backwards

And simple joys come in the following forms:
1) Mama and I having a spur-of-the-moment mall trip. We just went around Robinson’s-Imus and window shopped. It was fun because I felt like a little kid again. It reminded me of the time When Mama would always tag us along to SM, church, my aunt’s place in Ledesco Village, etc. It also reminded me of days when I would beg her to take me to McDo and buy me a cheeseburger meal. I find joy in sharing a PHP 35 Burger King meal with Mama… in killing time and talking about nonsense with my mother.
2) my nephew Joaqui, waking me up every weekend. Every Saturday, Joaqui would barge into our room and wake me up. To wake me up, he would say, "Maam, (he calls me Maam after I taught for one SY. It was my father who made such new nick, sigh) gising na! Umaga na!" My nephew knew that Saturday would mean me playing and watching movies with him. After lunch, we would take the nap together.
3) watching My Sassy Girl with my brother and my Ate. Yeah, I know I have watched this movie for several times already but it still makes me laugh and feel giddy… and makes me sigh.
4) chatting about "showbiz chismis" with Joaqui’s mother. I rarely talk with Geselle. So having her stay at home for over 12 hours is something… and talking with us, even if it is about something trivial like about Ruffa-Annabelle rift, is even something.

The weekend was wasted watching the Korean TV series "My Girl." Was it good? After finishing eight episodes, it already felt dragging. Yet I finished watching all of the 16 episodes, skipping some of the parts. Korean TV series always have the four-sided love angle. Boy has an ex-GF who went back to him but then their relationship wouldn’t work out because the boy realized that he’s in love with the heroine. And then another conflict comes in, a close friend of the boy is also in love with the heroine. But in the end, the heroine will still end up with the boy. It’s quite predictable that I wish they would have some new ending. Anyway, I always find myself wishing the heroine would choose the other boy.