The Bachelor

Last night I heard the sweetest sound I’ve heard in months, my son snoring like a man already…and my wife too, also snoring like a man.  It’s been only 3 months I know, and because of this experience I’ve got new found respect for my Dad and to other parents who is or have worked abroad.  It takes a lot of courage to put one’s self in that position and get to see their loved ones only a few times a year.  I really thank God I didn’t get to spend Christmas or New Years here without my family.  I’m sorry Dad for not talking to you on the phone one Christmas night about 10 years ago, now I understand why Tom and I got an “angry” letter from you later on. 

For three months and a bit, I got to experience how it was to be a bachelor again.  We went drinking almost every Friday night to take advantage of this club’s $1 Coronas.  It was awesome that we only needed $10 each to get smashed, and we have this running joke that we tell each other off once we’ve had too much.  After a huge night of binge drinking, we end it with an exclamation point through an upsized BigMac at a McDonald’s near the train station.  Yes, I felt and acted like a teenager.  The during parts were actually fun, but the after parts I didn’t like at all.  Aside from the expected hangover tomorrow, I just hated going home and sleeping without my family beside me. 

I can’t believe it either but I wasn’t that excited about the weekend anymore.  I just didn’t know what’ll be fun to do without getting homesick.  My cousins always provided “entertainment”, and my heartfelt thanks to them, but it just wasn’t the same.  I didn’t enjoy going to the shopping centres that much and it sucks when I see crying little kids and their pissed off parents.  I want to be that parent!  I miss chasing after Lean when he runs hysterically toward the arcade and I miss going to the groceries with Trini.  I didn’t enjoy family gatherings that much because someone always has to bring their little kids with them and I can’t show them how I proud I am with mine.  Ate Joanne and Tita Ming made great dinners, and I miss how Trini makes sopas more “interesting” by putting in extra celery.  Kuya Jojo downloaded all this great movies we can watch every night, how I miss not enjoying a movie because Lean is so makulit. 

I believe that frank once again did it for me.  He made me experience how “great” it is to be a bachelor again.  How it felt not having responsibilities again, how it is to drink like a maniac again, how it is to be “free” again, and how all of it wasn’t that fun anymore.  I just realize that once you finished a certain stage in your life, it’s best to just look back at it and proceed to the next one.   

So yeah, thanks again Frankie.