Friday, October 23, 2009

How the Sun Shines

Five Minutes




The light from the sun was gently streaming through the windows while I was having a leisure brunch around ten in the morning.  My phone rang all of a sudden, so I took a peek at who was calling.

I was in for a nice surprise.

It was Spice.

He asked if I was doing anything. I teasingly replied that he only calls me if he needs something. He laughed boisterously.

(I can picture how his laugh brings out his dimples.)

I told him, "Nandito ka sa Manila ano?"

"Oo. Eternal Wanderer, kung wala kang ginagawa, gala naman tayo," he sheepishly said.

It has been a while since I last saw him. I heard he was working out. I was curious how he looked like now. I was also looking for a reason to get out of the house.

I probably could have come up with a thousand and one more excuses to justify my meeting up with Spice. Perhaps, if I just acknowledged one thing, just one thing, then I would not have gone through all the trouble rationalizing my decision.

And that one thing was that I did want to meet up with Spice.

So I said yes.

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It was a bright afternoon while I was waiting in the car for Spice to arrive; a far cry from the dismal weather the city has been experiencing of late.

Then I saw him. He was down the street, walking towards the car from a short distance. The sun  was basking him in the light, making his dark blue jeans and light blue shirt take on a fair hue.

"He still cuts a dapper figure. And yes, he is still manages to take my breath away," I mused to myself.

The mellowness of a memory past rippled through the surface of my thoughts.  At first, I couldn't articulate the dim reflections in my mind.  My brows gathered as I tried to grab at the meanderings. All I knew that the scene playing right before me had a tone that was amicably familiar.

At that instant, I relaxed and smiled.

I smiled because I remembered.

I remembered as only one can when sun gently shines on the heart; as only one can when the mind's skies are overcast no more.

(I couldn't help but smile.  For it was a good memory after all.)

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We spent most part of the afternoon in a mall doing nothing and everything.  He needed a haircut. I needed to run some errands for my father. He also badgered me for some driving lessons, and I obliged willingly.  We wound up in U.P.; and soon enough, he was able to master the intricate balance of clutch and gas in the first gear.

I had a good time.  I really did.  And before sleep overtook me in bed that night, I realized why I enjoyed every moment of it.

It is because the day is beautiful when the skies are already clear and the rains are no more.

It is because now, I can truly see how the sun shines, warm and bright in my life.

19 comments:

  1. "He still cuts a dapper figure. And yes, he still manages to take my breath away," said your doppelganger on the front seat, all in 18th century garb, coiffed and powdered, with a mole on her left cheek; her porcelain hands clasped on her lap. LOL!

    It is lovely when the drama of it all finally ends. Like some dissipating storm cloud, "the sun shines, warm and bright..."

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  2. I can imagine you grinning like a fool all the way from my castle of darkness, E.W.

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  3. Bon: o shush! you bring back the wonderful memories of my performance as la Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liasons

    wahahahahhaha

    Rude: for some weird reason, i can picture you as the sorceress of greyskull castle with your comment lolz

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  4. @ E.W. : The Sorceress was a lame duck. I'm more of Evil-Lyn: hoarse from smoking and with a slight case of jaundice, but still deliciously evil!

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  5. awwwww...

    was it just the car gearstick that he was able to master?! *winks

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  6. Rude: and i'm more of Cat-ra meooooowrrrrrr

    masters of the universe death match na itu! hahahha

    iuri: nakow. tapos na ang kabanata na yun! bagong buhay na ako.

    dalisay, busilak, at mayumi

    rude, wag kang aangal sa statement na yun! lolz

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  7. "dalisay, busilak, at mayumi" - wow, you just gave a whole new meaning to these adjectives. LOL - jowk lang :-)

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  8. iuri: waaaaaaaaah tseeeeh kaaaaa

    hahahhaa

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  9. "nakow. tapos na ang kabanata na yun! bagong buhay na ako."

    -sorry, i can't help it, but somehow i find this hard to believe. =P

    peace tayo ternie!

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  10. Engel: i swear to the goodlordalmighty, one more ternie, and shall not only pet your parrot, but i shall strangle it, too!

    oh wait.

    you'd enjoy that too much!

    wahahahahha

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  11. Rude: i know, right?!

    say, your light saber ain't half that bad, ;)

    enegel's parrot + rude's light saber = oh what joy! oh what felicity!

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  12. enegel's parrot + rude's light saber = oh what joy! oh what felicity! - this cracks me up. Ngayon makakauwi na ako ng nakangiti. :-)

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  13. iuri: wahahahahaha nyeta, pati ako natatawa ako sa pinagsasasabi ko :D

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  14. kinikilig ako sa kwento. still, quiet lang ako dahil ako ay isang true blue dalagang pilipina - dalisay, busilak, at mayumi.

    gaya mo.

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  15. feel good post. mukhang happy na happy ka EW ah

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  16. John: hooooy, linya ko yan! hahahaha

    Xtian: oo naman! :)

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  17. anong dalisay, busilak at mayumi?

    oh please... *rolls eyes*

    hahaha.

    yeah, this is a feel good post. :)

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  18. Max: why is everybody reacting to my being dalisay, busilal, and mayumi?!

    oh, woe is me.

    ahahahahaha

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