afterlife

my parents put lemon on their water.  i see the pitcher daily.  sometimes all the slices are floating on top.  sometimes they're all down below.  other times some are up; some, down.

today, i saw a lemon slice in the process of sinking to the bottom...  : }

i walked into their dining area and noticed the pitcher of water on the table.  ta-daan!  one of the slices started to slowly sink from the top to the bottom.  uh-oh, suddenly my head felt swollen!

i'm sure their lemon slices have sunk to the bottom countless times.  had i seen it before it wouldn't matter at all.  but these recent days are no ordinary days.  an uncle just so unexpectedly passed away.  suddenly people are wondering whether there's more to things than meets the eye.

a door closed.

was he the one who closed it?

a light was on.

was he the one who turned it on?

something fell.

was he making his presence felt?

there's a butterfly near the car.

was that him?

there's a fly in the room.

could it be him?

me:  'even a fly?!'

aunt:  'they could come in any form.'

waaahhh!

special prayers for my uncle.

may his soul rest in peace.

getting it right

handed someone a tape measure asking her to measure this thing's height and its circumference.  i wasn't sure whether she knew what circumference was so i repeated it making a circular motion with my hand.

she comes back to me saying both are 10".

really?  hmmm...

i quickly went back to my mom who relayed the information to a cousin over the phone.

but then i felt really uneasy thinking a circumference of 10" seems too small for what i saw.

i told my mom not to hang up yet as i'll have to confirm something.

i went back to the one who measured and asked whether the circumference was really also 10".  i told her circumference was the size of the circle, again making a circular motion with my hand.

reply:  'oh...  10" is the width.  also the height.'

ooops...  was that thing a square dimension-wise?  it looked to me more like rectangular in proportion.

i had it measured again with me watching.

height, 9".
circumference, 19.5".

delegation is good but sometimes supervision is better.

recipient

mom and aunts browsing a photobook i gave an uncle who recently passed away.

mom:  'when did you make this?'

me:  'a couple of years back.  the pictures there are 2013 pics though...'

mom:  'i've never seen this...'

aunt:  'me, too. i've never seen it...'

me:  'hehe...  it was my gift for <uncle>...  he's the one who's supposed to see it not you...'

; p

i love you, goodbye

my mom and i were at U.P. Town Center last june 3.  i don't go there that often and was i surprised to learn that Cafe Shibuya, 8 Cuts
and Dulcelin Gourmet have all closed down.  ugh!

then yesterday my brother and i were at Petron near della strada in katipunan.  guess what, Royal Piccadilly has also closed down!

some good things never last...

Holy Eucharist

i went to mass as usual yesterday.  then at a wake later, there was mass again.  different places but same priest!  ->  the one who usually celebrates the sunday mass i attend regularly.

i've already received Holy Communion in the earlier mass and ignorant me didn't know whether you're allowed to take more than one in a day.  to be safe, i abstained.  i wasn't sure whether the priest would recognize me but i was afraid if he did and you're supposed to have only one then he might not give me a host when i show up on the queue...  :"(

anyway, after the mass, i approached the priest.  and yes, he said he recognized me.  i asked whether you can take communion more than once in a day.

he replied you're actually supposed to take communion every time you attend mass as it completes the mass for you.

ouch!  so my second mass was incomplete!
<sigh>

i know better now...