Jan 15

It's my second time to miss the town fiesta. Jan 15 is one of those days we really look forward to. For us, the drum and lyre band, for the "small sinulog" dancers. Oh the food, the house-to-house meals (lunch, snacks, dinner, midnight snacks). Instead, I wake up seeing this sunrise as I blindly find my clothes and towel. Getting up early for another day at GK Bagong Silang. But I now realize that even though I disgust these days, the ones when I have to force myself to do things, I should be thankful. I might be missing Isabel terribly. But here, in a room overlooking Marikina, I see the sun rising every Saturday. Reminding me that today is in fact a new day. That out there, my friends wait for me with smiles on their faces. That in life, you don't leave your hometown. And instead, take it with you, in your heart, and make room for more experiences in this lovely city with the people you treasure the most.