nostalgic flickers

           

            It’s raining now and it reminds me so much of my younger days back in Bukidnon where life revolves around our small community. Happiness comes in the most simple day to day surprises wrap in simple packages. I miss hearing the rhythm of the falling rain; miss how my toes get wet from my soaking socks due to the small hole on my school shoes and how I complain to mama that I should buy a new pair of shoes.

     

               I miss the smell of my old crayons and the kind of familiarity every time I get to flip the old pages of my books. On some days when there’s not much to do, my friend and I would bring a mat and sat under the tree and read books and munch on potato chips. I miss the sounds of the croaking frogs, the crickets and I miss gazing at the moon and stars up above the skies, of the countless peaceful twilights and night falls spent dreaming of the outside world, wishing to be part of the busy city life.

        I look back and picture my old self… I love my simple, laid-back life before and whenever I feel the daily stressors in life sucking out the life in me, I just have to close my eyes and dream about…

           the falling rain, moon and stars, 

                               scent of old  treasured memories, of night falls and twilights.. 

                                                                                                         and of how life used to be. 

relaxing saturday :)

It’s almost the end of the school year. Days went by so fast that sometimes I think I have to sprint so that I could catch up with the daily demands of life and the beating of deadlines. As I woke up this morning, I did not feel to rush out my day. A typical Saturday for me is usually spent at school attending classes and doing researches at the library. This second half though only requires us to have in-depth interviews so mostly I am out on the field doing that.

 Today, I don't feel like doing anything. I was being sluggish and I just want to take my time doing the things I love. I woke up quite late, ate my breakfast then crawled back to bed thinking and dreaming of happy thoughts. Then, I decided to clean up to make my room spic and span. I turned on my lappy and read the news, checked my mails & social networking accounts and browsed through some informative articles. I was lazy to cook for lunch so I had the oatmeal pre-heated then spent the rest of the time going through some articles and some cool blogs to read.

 After lunch, I had my siesta and woke up to text Bee if the afternoon game @ Xavier Estates will push through. When he said yes, I jumped out of bed and had a quick shower. I sported on my brown Plains and Prints jumpsuit and matched it with my red suede Melissa flats then I’m off to meet Bee in Divi since we were running late for the game.

 Anyhoo, Bee’s team won the game. Yey ! After the game, Bee and I went to Kuya Chito’s birthday dinner. Bee’s family was there except for his Mom. Ate Robie and I got the chance to talk regarding her pregnancy, love life and everything else in between. To cap off the day, Bee and I went to La Cabana for a relaxing foot massage. Indeed, it was a cool, great and relaxing day.