Blast from the Past

I think I was in grade school or high school when I wrote this "poem". It basically talks about the time I was so anxious for a cousin to come home because I especially asked that he bring me the book I've been dying to read that time (the book was one of the "Anne of Green Gables" series).

When the Waiting's Almost Done

Time seems to tease you

When it very well knows

You have been there waiting

And waits for the coming.

The wind is blowing hard

And it is very cold

But still you sit waiting

Till that lonely train comes.

One by one, the others leave

Too cold, they can't stay

But you sit still and wait

You have to be there.

Time passes by swiftly

When you begin to realize

Time teases more

With possibilities you rather ignore.

It starts to dawn on you

The "what if...what if...what if..."

What if the train is never coming?

What if your love will never be there?

With hands shaking, lips quivering

Tears falling unchecked

Through the mist the awaited comes

The waiting is almost done.

Fast-forward to NOW, and I'm back in the same situation.

A colleague is coming back from the States in a couple of days and I am so looking forward to the day. You see, I asked her to buy me the CDs I couldn't find here in the country. Selfish, I know. But I think she knows it too (how excited I am for the CDs) and she doesn't mind. Hehe. I think I was able to demonstrate enough how much these CDs mean to me.

Ah, counting the days... (thanks in advance, Juvs). =)

It's Raining Curls!

Anne Shirley once said (somewhere in the Anne of Green Gables series) that babies are such bundles of joy. And that exactly was how my toddler cousins were to me when I went home for Christmas: little tots whose innocent antics were a wonder (and often funny) to witness.

Below are three of those tots, who amaze me more with their cute head of curls:

1. Angelo was the supernice little guy. He had no problem being hugged and kissed and cuddled despite us meeting for the first time. And... he always posed for the camera like a pro!


2. Sam is the sweetest. Her English grammar is amazing, considering her non-English first language. It was cool to talk to this sweetie because her replies to your teasing questions make sense. She's going to be really smart.


3. Kim is the athletic type (her father's in the Army, hehe). Her pursuits are often running around, and 'getting physical'. An older cousin would squeeze and shake her in the shoulders but while other toddlers might have cried, she would just love it. =)

Ah, three little tots, three different personalities. It would be a wonder seeing them grow. ;)

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These cuties are courtesy of my second cousins. Photos published with their permission. :)