up that my son does. Now I have an

example, um, that he does that Abby does, my wife. So I had to ask what, what it was called in Tagalog. So here’s another Tagalog word. It’s called, um, sulimpat, S-U-L-I-M-P-A-T. So I looked it up and I guess the, the translation or the definition of it is squint eye. And so he doesn’t

really squint, but what happens is let’s say he’s watching TV. He would turn his head like sideways, not, not directly at the TV, but he would turn, he would turn his head a little off to the side, not all the way. Um, but he would just turn his head, uh, either left or right. I think I noticed him more towards the left mostly, but he’ll turn his head and then his eye will turn and look to the right to compensate because he’s directly in front of the TV. Um, but yet he would turn his head to the left and then turn his eyes to the right a little bit, just so that he could look straight into the TV.

I, I never quite understood that. And Abby noticed it and she was like, yeah, I used to do that when I was a kid. And that was called sulimpat, sulimpat. So, um, yeah, he, he, he does these things like, I don’t know. Um, but yeah, that, that’s my, my oldest kid. He does things like that,

that we’ve picked up. Um, our, our youngest kid, we haven’t really noticed, um, any mannerisms, uh, in terms of what we used to do yet. Um, I guess the only, the only thing that we noticed is so, so Abby and I are both, um, panganais, um, in our siblings. We’re both panganais. We’re both the oldest. Um, I have one brother and I’m the oldest and she has

two brothers and they’re the youngest. Um, so what she used to tell me or what she told me before was when she was young, she would say, um, I’m not a panganai. I’m not a panganai. I’m not a panganai. She, she’s an instigator. And, um, she instigated, um, just stuff with, with her younger siblings

and she would, she would irritate them. She would mess with them. Um, so, and her two younger brothers, they’re, I think 11 months apart. So they’re like, um, really close. They’re close, uh, with age and everything. And I think she’s four years older. I don’t quite,

remember, but, um, and I’m six years older than my brother, but what she used to do is she would, uh, instigate situations to a point where, um, she would, she would like make them cry or just irritate them. Now, the weird thing is, and normally this is common for, um, the older siblings, um, at least from, from, you know, talking to friends and stuff. Um, usually the older, the older sibling would instigate and pick on, you know, their little, younger siblings. But, um, in my situation, in our situation with our two kids, the younger one is the one that instigates, um, and starts trouble. So, but the way he does it is similar to how Abby used to do it. So that’s so far, that’s what we’re picking up, um, on our youngest,

our Bunso. Um, the way he just irritates, uh, my oldest son. I don’t know. So I’m sure there’s going to be a lot more, um, that we’ll start noticing in terms of mannerism, but, um, I just thought it was pretty interesting. Yeah. So that’s all I wanted

to share in this episode. Um, you know, those who have kids, I mean, do you notice, uh, any mannerism from your kids that you used to do? I’m pretty interested in that. Um, are they just like you when you were younger or maybe? If you don’t remember, um, what you did when you were young, ask, you know, maybe ask your parents or ask other people like, Hey, what did I used to do when I was young? And then like,

see if your kids do that as well. But, um, I’m pretty sure they’re, they, they pick up something. Um, and it’s like hereditary cause they don’t know, like, you don’t, you don’t tell them that stuff. So, um, but yeah, go, go check that out. I’d like to know.

And then those who, who don’t have kids, you know, like what, what mannerism that you used to do that you hope when you do have kids, or if you do have kids, like you hope that they don’t start doing or pick up. Um, so yeah. So yeah, let me know. Let me know. I think it’s a pretty interesting thing, but that’s about it. Uh, on episode two,

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