merry christmas.

Merry Christmas.

I guess I dont really sound like Im having a merry one and thats because this is my first Christmas away from home. Life's a bitch. I missed all the family reunions that we always have this time of the year, the holiday shopping, the preparation and celebration of Noche Buena and of course the opening of gifts every Christmas morning. But still, my Christmas wasnt so bad at all.


Hope everyone else had a meaningful Christmas.

Of goodbyes and.. jungles?

October 12,2006. 550pm. Cebu Pacific flight 566 from Davao bound for Manila. Our flight was delayed but I had no reaction, not even annoyance. I feel numb all over. I've been crying for hours now. It was supposed to be an exciting day since I'd be embarking on a new adventure yet it felt like I just lost everything. I left the house and got on a cab with Doydoy crying and calling out to his tita and mama on the verge of tears. I was supposed to be ready for it. I was supposed to handle it like an independent mature person. Hah! Wishful thinking. No matter how much I have prepared myself, telling myself that Manila is just one hour and forty five minutes plane ride away, I still bawl like a baby everytime I leave Davao. I really hate goodbyes even just temporary ones.

I'm going to really miss home and I'm already counting the days until I can go back. But until that time comes, I'd have to survive first the jungle that is Manila. Gaaaah! The pollution and the dirt. I wonder how I'd make it. There is no place like home, indeed. Maayo pa ug nipuyo na lang ko sa amo balay :(