My little sister is turning ten in less than a handful of months. I remember being amused to laughter when I caught her singing Maroon 5’s Won’t Go Home Without You with her short black hair swinging in her face and her arms flailing mindlessly. That was two years ago. That was when she thought she was a rockstar. Now, I no longer know what she thinks of herself.
I miss my mother’s nilagang baka. She cooks like a pro. There’s just a downside in her cooking which I found out when I caught her washing the vegetables just once and not even thoroughly. I told her to wash it at least twice to get rid of pesticide residue and dirt. She shrugged her shoulders, looked at me, and said, “too clean has its downsides, too. Besides, there are recipes not included in cookbooks that give more flavor to what you eat.” Cookbooks. She doesn’t have one. And didn’t use any for all her life.
One more thing, she uses carabeef on her nilagang baka instead of cattle beef. She says it’s cheaper and has a stronger beefy taste making the food smell more appetizing.
I revived an old haircut three weeks ago. After several years of sporting long tresses, I chose to have my hair cut short to get rid of split ends and launch a new summer look.
Aside from short hair, I’m also enjoying my Hapon 10 class. I’m not missing any meeting this time even if I have to drag my body every morning to get to class. My professor and classmates are always upbeat and fun. We end our class meetings with synchronized simple hand and body excercises, with or without the Japanese background music to brighten the day ahead.
A lot of things happen everyday. I want to live my life with meaning. More often, happiness is found in the little details, not in big achievements but the small things along the way, not the cash prize but the questions answered to get to it, not the triumphs but the many friends we make towards achieving it. I’m now living in a more meaningful world. Whoever gets to read this, I want you to live it, too. Give it a try and see the difference.
June 10, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Sometimes its quite easy to say that you will live your life to the fullest, but still, its a lot harder than that. Some people even try hard enough just to get what they desire or at least what makes them happy or whole. These small details of the overused world called life creates a big compendium of which we can draw affection or “happiness” (so to speak). People try hard enough only to get a little bit at the end of the day, only to be broken again and again until we surrender and give up. But the truth is, we are blinded only by these whimsical desires and we refuse to see all the other good stuff that is around us.
This is a great post. How dare i to overlook it.
Thanks for sharing senpai.
June 21, 2009 at 7:00 pm
“But the truth is, we are blinded only by these whimsical desires and we refuse to see all the other good stuff that is around us.”
-every word stings a lot of truth. hope you live a meaningful life as well. don’t feel down because some people want you down. prove them that they chose the right person to put down becaue you aren’t giving up easily and they’ll find it real hard to do what they want with you.
glad someone found this post quite helpful. hehe.