Before Sibol...

Hindi na ako nakapag-blog simula nung birthday ko hanggang matapos ang classes… Wala namang ‘spectacular’ feeling nung birthday ko. [Although masaya kasi umaapaw ang pagkain kahit di ako nanlibre, salamat sa LRI (alam ‘to ng blockmates ko hehe), isang local pharmaceutical company kung san namin pinalipas ang araw para sa Management class.] In my email to my aunt, I told her turning a year older didn’t feel any different as usual. But I knew the reality of it would sink in as I go on… And sink in it did. A week later, my youngest brother Jeremy texted me.

Jeremy: ate are u free on wednesday?
Me: yes…why?
Jeremy: pde ka b maging chaperone namin sa EK free ang ticket mo dinner money lang prob mo ticket mo is courtesy namin
Me: ok cge. Ilan ba kayo? Ako lang ba ang adult? (huwaw, I used the word on myself…looks like I have to start getting used to this, hahaha.)
Jeremy: may dalawa pang Ate pero 16 years young lng sila, ikaw ang pinakamatanda sa amin (or something like that)

So yun, sumama ako sa aking kapatid at walo nyang mga kaklase + yung dalawang ate… and at the last minute nagdecide ang isang dad na sumama na rin (Buti na lng. Kung hindi, di ako nakasakay ng Space Shuttle twice. ^__^). Nakapag-rides naman ako, pero syempre hindi ko nasulit dahil naging tagabantay ako ng mga gamit nila (nagsimula yun sa Jungle Log Jam). And it made me wish I had friends with me too. Or at least a book to read while waiting (imagine?). Sige lang, araw naman nila yun eh. =) Magkaka-hiwa-hiwalay na rin sila dahil entering high school na sila. Akalain mo yun, high school na ang bunso kong kapatid?!

I haven’t even begun to tell of how came to I realize that nearly all my friends my age were either recently graduated or already employed. As the cliché goes, how time flies. This is change subtly unfolding before my eyes. Soon my own tide(s) of change will come. And when they do, I pray He’ll enable me to ride them prepared and with my heart trusting Him still.ü