branches

July 27, 2011

Although I am an only child, I never felt alone growing up. I was raised with 2 boys and spent all my childhood years living with them. Although not in blood, they really are my brothers.

I guess I got my boyish behavior from them. I have what they have. (I even also had an undercut hairstyle, just like they did in elementary.) I play what they play; we’re always competitive against each other—even on Battle City, or on trading pins, or on trump cards, or on habulan. Being smaller than the two of them, I even get hand-me-down clothes from them. I liked their boyish clothes.

Just like ordinary siblings, we also fight. We also have kampihan and sumbungan. The two even punch each other with me in the middle (and hence I also get hit!). We even shoot each other with pellet guns! But fights don’t last long. We just forget it and play. Then, we’re happy again.

But it seems so long ago now. Kuyang married a few years ago already. He now has 4-year-old Keng, and he and his family live abroad. And now, the youngest of us three is getting married. He already proposed to his girlfriend of 10 years. As much as I should have known that they will soon settle down, it’s still news to me. I don’t know what to make of it. Of course, I wish them well, and I’m excited to have another pamangkin. And I honestly think the two are perfect for each other.

I guess I just feel a bit lonely now that those two boys have their own family now. I, on the other hand, have an uncertain future on marriage and family life. It’s just that our path has branched into three. And I guess I just miss the time when we used to be one hell of a team. Well, life takes us into so many places. Although I miss them, I am happy where life has taken them.

I hope our children will be as close as we once were. =)

fighting, speeding, and transforming

July 17, 2011

While everyone was falling in line for Harry Potter, I was lining up for Transformers. But because of the HP craze, the lines in cinemas yesterday were craaaazzzy! What used to be a 10-minute queue was now more than an hour. Thanks to that, I had no choice but to watch the last full show.

The movie was action packed. I bow to that. I’m glad I had watched it in a cinema; the experience wouldn’t be complete if I had watched it just at home. Sometimes I wonder if the director or the outfit was just showing off their skills in CG (is that what they used?), though I’m yet to see the robots do kung-fu. haha. However, as eks pointed out to me last week, I find the story part, and the usual Transformer movie humor, a bit, ahm, unequal with the fight scenes. But I’m fine with that. I watched to see robots fighting, and fancy cars speeding AND transforming. =)

At times though, probably because I’m already sleepy by the time the movie started, I feel like I missed a scene. Probably because the scenes were so fast (or I’m too slow). I couldn’t figure which are the good and which are the bad guys, err, robots. Looks like a clutter to me at times (much like my documents in bad need of document management software). If it’s in 3D, I might have gotten a headache. haha. Nevertheless, it’s a good movie experience.

Harry Potter, see you in 3 weeks! =)

weekend pugon

The MMDA’s campaign against smoking in public seems working a bit. I’m guilty for prejudging that it wouldn’t work at all. There are still a few students in nursing uniforms hiding near a smelly creek to smoke. The urge must have been that overwhelming to welcome that water’s stink. haha. Still, the number of smokers in our school’s area has largely diminished. There are still cigarette vendors, but they’re now hiding their merchandise. Reminds me when I use to buy methamphetamine. Joke!!!

Kudos to Mayor Lim for effectively scaring people of imprisonment or a 500-peso fine. I haven’t seen an MMDA or a police officer confront a smoker yet, though their presence is a warning already. They just have to sit outside the police outpost near the school.

There’s one thing though: the anti-smoking campaign works on weekdays only. On weekends, the university belt again is one big pugon. haha.

missing baby bro

July 13, 2011

Casper had been staying with me here in my apartment for several months now. That’s one of the reasons why I like living in this place—because Casper can stay here with me. All the other places I lived in here in Manila ban dogs in the units. Hmp. This time, I thought, I’d spend time with him and stroke his furs on his tummy as often as I can (he loves that!).

This week though, I am alone in the apartment. Casper stayed in the province. I don’t think buses would allow him to board. And I don’t want to leave him alone in the house for long hours when I’m in school. I just want to stay I miss him.

I miss the fact that everytime I come home, Casper always welcomes me back. He wags his tail in excitement, even if I was gone for just an hour. He looks funny when he runs around the house, especially now that he’s getting fatter (vets say he needs a diet–safe diet pills perhaps?). I miss it when he always sat or lie near me. If i am to look for him, I just have to look on my right or left. He’s always so close. I miss it whenever I am about to go to sleep, he would jump in the bed and lay beside me, rubbing his furs with my skin. Then after a few minutes, he’d go down and he’ll sleep just fingers away from my bed.

I miss everything about him, all his peculiar characteristics and his attachment to me. Well, we love each other awfully lot (see Casper & Me—yeah, inspired by the movie). And the house is awfully silent without him.