post xmas and new year what-nots.
Up to now, my friendster shout out still reads, ?Where are you Christmas??.
Christmas, to be honest, wasn?t exactly how I expected it to be. Mom failed to keep her promise of going home for the holiday.
I learned about it just two days before Christmas, and somehow, the stubborn child in me still went on denial till Christmas eve, hoping that she would just magically appear infront of our house to cook Noche Buena for us and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with us.
When I heard my phone rang, I was able to confirm the reality – that for the 10th time, I?d be spending Christmas ON THE PHONE.
I shrugged the negative feeling out and whispered a little prayer.
I reminded myself what Christmas is all about.
I prepared some of the food we cooked and asked Bob to give it to the security guards as our little gift for them. It was a great feeling when Bob said he heard one guard shout to another, ?Pare, may biyaya tayo.?
We slept after that.
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New Year -Awesome.
I wish I know the name of the tricycle driver who made it really special for us.
I gave him 100 pesos. When I told him to keep the change, he got shocked and said, ?Mam, talaga po itong lahat na to yung bayad niyo??
His face was just too thankful and happy. It?s like I just gave him a million pesos.
I said, ?Opo kuya, Happy New Year po!?
He smiled again and said, ?Happy New Year anak, maraming salamat!?
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I realized, Christmas and New Year doesn?t really have to be HOW YOU WANT IT TO BE? It?s about sharing? of wanting to see other people happy? of extending a part of yourself to someone who needs it? and being happy just the same.
