Angels in our midst

It’s so amazing that despite all the chaos of this world, there are still people who become your instant angels in situations where you thought everything is hopeless and you’re already on the verge of giving up or starting a fight with other people just to put some sense on their currently senseless state of mind.

Thank you my dear angels (Ardee and She). Continue being one.

@ Home Day 1

I arrived home from Manila at 12 PM. Unfortunately, I was not able to catch the 4 AM Victory Liner trip so I had no choice but to take the 5:20 AM trip instead.

After a few hours of sleep, I went out to have dinner with friends. Actually, only 2 (Apryl and Randy) in the group are my friends. The rest are Apryl’s friends hehehe. But some of them are familiar because we all went to the same school in college. Some of them were even my classmates in some of the subjects. We met up coz Apryl arrived from Singapore. It was a timing that we’re both at home this weekend so I was able to join them. I’m glad I did. I don’t remember the last time I saw Randy. 2006 pa yata. He got married last December at UP Diliman but I was not able to attend. Where was I? Office. Amp.

We were done at around 9:30 PM. I was surprised that though it was already late (in terms of Baguio standards), there were still a lot of people milling around. We had to wait for a while before some of us were able to ride a cab. As for me, I had to wait for the one cab that was willing to bring me home to our remote home wahahaha. Transportation has always been a problem when going home. Good thing though that now, some taxi drivers are willing to travel as far as our place at this time. Kung hindi, ay good luck na lang sa akin. Either, magpapa-ampon ako sa iba para makalabas sa gabi or hwag nang lumabas at all hehehe.

It’s not so cold in town anymore though but the temperature is still favorable than that of Manila. But it’s a different story at home. Bundok eh so mas malamig. Sarap matulog hehehe. But not yet. I still have to read the manual of Gelo’s camera hehehe. So I’m out of cyberspace for the meantime.

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Dumaan ang Sabado nang hindi ko namamalayan. Ang natatandaan ko lang sa araw na ‘to, nasa office pa ako pagpatak ng Saturday, 12 MN, nakauwi na ako sa apartment around 3 AM, naghanda para sa byahe pauwi ng Baguio, nasa byahe na by 5:30 AM, nakauwi ng 12 noon, naidlip, lumabas para makipagkita sa mga kaibigan, nakauwi ng bahay isang oras bago matapos ang araw ng Sabado. Ngayon, Linggo na. Ayos sa bilis. Sana mamaya, mas mabagal ang oras. J

Missing home sweet home

I truly terribly miss home.

I miss Mama and Daddy.

I miss my siblings.

I miss my nieces and nephews.

I miss the comforts of our shabby, humble abode.

I miss the hard work in the garden. It’s physically tiring but at least, it’s not mentally challenging and emotionally draining.

I miss the cool breeze of the mountain air.

I miss the smell of the pine trees.

I miss the chirping birds. It’s already summer. Maybe they are already all over the trees back home.

I miss sayote. It doesn’t matter if I have to eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

I miss the long and winding road from our home to the jeepney waiting area. Way back in College, it was while walking here that I contemplate on things and life in general.

I miss being in the river and just sitting on the rock, listening to the water flow or catching the tadpoles. Are there still tadpoles now?

I miss the wild sunflowers! I wonder if they are already in bloom.

I miss the simple, uncomplicated way of life.

Right at this moment, I wish I’m home with Mama and Daddy. Sniff.

It sucks because I’m going home this weekend but the nearer it gets, my missing home becomes more terrible. Hay.