adtong ni-aging adlaw, gi retweet sa akong amiga si john mayer (usa ka tawo na maldito, KSP ug yaya ug tingog, pero inFAIRNEZZ maayo pud magsulat ang gagu). heniway. matud pa niya,
“There’s always a moment on a trip when you decide you want to go home. Fight it. Beyond that moment lies the best parts.”
Ni tubag pud ko:
“Right. There’s also that moment before an anticipated homecoming when you realize that perhaps staying isn’t too bad of an idea. “
Chinorvah lang, mga sistrelz. Kaulion na man gyud ko– bisag unsaon, balay nako ang pilipinas, noh. ug kwarto nako ang cdo, sala nako ang manila, kusina nako ang…. okay, wala pud ko nakasabot sa akong metaphor. asa na gani ko? ay, o. nostalgia trip napud ni karon. (o na lagi, WALAY KURAT. ) ingnan ta mo sa tinuod: murag 1960s home movie akong panan-aw sa kalibutan karon. kahinumdum mo sa intro sa wonderyears? murag ing-ana, bai. pramis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CZRudxD-NQ&feature=PlayList&p=6F14703FB4E63DCD&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=29
maybe this is why i’ve (un?) consciously taken pictures that are slightly misty and indistinct and yellow, and a particular senti track starts spinning in my head when i look at each of them. take, for instance, the following –
a child and a bench:
(cue apo hiking society: “batang bata ka pa…”)
friends on an amusement park ride:
(cue madonna: “this used to be my playground…”)
the house across the block :
(cue diana ross: “when i think of home i think of a place where theres love overflowing…”)
a rainy sidewalk:
(cue donna cruz: “rain gently falls whenever we say good night…”)
a group of navyboys running:
(cue hagibis: “legs legs legs mo ay nakakasilaw”)
and the list goes on.
while i admit that this sentimentality is of my own doing, i should point out, though, that it certainly doesn’t help when you have people like:
a. ate zeyah — who, by the way, asks the same question several times within the day — mamimis mo ba ang/si ____________ (fill in the blank of the most random thing possible: like robert pham, the guy in charge of the CCT lab. or wisemiller’s, the grocery/deli next to our building. or my special whole wheat breaded mickey mouse shaped chicken nuggets.)
btw, chazz, yes. i will miss all of those things. you, too, in particular. (xoxo, your BBF– best boy friend.)
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