I have nothing against people who like to make their text messages shorter by omitting a few letters. But as long as it makes sense, I’m fine with it. But over the years ever since text messaging has been the fad here in the Philippines, I have added to my long list of pet peeves the people who send text messages that needs decoding. How are they able to do that? They send texts with words that are intentionally spelled in such a way that makes the receiver feel as if they’re trying to decode heiroglyphics. Texts as simple are “Wher r u?” can turn into mind boggling messages such as “whhEr U n phOe” or what have you. Geez. Isn’t technology supposed to make our lives easier? Go figure.