A DAY IN THE LIFE

Fours hours to go…

Ige and I went to Robinsons this morning. We played at the video arcade and looked for a Christmas gift for my brother’s newborn baby. Unfortunately, we never saw an item that fitted my budget (not so surprising since I didn’t have one in the first place). I bought a new deodorant instead because I was already scraping the old one yesterday just to put something in my underarms. Before leaving, we decided to eat lunch at this new food stall. While waiting for Ige to finish his food, I counted the money I have left. Although it was quite depressing, I tried to look at the bright side — at least it’s easier to count when you don’t have much. Tangina.

We left the mall and stayed at the shop until 5pm then went for a stroll inside the campus. I was about to drive him back to his mom around past 7pm when I realized that the deodorant that I bought was not inside the car. I knew that I left it at the table where we ate lunch. It’s so not me leaving things. I guess I was too preoccupied counting my millions and thinking about my uncollectible collectibles that I forgot that I bought something. We went back to the mall but the food stall was already closed and they won’t open until the morning of the 26th. Kung Rexona Ministick siguro yun, okay lang. Eh, kaso hindi. Tangina, P140 din yun! For me, that’s already expensive. Good thing I was with Ige, otherwise I would’ve snapped. As I was driving him home, he started making fun of the incident by narrating what happened to the tune of "Magasin" because it was the song playing inside the car. After a few lines, he stopped singing and said, "Ayoko nang kumanta. Nagpapatawa na nga ako tapos wala namang tumatawa". Naku, nagtampo pa tuloy. I said sorry and told him that his parody was funny but I just couldn’t laugh because I got pissed off by what happened earlier. I asked him to continue what he was singing and he willfully obliged. We soon arrived at his grandmother’s house, wished each other a merry Christmas and then kissed goodbye. I decided to stay here inside the shop for a few hours before going back to the apartment. I bought three bottles of beer from Ate Weng (she owns the store across Aling Aswang) and then she gave me a bowl of pansit bihon. The best talaga ang ice-cold San Miguel Beer. Tangina.

Two more hours before Christmas…

My mother, my brother and my three cousins are going to spend the night at the other shop. I’m used to spending Christmas (or even New Year’s) Eve alone and it’s no big deal.  Being alone doesn’t necessarily mean you are lonely. But why does it feel that this time it is different?

Tomorrow I’ll still be scraping my old deodorant.

Merry Christmas to all.

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