Thursday, December 24, 2009

thought #33- noche buena

is what they call christmas eve in the philippines (i think... haha correct me if im wrong) and this evening usually involves fantastic gorging in the company of family and kin, reminiscing, singing karaoke and waiting until the clock strikes midnight to repeat the routine over again. however i can't help feel that this festivity is slightly understated here in australia and silence, peace and the busyness of our regular lives have seemed to overridden the laid back, festive feelings synonymous with a traditional filipino christmas eve and day.

so i arrived home, after a tolerable but boring six hour shift at work, to consume my noche buena of spag bog then fruit salad and systematically rub my legs and feel the wave of tire overcome my entire anatomy. as i speak i am incredibly sleepy which is a nuisance since i was intending to stay awake until midnight and cheer on jesus for his birthday haha.

its funny though when i think about christmas eves and days in the past. although many were spent in the company of family in the forms of lunches, dinners and excessive holiday weight-gain, i can still recall christmas eve of 2006 when i was asked out on my drive way by a delightful young boy named kyle mercado. then i spent christmas day in the philippines (without my lovely parents) a year after. i miss little, petty yet significant things that suddenly become synonymous with your christmas season. it makes me nostalgic and laugh uncontrollably to think that years have truly passed and i still immediately think of shoo-ing of kyle away in the midst of a serenade haha. oh good times.

well i must be off, may you all have a splendid yuletide season. may it be a cherished time in the company of family and friends, may you recall the delightful and pathetic things you did when you were younger and create many more as this season repeats, may you be merry and find yourself drunk under the mistletoe HAHA but most of all may you give glory and gratitude to the one whose arrival, sacrifice and departure in this world caused a revelation and brought revelation to mankind.

love



p.s. christmas day 2007 - midnight at the serendra, philippines. one of the greatest holidays ever.

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