Tuesday, November 21, 2006
What do I hate most about break-ups a year later?
…When people ask me for the nth time what happened.
That in itself is not so bad but the worst thing about it is when after instigating the whole conversation, people would finish off the conversation with, “you’re not over him yet because you still talk about him.”
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddd!!! If you stop asking me about it in the first place, I doubt if I’m the one to bring it up! Aaaargh!
Leave me in peace, please! If you guys don’t believe that I’m happy with how I am right now, then boohoo to you!
I remembered what Kathy told me ages ago, “I’m sorry but he’s in the resume of your life now. People would always associate him to you.”
Euw.
***My parents bought a new vehicle. They announced the news to me when my mom called me in my cell phone waking me from my sleep and asking me in what color do I want it to come.
I went to the car dealer to personally voice out all my concerns.
—where do we park it?
I love my Ford Lynx. It’s the official Fox Mobile back in college. It was my graduation gift, for crying out loud! Our garage is only good for one car and the Mit pick-up truck is already parked on the streets. The idea that my beloved car would be displaced from its rightful place is just unthinkable to me.—Can we even afford it?
—Do we need it?
I knew it was a lost cause when my mom had one answer for everything. I thought that maybe, she was suffering from a midlife crisis. Who am I kidding? They both are because my usually sensible tatay agreed with her on this one.
She said that they had to buy Isuzu Alterra because she thinks the pick up is ugly. Plain, in-your-face answer.
I swear, I don’t know where they get this obsession of buying cars when there’s only three of us in the family. Whenever my tatay is abroad, I’m the only one who could drive.
Tatay told me that my mom fell in love with it when they went to the Isuzu factory in Thailand. They didn’t even give me time to research about it.
So now I find out that Alterra is being sold here more expensively than Toyota Fortuner, whereas in Thailand, it’s the other way around.
Shucks. But I do love the fact that it runs on a diesel and that it boasts of good mileage. That would certainly make a difference in my monthly non-existent budget. Plus, it’s a good vehicle for road trips. Pamphlet said it could seat 7 people, but it’s really very spacious, so I suppose it could go higher than that.
What I love best about new vehicles is the break-in period. This is the part where my tatay encourages me to drive under 80-90 kph, for the next 1,000 miles. That means he encourages me to just go and drive.
So Pat and I took it out on a spin to Timberland Heights in San Mateo, Rizal. He used to work there before he transferred to Baron Group and became a financial guru.
Most of the things that he told me about Timberland turned out to be true.
—That it had steep, snake-like roads
—That we were going to a mountain, a few minutes away from urban Manila
—That it was gorgeous and that the air was fresh.
From its vantage point, you could see how the city looks dreary when there’s still light. The smog were covering the whole city and factories continuously coughed up thick, black smoke. It looks exactly how Charles Dickens described Industrial England in his novel “Hard Times.”
In the skyline, I tried to look for my favorite building—the RCBC Tower—by trying to locate the tallest building in the Philippines, the LKG Tower (or as I was told). LKG is just two or three buildings away from it. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find it. End of that story.
I could smell the green grass every time the wind blew my face. It smells like how morning smells in Iloilo. It was also so quiet that I could hear the footsteps of the constructors who were walking away from where we were standing.
Okay, here’s a little secret. It’s not yet open to the public so there were no tourists/visitors/residents going around. We only got in because the security guards remembered Pat.
We went there before 6 o’clock, right before the sunset. The timing couldn’t be anymore perfect.
I love sunsets on the beach, but seeing the sun go down in the city is another thing altogether. It’s just like in the movies!
The sky’s gradient changed from azure to bright orange. As the sky grows darker, the city lights go brighter. It was an amazing moment that lasted for 30 minutes!
When the stars made its appearance, I thought it looked nearer there than when I looked at it anywhere in Manila.
Pat also showed me the model houses there, but that’s for another posting.
3 Comments:
kathy is right: once someone's been associated with you, you can never untangle yourself from that link, even long after you've ended things. i dunno why but i guess that's how things work. imagine my horror when people ask me about my last bf you-know-who. kebs ko sa kanya. geez. (--,)
Annoying noh? Minsan gusto kong magtayo ng information center para sa ex ko.
Enweys, bat ka punta ng Canada?
super annoying. some people (who weren't involved in the relationship in the first place) can't seem to get over it. it's like nothing exciting is going on in their lives that they pry into yours.
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