Dolce

For almost four years my dog, Dolce has given me unquestionable happiness. He is constant, loyal to a fault sweet, sometimes naughty. He would wait for me for hours while I'm at work (imagine how long that would be in dog time) Once he has given me skin disease which my Derma misdiagnosed it for another disease. ( I see a lot of Derma visits in my future - I am vain that way)  She actually thought it was zoster or shingles and gave me antibiotic prescription and advised me to rest since it is contagious but I doubted it because I don't have the symptoms since I made my own research via Google of course and went to another doctor. She is a pet lover and she knows right away when I showed her my blister at the back. The first thing she ask me was " do you have cats"? I said no, but I have a dog. And just like that she knows the cure. When Dolce was a baby when I just have him he bit me.  It was when he didn't have a vaccine yet. We have to go to the hospital together. He grew to be very territorial and jealous. I don't have a child but when people ask me I always say I have a dog. It reminds me how cool it is to say that line when I watch the movie Adaline. The character of Blake lively ilwas ageless and she was never with someone because of that. And she has a dog. 

you think u know but u have no idea: Online /offline

you think u know but u have no idea: Online /offline

Random

While I was on the commute earlier I was reading to pass time (traffic now is tolerable after the zombie apocalypse that was holiday) 

But the commute is often a shared experience between people. Although most have already adapted the "respect urban solitude" but most people still have  that sense of community in a jeepney. Maybe because I live in a small town. But in a jeepney its usual that you are expected to have an interaction with your co riders because you have to pass or receive the money from another person to the driver. And you get to eavesdrop in the conversation, you get to see some PDAs and see emotions. I even have that urge to read text messages being written while someone is using their phone in the commute. Going back, when I realized that I'm nearing my destination that I need to pay I don't have my coin purse. I knew that my wallet only has 500 bucks and I was too self conscious to pay for the 10 pesos jeepney transpo because I know I would piss the driver. You know "Barya Lang Sa umaga". But I still proceed to give the money and avoid having eye contact with the driver. Alas he has to  give back to money. I still never gave up and continue to rummage my bag for whatever coins I may have and then this old lady who's a seat apart from Me handed me 10 pesos and said "Kaluoy sang driver" pity the driver...I was so touched and thanked her. I am thinking about this random acts of kindness and how am I able to pass it forward. Truly the spirit of community  is still alive. To that old lady, God bless your heart!

Sisters

I have tears while I see my two aunts having lunch together. They are unmarried, aged and sometimes ailing. But what's good is that they have each other. They may sometimes argue and disagree about something or anything but at the end of the day they still live together as siblings. The natural pull and sisterly love  and no need for affirmation. I remember a time when one of the sister got terribly ill and the family and relatives thought she  was almost dead and the sisters already asking for forgiveness and crying their heart out. Only to be revived by drops of Coke into her mouth. She had a low sugar. And when she got better  that situation has become an anecdote.

 It made me sad not having any sister, the biological ones but I do hope that my best friends whom I consider sister will be part of my life for the longest time possible. They are like the family we chose and also we would commit to be in their lives as well. 

It's being there although we are not technically obligated to each other. 

I think that this is the greatest expression of love.  Having my own little tribe....