Stopping and smelling the Terra Nova
Walking outdoors in the first scorching heat filled afternoon in what seems to be a long cold weather season (Can't believe it's almost March!), I pass by the overgrown university soccer field and a smile starts to curl out of the corners of my mouth. The scent of the minty blades of grass and the unmistakable Manila bay breeze gave me a sense of what I shall be missing... a really great tropical summer heat wave! Am leaving Manila on Friday and it's these little brushes with nature that make me trully appreciate my home sweet home. Then just as the sentimental BS starts to cloud my mind I begin to smell the Terra Nova being used by the maintenance custodians to make the marble on the school corridors shine! Ha! What a way to kill a moment.
Waiting at the bus stop
The other day I was waiting for a bus to take me home to BF and boy was it a long wait. Nope there were a lot of busses trodding along Taft no doubt about it. Hecklers were shouting their lungs out to get my attention, and since rush hour was yet at least 45 minutes away I had no trouble finding a ride. But did I ride? Nope. Why? Because as I scanned the Tas Trans' and Er Johns and San Agustins, there were no more seats available in the first three rows up front, either to the right or left of the ride. Freaky... I was willing to wait around in the middle of Manila pollution for a stupid front row seat. And then it got me thinking... heck yeah! If I'm gonna be bumped around for the next hour or so (depends on traffic), then might as well ride it up front! Thats like my life in a way, sometimes you just need to wait around the corner for that one perfect bus seat and hey no matter what happens in the bus you have no regrets because you waited for the best!
Counting down the days
Tomorrow my mom is arriving from the States! Wow after 6 months I finally get to see her again, not to mention the fabulous videos and photos of my darling nephew she will be bringing home with her. Forget the Gap, the Bass and the Clinique stuff I want to hug my mother! Of course that'll mean I'll be booted off the kitchen but hey I'm not complaining I'm sure my dad and brother are hungry for her home cooked meals! I never thought I'd be this close to my mother considering my track record in high school and college. I'm glad that we are where we are right now even if the road to getting here was tough on my personal life. Asked to choose between her and
the reason I choose my mother anyday of the week and thrice on Sundays. Can't wait to see her!
Jumping off point
I guess you can call it a jumping off point, the bump in my road. I never thought I'd get this far in the first place. I never thought getting here would be such a heart ache, but then again I've only had three of those in my adult life. . . or do they count if it's all the doings of just one person? Let's say they do count, well lets hope that'll be the last of them. An old college friend Peachy reminded me the other day when we were having coffee about this one time I told her a prediction a fortune teller told me. Wow! She actually remembers that bit of trivia which I already forgot since the previous path I treaded did not seem at all directed that way. As we sat there telling each other our plans for the future I decided to give that old fortune teller a chance. Maybe what she predicted will come true now that, that bump in the road gave me a flat tire two years ago. Let's see shall we? We all know about bumps, but how about forks in the road... Thanks Peachy! And thanks Madamme whats her name for HOPE.
The normalcy of errands
Wednesday, a day specified as a non-working day for me! I hate the traffic going to school and back. If you're from the South you know what I mean. After waking up late like I always do I went grocery shopping with my father. We are certified Value Point addicts! Then I went on to get three pairs of shoes repaired in Mr. Kwiki and then went on to finish with credit card payments. As I was waiting my turn to be called (I was #41 today!) inside the bank I started fixing the brochures on display on the counter. Yes... I'm obsessive cumpulsive hahaha! And I realized how these bi-monthly errands I do constitute the very fabric of my existence! Without the errends there wouldn't be any thing holding my life or the lives of my immediate family for that matter. Ah... the normalcy of errands it grounds me everytime.
I'll miss the dinners
Am leaving soon and I'm doing a countdown with my close friends. I'm trying to schedule dinners, lunches and drinking sessions. I hope to get a chance to see them before I leave. Hayyy... I'll miss my friends!
