In Full Circle

Call into action. Early this month, I attended my first ever TED experience. For the benefit of those who have no idea about TED, it is a gathering of individuals where ideas are being shared to inspire others to do the same. I was fortunate to be one of the limited attendees for this. I met various artists, movie makers, writers, painters and at the end of the spectrum, others like me, the storytellers. It was really a dream come true for me, one for the bucket list.

Aling Epang, our neighbor back in Palanan kicked the bucket early last week. She died from complications of a certain ailment, she was 82. Aling Epang was well-loved in our neighborhood and is very well-known for her generosity. I once wrote a story about her. Me and my siblings attended the last day of her wake and we met Aling Epang’s remaining daughter and sons. We also met good old folks from our Dian neighborhood. It was just a pity that every time we will see old friends, the timing is always during a wake or funeral of a family friend.

Old families and friends were the members of our Facebook group, Riverside Boys and Girls. In here, we see updates from old drinking buddies to updates of your first crushes. When Miko started a thread of “Taga-Dian-Calatagan ka kung…”, old childhood memories were remembered and laughed about. It was one silly thread to read but the nostalgic feeling was all worth it.

After days of practice and sacrifices, it was all worth it. Sam and her volleyball team placed second in the PSAP Volleyball Tournament held last week here in Paranaque. It was the first time that Sam joined such athletic competition and she enjoyed it so much. The only problem is that she got her skin some dark shade of tan all over, however her cheeks were red like apple.

Got myself an apple. Teban as I called him is an iPhone, he replaced my dearly sweetie Sassy. So far, after three consecutive sleepless nights of working on it, I finally began to appreciate his stuff. The apps were good and the easiness of usage is splendid. The GPS was a great road companion, my twitter account was reincarnated and NBA 2K12 was just a button away.

I was away and silent for quite some time in the blogosphere due to some kids-stuff that I am doing. School projects and my kid’s reports submission were some items that fuel me, although the factor of time for this is clearly needed, hence I was not able to visit or read other noteworthy blogs. I never noticed that my Saranggola Blog Awards entries were getting traffic to my blog. I am not expecting that I will win considering the number of entries and the caliber of the bloggers, but I do hope that my entries inspire somebody else and will make them call into action.