The Lazy, Blueberry Days of October
I have missed
this…to spend the days without any schedule, without any quotas of
pages to read.A very pronounced departure from how it was in the last
five months of my life. Takes some getting used to actually.
Since
being released from the shackles of the Bar exams, I have watched only
a measly amount of movies on DVD, compared to the amount of my free
time. Bobby, Godfather I & II (forget part 3!), Knocked Up (mej
walang kwenta but what the heck), A Good Year (take me to Provence!),
and caught up with my Grey’s Anatomy and DH fixation.
I
have vowed to finish the scrapbook i have been making for my mom for
the last two years. This time, i will have it ready in time for her
birthday on the 27th.
Today,
I had breakfast with Anton. Wheat bran cereal for him and Blueberry
Morning flakes for me while reading the Inquirer together. Our piece of
heaven in an imperfect world.
I
plan to go shopping soon and build my office wardrobe. Because the
prices in the malls can get ridiculously expensive, I will tap my
seamstress to make me some suits for the office and maybe some blouses.
Then I will get myself some new fuck-me shoes (or as Caroline would put
it, "pang hold-up" dahil super pointy.hehe) and mini dresses (!) to get
me all set for my underbar work in a law firm in Makati.
After
eight years, I will be a Makati girl again, where I had lived since i
was six up until i went to college. Glorietta used to be my
neighborhood mall, where we loved to go lakwatsa in our high school
days in CSA. I plan to see more of my friends over there, especially
Jen and CBZ and of course, get together with all the UP law people who
will also be transplanted to Makati come November. Bago tayo magkita
kits sa oathtaking, gimik muna tayo sa Greenbelt ha! hehe.
I
will miss the North though. This was where i had spent the most growing
up. And of course, the most fun! Makati represents for me the start of
my "adult" life because from now on, it will be work, work, work and to
learn as much as I can. But the North will still be about home, family,
and love. I have no plans of moving. I like to be in both worlds. I’m
afraid that if i go live in Makati, I will be stuck in its cold, rush
hour, uber-urbanite world.
Another chapter of my life is ending. And a new one is about to begin.
I
remember my friend Mons telling me that when you’re a student, you
measure time by semesters. As opposed to when you’re working, it seems
like just a long, long year. I wonder if that will be the case for me.
I wonder if i could take it, without the long sem breaks which I have
always looked forward to to recharge and unwind. well, the coming
months will certainly be a time for change. It’s only a question of how
well one will adjust.
These
lazy days of October are actually a period of transition. Can’t wait to
start with what’s new and at the same time, still holding on to the
familiar. I hope we could all transition smoothly–to grow into the
changes without losing what’s beautiful about ourselves and without
losing the important aspects and relationships in our lives…
The
Bar exams have taken many things from all us, to some a greater extent
than others. I hope that whatever may be the case, we each go back to
and be able to find our center, no matter what the disruption.
Good luck to all of us and see you all on the other side. Mmmmwahh!
