simpleJOYS

being in a new place certainly is hard.. everything seems like a foreign object.. every corner looks unknown.. everyone is like a stranger...

but there are also a lot of moments i celebrate with great joy.. events which allow me to appreciate simple joys..here are some simple joys i'd love to share with you..

• riding the mrt with so much anxiety and in the end being able to get out of it still breathing..
• always getting out in the wrong mrt exits and still able to locate the right destinations..
• one time after buying lrt tiket, i heard someone shouting.. "ate nikki, ate nikki".. and guess what, it's bogs..
• on my way to a job interview, our eyes suddenly caught each other, both surprised, approached each other, then hugged.. it's noel...
• security guards, mmda officers, and traffic officers.. my new forms of angels without wings.. (i always ask directions from them..)..
• my sisters being so patient locating my destinations through google earth and maps..
• everyday text messages from seth..
• surprise text messages from friends..
• everyday calls from home..
• witnessing weddings at st. francis church every saturday..
• the sight of my artificial moon..
• meeting co-applicants (kahit alam kong mga kalaban ko sila sa certain position, i always find myself talking to all of them..)..
• one time, while there was rotational brownout, i decided to stay along the corridor of 16th floor to read a book, after some of those living in the area noticed that, they started to stay along the corridors to do other stuff (2 children decided to play outside, 1 girl also decided to read, 2 teens studied their lessons, etc..).. very nice..

bigsigh.. the list can actually go on..

i just realized that, even if i am really having a very hard time adjusting to the changes,
i know and feel that heaven is working with me, in me..

 

i badly miss home,
but right now,
i am embracing this new home..

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