SPOILER ALERT:IF YOU DETEST MY BRAND OF EMO'ISM, DON'T READ THIS SHIT.
Its been literally a month over since i wrote anything at all, its a tad bit rusty with the introduction and same cycle of rants and bitching but heck...its something eh?
I took the opportunity from the 2 week Eid' Fitri break to head home and all of us decided to leave for Manila this year. The passing of the two grand matriachs of the family was just too hard for everyone to handle, yet none of us spoke of it openly.
I was looking forward very much to this seeing that:
1) I love Manila.
2)I haven't really been back since 1988.
3)"The List".
4)The exchange rate.
5)Raya in Malaysia.
That being said, im was one happy monkey on the flight to Clark. Nothing would deter me from the anticipation, not even the flu and migraine or the 1 hour agonizing drive on the SCTEX. The city and i go way back and it was a place of many firsts for me.
It was like coming home to a home that you felt like you never left, the sights and smells and the noise that was Metro Manila, Makati, Intramuros, Rizal Park,Roxas Blvd, Legaspi Village, Ayala and Chinatown reminded me of 1998 and the memories and people that i knew.
Manila taught me a lot of things, lessons that were very much priceless and important. I yearn returning to the city. I've been back before, i was there in May but its not a real home-coming, it never is until i started back where i left off 12 years ago in a park somewhere in Makati.
Manila was my Aliyah, i spent the last 12 years waiting for that home coming.
I came along with a piece of paper that i wrote 12 years ago, it was the list of stuff i haven't done yet. It was a long list and the couple of days in the city has seen me achieving a few milestones; Balut and chicken intestines among them.
All in all, it was an awesome trip. Well, it was i guess.
WHY THE FUCK DID YOU HAVE TO GET ENGAGED?
I find myself facing the problem of dating the wrong set of people, which are technically the major contributor to my so called cynicism and depression. In a nut shell, i get emo because of my exes.
All those glassy romantic images of Manila are now but a distant memory that i've locked up somewhere in my mind. I refused to take calls from Cecil and Ryan and i haven't open my bags yet. Hence, i have resorted to raiding my old wardrobes for clothing, not that i need it anyway seeing i've turned into this emo hermit that only goes out for the usual newspapers and groceries.
Im torn to bits, i seriously am.The return to KK was a blurr of seatbelts, airplane food, the taxi,home,beer and sad sappy songs. Im in an evil dastardly sad cycle which involves massive drinking and the streets CD.
I find myself making less and less sense and there is this huge mental block in front of me. Im not me, i hate me not being me.
And yet, every time someone asks how was the trip i automatically reply by saying how great it was.
"How was Manila?"
"Freaking awesome (If you consider your long waited hope crushed to tiny bits as awesome), yeah it was awesome."
Jesus, why must it be such a drama?