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Stillness
March 4, 2008Lately, I’ve been seeking out serenity because it’s the one thing I do not have during the weekdays. My weekdays are frantic, and I’ve finally reached the point when I turn off my mobile phones at 7:00 every night just so I could draw a demarcation line between family time and the many demands from non-Filipinos that spill over and beyond working hours.
This quest for serenity does not come easy, however. I find it hard to keep still. Even when reading, I do something with my hands and feet. I twirl a pen, for instance, or plop my feet against the wall. Stillness used to bore me. Now, I find myself wanting stillness. I want stillness, the kind that gives you the luxury of sitting in a room all by yourself with nary a sound to break the silence, the kind that leaves you alone with your thoughts, that lets you talk to yourself and allows you to see everything and everyone around you in perfect clarity. How do you grab hold of something as elusive as that?
A Different Kind of Monday
March 3, 2008This Monday is an interesting departure from all the other Mondays. As soon as I got inside my office, I saw a pretty purple package on my table. I read the note and discovered it was from Line. Congratulations! she wrote, but only after she told me to throw the note because it’s "corny."
Will I get presents from you every time I’ve a little bun in the oven?
Amaw. It’s not every year you get pregnant. When will you start wearing maternity dresses?
Never!
Thank you Line for the necktie and the earrings. And thank you Yam for the letter you wrote while you were reeling from a heavy intake of antibiotics you felt mimicked the effects of LSD.
On a Monday like this, I feel I could carry this bump and not feel like Cinderella’s ugly stepsister.