Back to Reality

I suddenly had a week long hiatus because unfortunately, I was hospitalized for 3 and a half days :(

Aside from it being a mandatory diet, it was actually an eye opener.

I was moved to a semi-private room because there were a loootttt of patients in line waiting for the private one. It's probably a month of sickness because of the changing weather and other factors. Inside the room, I was with another woman who's of my sister's age. She was rushed to the hospital by his father on a motorcycle because of a severe stomachache. On the second day, she was visited by her stepmother and stepsister who's about 10 years old. Being a little girl exploring the big world, she was constantly observant and opinionated.

"Ate, ang lamig naman dito. Sana ganito sa bahay." (It's so cold here. I wish our house is the same)

It earned a little chuckle from her sister and her parents.

"Nabubulok, di nabubulok. Ang daming basurahan. Ang arte naman pala dito ate." (Biodegradable, non-biodegradable. There are so many trash cans. It's so fussy here.)

She obviously does not know why trash should be segregated at hospitals. But what really struck me when she was asked by her mother to flush the toilet after use. She went out of the comfort room without doing it and called her father to do it for her while she watched.

"Eh wala naman kasi tayong ganun sa bahay." (We don't have that in our house.)

It reminded me how some people live life simply and still get by day by day with a smile. It reminded me that I should be thankful for everything that I have right now and be contented. As humans, we are always wanting more than what we have. I don't blame humanity because that's how it is. We want a good life for ourselves, or our children and for our children's children. But sometimes we forget that we are provided for, we are blessed, that we have  enough, that we should be thankful.

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Time Flies Whether You're Having Fun or Not

Saturday was fun and nostalgic.

It was my first class in Mandarin Chinese provided by the Confucius Institute inside Ateneo in Katipunan. I studied high school in St. Bridget so it's really good to be around the area again. Being a Makati or Ortigas girl surely keeps you from the other side of your other world.

Walking around the campus and looking for the building or room was surely a familiar experience. Many students want to graduate as soon as possible, I was one of those way back college. To me, studying is much better after all, the only worry you need to think of is passing exams and project deadlines, dormitory curfew, peer pressure or if you still have enough money to last you for the week. Everything is provided for you unlike when you graduate, take a job and apply what you learned. Time comes you need to worry about  your career path, whether your salary is giving you enough, performance reviews, office politics, paying the bills and other "mature" stuff.

Maybe that's the reason why Avril Lavigne's Here's to Never Growing Up song was made.

But put all your worries aside, having to stand up on your own is freedom. One of the things I really enjoyed when I got a job was being able to buy the things that I "need" and I "want." Aside from that, you get to decide what you want to do, where you wanna go, what you want to happen. Of course not everything is in your control, but the freedom to choose and think for your own, I think that's the needed control that you want.

And deciding for a lot of things has consequences, good or bad. We all make bad decisions, we sometimes tell ourselves "I should've done this, should've done that." But the moment has passed and the only way to go is move forward.

So yeah, Saturday was fun and nostalgic. And it reminded me of reality.

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