Some people are amazed when i tell them i always wake up at 5 a.m. even after a long night. I have been that way since i can really remember. And i'm not complaining!
I love mornings! The promise they bring: new hopes... new beginnings.
When i was about 6 or 7 years old, i would wake up very early in the morning and walk in the chilly dawn to our favorite neighborhood bakery to buy our daily ration of pan de sal. This ritual will go on until i was in my fourth year high school: waking up, washing my face with cold water and walking down Libertad street to get my freshly baked bread.
The smell of hot pan de sal in a chilly December was almost magical to me. They would be so tempting that sometimes i ended up eating more than my share even before i got home! Lagot! kulang na ang hatian!
Thoughts like these make me truly grateful for my parents who taught me early on in my life that "we all have to do our share." Growing up in a family of nine, my unspoken role was that of the errand boy: doing the runs for almost anything we needed from the store.
I enjoyed that role! Not just for the perks i may sometimes get from our "suking tindahan," but more for the long walks i would take...and the many magical dreams i dreamt along the way...
I love mornings! The promise they bring: new hopes... new beginnings.
When i was about 6 or 7 years old, i would wake up very early in the morning and walk in the chilly dawn to our favorite neighborhood bakery to buy our daily ration of pan de sal. This ritual will go on until i was in my fourth year high school: waking up, washing my face with cold water and walking down Libertad street to get my freshly baked bread.
The smell of hot pan de sal in a chilly December was almost magical to me. They would be so tempting that sometimes i ended up eating more than my share even before i got home! Lagot! kulang na ang hatian!
Thoughts like these make me truly grateful for my parents who taught me early on in my life that "we all have to do our share." Growing up in a family of nine, my unspoken role was that of the errand boy: doing the runs for almost anything we needed from the store.
I enjoyed that role! Not just for the perks i may sometimes get from our "suking tindahan," but more for the long walks i would take...and the many magical dreams i dreamt along the way...
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