I find it a bit awkward to write something here after neglecting it for the longest time.
So ill just write whatever comes to mind.
I’ve been suffering from annoying headaches this past couple of weeks and its been getting worse. I had to see a doctor and gave me instructions to monitor my blood pressure and referred me to an ophthalmologist to have my eyes checked. Since my BP was normal I somehow resigned my self to wearing glasses. My mom wanted to bring me to her Neurologist but I opted to give the eye doctor a chance. After a battery of tests by the ophthalmologist, she declared that I had 20/20 vision and didn’t need glasses. She also had me scheduled for another test, Visual Field Test or something to try and rule out any other possibility like Glaucoma, which is unlikely. So my eyes are OK but still no one knows what is wrong with me. I’ll be scheduling an appointment with a neurologist, in the hope of making the pain go away.
Something interesting happened last Friday. It was an interesting and fun filled night. Rules were broken, boundaries were crossed, and good sense set aside, to give way to passion and basic instincts. There really is no need to give it a name nor to define anything. It’s just one of those things….
What should you do if a dog bit you? I told people in a First Aid class that I’d shoot the dog… Who cares if it has rabies or not… hehehe. I was trying to provoke the participants into reacting but it seemed like no matter what I do, those kids were just tooooo nice for a confrontation. What is wrong with younger people these days? It seems like they all want to avoid confrontation and are all too sensitive and/or polite for their own good.
On the academic front… My IR 222 class last Saturday was quite a surprise. We all got chewed up by our professor for our output. Good thing that was just a test case, the real thing is yet to come. IR 207.2 was no better. Things all point to a toxic few weeks ahead.
Sunday, July 25, 2004
Wednesday, July 7, 2004
The Gathering
There is a disturbance in the force… A gathering is about to take place, and I dread its coming.
Overseas-based relatives are in town and the inevitable family reunion will have to come to pass.
An Aunt, her children and their families from the US have already arrived. I’ve seen my cousins maybe once or twice over the last decade. They left shortly after the first Edsa revolution at the height of the attempted coup de etats against the Aquino Administration. I actually haven’t seen this aunt of mine since they left way back in the 80's.
An uncle based in Germany will also be coming home with his family. He moved to Germany in the 70’s and I’ve only seen him a few times during short visits. His 2 sons, my cousins have only known Germany as a home. They love football, or soccer as we would call it and they can hardly speak English.
I dread the long spiels about religion that my aunt gets into and the inevitable questions about marriage and settling down. My mom gets the brunt of that since all three of us, brothers are still single. My mom just sighs “ewan ko ba sa kanila” every time she is asked if any of us are married. I think my mom is yearning for grand kids, but luckily I am the youngest so the pressure is not on me but on my eldest brother. Hahaha!
But what I dread the most about this coming reunion is my aunt’s inevitable insistence that we should also migrate to the US to ensure a better future. The last time I talked to her on the phone she was insisting that we should work on getting a US visa and even suggested going to Canada if we cant get a US visa. I know she means well and it is true that life here is difficult, but the country needs people to stay and man the trenches so to speak.
Overseas-based relatives are in town and the inevitable family reunion will have to come to pass.
An Aunt, her children and their families from the US have already arrived. I’ve seen my cousins maybe once or twice over the last decade. They left shortly after the first Edsa revolution at the height of the attempted coup de etats against the Aquino Administration. I actually haven’t seen this aunt of mine since they left way back in the 80's.
An uncle based in Germany will also be coming home with his family. He moved to Germany in the 70’s and I’ve only seen him a few times during short visits. His 2 sons, my cousins have only known Germany as a home. They love football, or soccer as we would call it and they can hardly speak English.
I dread the long spiels about religion that my aunt gets into and the inevitable questions about marriage and settling down. My mom gets the brunt of that since all three of us, brothers are still single. My mom just sighs “ewan ko ba sa kanila” every time she is asked if any of us are married. I think my mom is yearning for grand kids, but luckily I am the youngest so the pressure is not on me but on my eldest brother. Hahaha!
But what I dread the most about this coming reunion is my aunt’s inevitable insistence that we should also migrate to the US to ensure a better future. The last time I talked to her on the phone she was insisting that we should work on getting a US visa and even suggested going to Canada if we cant get a US visa. I know she means well and it is true that life here is difficult, but the country needs people to stay and man the trenches so to speak.
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