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The Bachelor
June 19, 2008Last 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.
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Gotcha! I wasn’t serious about this post! Who would wanna pass with drinking yourself crazy?! Joke. Well, I think tumatanda na nga lang talaga ako kaya iba na ang aking pananaw tungo sa pakikipag-inuman. Sus, 10 years ka dyan.
Thanks kris for visiting!
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Aw, nice entry. Napa-”Rex, istatchu?” ako. Hahaha. We can have this talk when I reach that stage…in about ten years.
Posted by Kris at June 20, 2008, 7:05 am