Another Route

Tonight, there was a small family get together. The occasion: my cousin, Vanessa's, capping. How time flies. Soon she'll be graduating and become a nurse. That makes me... well, old. hahaha Anyway, like I've said, it is an intimate family dinner with a few other relatives as guests. To start with, the 2 old maids, my grandmother's half-cousins. But the family is really close with them. They say nothing but kind words about Lola. And the other guests are Tita Pe (my grandmother's sis-in-law) and her daughter Tita Girly, who is by the way, the present Ambassador of Israel.

I guess like in any other gatherings, visitors find their own places, where to sit and who to sit with. It is our family custom that the elder people sit on the 'presidential table' so to speak. Everybody else scramble to look for their own places. Myself, together with my cousins, managed to find our own place at the informal dining table. Of course it was a rowdy & noisy group since we were with the young ones, feeling young ourselves. However, as the fun is on its peak, my uncle showed up and summoned me to join them at the presidential table. I was embarassed given the special treatment (this started happening after I passed the bar). I had no choice but to comply. So I settled myself in between him and my dad. It was a table with grown up conversations. After all, they were all elderly people. hahaha Sure they gossipped but still related to the current events and a little of history.

They see me as someone so young and my future ahead of me. They wanted to take my hand and introduce me to a path I wouldn't have considered because of my ignorance... Or so they thought. Ironically tho, I've been giving that path a thought. Tonight was my chance to get a tip from an insider. A little push and a bit of assurance, I was hooked.

So yeah, I'm back to that route again. Actually, I haven't completely abandoned it. I have just put it aside. Now, I am exploring it back once more. But one thing's for sure. I wouldn't want to bring a gun that's not loaded. When I do make the move to walk on that route, I will make sure that I am very much equipped.