musika

sleep

we call him "papa felix"

we call him papa felix because that is just the way he is to all of us. he came from a country which is part of central america. it's one country i would like to visit one day to go scuba diving.

during our first few weeks here, he became our official chauffeur. he would make our commute very comfortable and safe. he would patiently wait on us as we do our paperworks not minding the time that he can spend luxuriously on his own. he satisfied our craving for ice cream when we first received our pay-checks. i took long walks with him so very early in the morning one saturday without feeling tired. took my first sip of starbucks ice-blended coffee in the states with him. it was a fine time.

and i appreciated him more each day because of his contagious positivity. a lot of things happened to him the past few days, i would probably crumble if i were in his shoes. but papa felix can only utter "life is beautiful".

i was having a stressful day yesterday. it was so bad, i wanted to quit. but when asked how his day was like papa felix would just smile and say "today is for dancing in the rain."

today while i was about to end my day at work, papa felix wait on me and asked, "how was your day, april?" i answered, "beautiful!"

thanksgiving

thank you for auntie anne's pretzels and chocolate vanilla ice cream,
and for arms that i can cling unto,
thank you for answered prayers, for blessings that abound,
thank you for togetherness, for precious moments that seemed built in a dreamscape only that it is real,
thank you for champorado, adobo, kare-kare and choc-nut that makes me feel i'm never far away from home,
thank you for zaila, for her life, for her spirit that surrounds me wherever i may be,
thank you for challenges and hardships that inspire me to do better in life,
thank you for friends who are the closest thing to angels,
thank you for a walk in the mall,
thank you for my first goal in soccer,
thank you for flying 6 hours so you could visit me,
thank you for teaching me how to drive...

mood swings

sometimes i'm up, sometimes down,
i would like to be left alone and keep to myself
but the company that joy and friendship offers is a more potent force than seclusion and moodiness,
life is meant to be lived after all =)