The Ocean of My Being

My long-time wish came true last April 13th when I boarded the plane that took me back to my beloved Mindanao! As I've always said, ever since I came to Manila, my trips home have become the most awaited parts of the year(s) for me. Going home would always do me wonders. And, this year, the timing couldn't have been better. God is great! Life is good! :) I went home for my Grade School and High School Alma Mater's Grand Alumni Homecoming. My trip wasn't really planned. I was feeling a little sad because I really thought I couldn't go. But, my mom felt that I'd miss a lot if I didn't go (I sure would have), so she sent for me. I was just so happy! The Homecoming was great! It was a 4-day-celebration. We had a motorcade, a torch parade, bonfire, inter-batch sports fest, parlor games, outreach, parties and looots of catching up with old friends! It was great remembering, talking and laughing about high school times. We (my batch) didn't win any

These past days, I've been feeling a little sad about some development in the life of one of my best friends, Dean . He's actually my closest guy friend. You see, his family wants him to marry soon. This isn't really new to me (us) because his family (aunts, uncles and mom) have been urging him to choose a girl and have been going around our place searching for the perfect girl for him for a long time now. And, finally, around December of last year, they found her. They told Dean about her and Dean was okay with the idea, but, of course, he had to see the girl first. We joked about the whole thing. Every time he would think of going home to visit his family, I'd tease him endlessly about the possibility of coming back married and all. Last Friday, I went to see him off at the Centennial Airport. He went home to get away from the heat here in Manila! Again, we joked about his getting married soon. I seriously asked him how he really felt about it and he said