3 posts tagged “pinoy”

Ok, I am not going to be taking this cold weather well.  Sure, I was born in Canada.  Sure, I have lived winters before.  Sure, I know what to do.  However, the road to broken dreams is paved with compromise.  Canadians compromise a great deal... but I have learned from my teacher Hong Kong, and I don't think I'll be doing that anymore. 

( Why can't i have tab completion in a textarea? Hmm?  Why? )

The Philippines was  exactly  just right:  Hotter than hell, all the time.  Listen:

• People are lovely in the heat.
• People are ugly in the cold ( faces twisted and dry, or in my case, ashy and frowning ).
• I'm an internet engineer ( sure, I love to keep my title buzzword compliant.) so I don't need to suffer through this for work.
• Hot is better.
• Caliente es lo mejor.
• Cold sucks.
• I hate not just skiing, and snowboarding, but skiers, and snowboarders too, for praying for snow. 
  
• Hockey is great, but best watched by me on satellite while complaining about the heat.

I miss home, which is, I've realized, the rootin, tootin, shootin, Philippines. 

This.
Is.
My.
Last.
Winter.

I realized some very important things about myself in the crucible of the 17.5+ hour flight back to grey Toronto Town.

It seems that I have passed a critical phase in life:  I was next to a screaming toddler and a howling baby for the trip.  Meant nothing to me.  I slept easily, deeply, in fact.  Sometimes I would laugh and think

"You filthy howlers, indeed i celebrate internally whatever pain you are feeling..."

Other times i would think:

"Poor  shriekers... ah well we all did this once.  No living human can maintain the moral high ground over babyhowls..."

This is a crucial step to take .. since in the past crying babies used to make me cringe, like fingernails on a chalkboard.

Also... damn it, the flight did not seem all that long to me!  17.5 h!  Not so bad! 

Truly, time does move faster when you age. No question about it.  I completely feel it now, and see it.  Ouch.  This means that the second half of your life will whiz by faster than the first half.  Great ;)

This is a sad day for me.  I've been in the Philippines for over a year... laughing, loving, running ( insects ) and in general, being happier, angrier, sadder, and well.. juicier then I found it practical to be in Canada.  Today I fly back home, to grey Toronto town.  I love this place, love the people.  and I'll be back.  Moist-eyed I lay down my life here gently, as Merlin laid down Arthur.  I'll be back.