Woooooohooooo!

Well, it’s a Sunday today, and I’m doing my “brotherly” duty by driving my sister Celina to UST for her ROTC training. We left the house inhumanly early for a Sunday morning… 5:00am, just as we were about to make a right at Roxas blvd., the radio plays Rivermaya’s “Umaaraw, Umuulan.” Celina tops the volume off at 30 clicks and we go into a rock-induced sprint down the scenic road, we turned-off the aircon, rolled down the windows, took-in the salty air of the bay, soaked in the beautiful overcast, orange pre-sunrise sky… Beautiful!

 

During my lamay days in UST, I would get so stressed out with work… with my brain constantly scheming and thinking up of ways to solve our projects… plus the daily drive going to and coming back from campus. Plus the kunsomisyon of traffic, my mom and dad’s constant badgering, the stress from my hyper-competitive circuits… plus the loads of coffee running in my already quaking bloodstream…

 

Call it shallow, but all it takes is a great moment like the one I just mentioned, to settle my nerves, remind me that God still smiles at me, and all of us… Sometimes… just being able to find an open parking slot inside the UST campus during peak hours would be enough to brighten my entire day… Its one of those… WOOOOHOOOO! THANK YOU LORD ! moments… Indeed, we have a lot to be thankful for.