Homecoming

2 days.

Thats how long I have to wait before I can finally board that winged contraption that will bring me back home. I cant wait. Im so excited. Coming home has always been my favorite and, ironically, hated, part of my job.

Everything seems to happen just when I am about to leave. So many things to plan and iron out. Why is it that people seem to have all the questions when I am about to turn-over the project? Why do they notice problems a few days before I leave? That item I have been following up since I first arrive on site seem to have just recently registered in their collective consciousness.

As if to add insult to injury, people in MY office seem to have all the excuses in the world for delays to my requests! To think THEY have been pushing me to finish this project immediately. As if they have no idea how things work, acting like they have just been informed of the completion when all the while they KNEW (and expected, mind you) this to be over by this time.

2 days.

After which, I will see Miguel (my new born nephew) for the first time. I will have to renew the contract for the house. Follow up my application with another company (ti hi :) ). Look forward to Christmas!

2 days.

2 long days.

Triple Peaks

At a clearing in the forest realm of Earth,
I was set on a journey - to follow the unicorns
"across land, across sea, across desert"
- to a land of promise where the white flower blooms

A journey through the triple peaks, which Hekate has shown
three bright peaks, one after the other

"The teacher will appear when the pupil is ready"
Sophia, my counselor taking my hand

The blessings of Gaia as I walk through her land,
the gentle warmth of Amon-Ra to keep my resolve

Always the word "proceed"

M&M Crispy's wonder

Have been very moody the past few days. found every reason to be irritated at work. had no appetite for food. nothing good on the cinema. got easily tired of walking around the mall. really bad week.

then came m&m crispy! and my outlook took a leap from melancholy to perky. yeah, its the sugar, but hey, anything to help get me off from brooding is welcome.

got great news too from the government agency i was coordinating. turns out my application for a permit got a positive nod except for some details not included in my responsibility. everything's rosy now. though im still feeling cheated. "underworld" isnt showing yet here (cdo) when all the posters said it should have started regular run yesterday. hmmm, was really excited to see the preview of LOTR: return of the king.

did some shopping too. isnt buying new pairs of socks very therapeutic? and new hair conditioner too! excited to listen to cds i bought earlier. hope they're good

Macumba (The Site, Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro)

Who said I can't have fun while on the job? After playing billiards at Ralf's (Divisoria area), Steven (a CDO guy I met, who was kind enough to invite me out for a weekend night gallavanting) suggested we go visit The Site. There we met some of his friends (fashionistas and party animal all!!!!).

The Macumba is a small bar with hardly any space to call a decent dance floor. The bar itself serves as the ledge for those crazy or wild enough for some ledge dancing. The type of music played was very contemporary.

For someone who loves to dance, space is no problem. Jiving to the music. Filling in the light and the scents. Bumping bodies. Sweat. Liquor and cigarette. Heaven!!!!

The crowd is a mixed clientele. Snobbish young people. Clue-less old ones (gramps sure could jiggy!!!). Apathetic middle-aged (where I belong, reluctantly).

Left the place at around 3 am. Drunk from drinking 2 bottles of san mig light (hey, i have a low alcohol tolerance, so excuse me). Slept until 12 noon. Woke up with a clouded head and whizzy breath. Why is it fun only while it lasts?

child of the sun

woke up this morning drenched in sunlight
RA, on his chariot, calling...

"awake, child, and to my voice hearken
live with a purpose, my purpose take as your own
to warm, to nourish, yes, even to scorch
for in this task you have been chosen
not due to merit, but to fate"

a vessel of power, not powerful in itself
god in person, reveling in humanity
palms upturned, healing sent forth
freshly awakened, the child of the sun

Musings

just turned 28 last week. the day just went by. nothing spectacular really. just made me think, i've spent 28 years on this earth. felt varying degrees of joy, happiness, ecstasy, pain, sorrow, fear. met a lot of people of different languages and different cultures. gone to different places i've never thought i'd go before. did a lot of things i could only imagine before. 28 years.

Severe allergies. Watery eyes. Runny nose. Irritated throat.

Spirit broken. Mind tired. Body shaken.

Going somewhere. Going nowhere. Straight road. Dark alley.

"you are so scattered, you need to collect yourself and put yourself together, this is where entropy fails because, unlike a shattered jar that cannot be made whole, you can be a new person again!"

my first attempt into immortalizing my thoughts in cyberspace. hope those who get to visit this would appreciate "my moonlight pickings".