FRIDAY
Dear IDT diary. Today was a great day. Guess what. I'm in the summer capital of the Philippines now. I'm on my way to down town Baguio but before enjoying the night, I must do my homework first. Well, though the day is not yet over, I want to share you what I've lied about. I lied about knowing the direction to where I and my companion were supposed to stay. I did this so my companion would not be doubtful on the way we're taking. He really believed me thou. I felt fine and acted normally while saying those words because I was really expecting my uncle to fetch us from where we were and bring us to his place, but sadly, he did not. Luckily I managed to bring both of us to where we were bound, thanks to manong tindero and manang tindera's directions. I learned in IDT that I was being "truth bias" which means, I was expected to tell my respondent the truth.
SATURDAY
Hi there IDT diary. Today I lied about not bringing my classmates to my Uncle’s Restaurant. I did this so my uncle would close early and have his swollen foot rested. My uncle went to his way home as I dropped my call, not knowing I and my classmates were on our way to his restaurant. Good his eldest son was there to receive us. Lying to someone older than me was a major sin, but I thought that I was doing it for the sake of someone else while speaking to him. I spoke normally thou I felt uneasy while enunciating my lies to him. As I fatherly discus about my lies today, I have learned that I was also being “truth bias” when my uncle believed on what I have said to him.
SUNDAY
Good evening IDT diary. I’m home at last. Well, back to work. I lied about going to a Sunday mass back there in Baguio. I told my mom that I would attend one but apparently didn’t get the chance to. I actually told her that I did so she won’t be asking me again and again. I was in the phone that time so even if I felt bad, she would not suspect that I lied to her. Fortunately I got to make her believe me thou I was roaming around the corridor of the campus while speaking. IDT says in this situation that I am doing “CONCEALMENT” because I have not told my mother about this yet. “Concealment” means hiding or having a secret about something.
MONDAY
Today, I lied about buying stuffs from where I have been to for my friend. I did this to stop her from asking me what have I got her. She got me irritated that time so I told her that I would get what I had for her and be back in a few minutes, but I never did. The next time I saw her, she told me that she was waiting for me for an hour at their house but no one showed up. IDT says that it was “truth bias” again that I was practicing that time.
TUESDAY
In this last day for the IDT diary, I lied about having an easy time while discussing what I have learned at the seminar we attended last Saturday to Sunday. I did tell the next sharers these words so they would not feel bad or uneasy while giving their points of view to the people they would be dealing with. I felt fine while talking to them and behaved as if I was jolly and did enjoy my discussion very much, where in fact, I was still shaking. I suppose those people whom I spoke to believed me and done well in their sharing. IDT for the last time says that I was “truth bias” which tells us that everyone whom I spoke to were expecting me to say the truth, only the truth, and nothing but the truth.
“GODBLESS US”
CARL DONOVAN P. LANSANG
