COME AND GO

            I was afraid of making memories. I might remember them.

            Being in a new environment, people always think of me as snob, quiet, cold and detached. A person who has her own world, someone who does not care about others, a loner.

            I said, what’s the point of those chit-chats, of the companies, of the laughter, of the fun and of the friendship if they will never last, that they only come and go out of our lives?        What’s the sense of holding something at a certain period just to let it go after some time?

            Then I realized, nothing is permanent. I should face life’s reality, everything changes. Everything comes and goes. Everything needs to grow. So do I.

            I need not to be afraid of making memories, of enjoying those chit-chats, of those laughter, of gaining friends, and of savoring the fun of change.

            I need not to hinder my personal growth by denying that people needs to leave.

            The more the people who came and went out of our lives, the greater things we learn, the greater the memories we gain.

            The more we get stronger. The more meaningful our lives become.

            After all, those memories will serve as our cotton that will give warmth and comfort the day we get old.

HEALTHY WEEKENDS FOR PERFECT WEEKDAYS

            After five days of distressing disturbed sleep pattern and intoxicating diet from fast food chains, instant noodles and canned goods, I make sure to cope up with the rest and nutrients I missed from weekdays during weekends, which fortunately, have been my off-days.

            Let us start first on sleep routines. I go home from work at six in Saturday morning (my shift has and will always be for graveyard). I take a bath, savor on a hot cup of milk and much on a bar of choco fudge. I go to bed with the big smile saying “Thank God it’s weekend”. I wake up in the afternoon to go out for groceries and for a short walk in the mall/park/market. I will go home at eight, take fruits as my dinner, read a little, take a toothbrush and there I go again in my comfort zone, my dear bed.

            I will wake up at eight in a Sunday morning, take a bath, and drink a hot cup of coffee before I do the laundry. After hanging my clothes to dry, I clean the bedroom. After finishing the laundry and cleaning the bedroom as my exercises, I go and much on two oranges for my snack. I prepare for the vegetables (malunggay, ampalaya, squash and eggplant) to cook dinengdeng (boiled veggies with fish paste). It will be for my lunch. At 12:30 in the aftie, I and my board mates would watch ASAP and would watch movies after until 7 in the evening. After enjoying the movies, I take a hot cup of milk and a bar of choco fudge as my dinner. At nine in the evening, I have already signed – off.

            Going to bed early, munching on veggies and fruits, gulping milk and coffee, and watching my favorite TV program and movies, these are my simple yet effective ways of breaking the stress from living away from the family and from working on a job I did not dream of.

            Through these, I can recharge myself and face another week looking forward on a weekend when I can say “Good job for the perfect weekdays! :) ”.