Papa went home from Australia last Saturday and brought home stuff–the usual chocolates and purfumes. He also brought me an iPod (Sydne too). I remember telling him that I wanted a koala and an iPod from Australia. I was joking because I wanted neither of them so I was surprised when he told me that he bought me an iPod. I realized that having an iPod is time consuming especially for someone like me that wants everything organized, etc. In fact, I spent last night putting songs and album art into my new gadget.

This afternoon, I started putting photos into it. I browsed my photo library and saw so many pictures from the past few years. And then it hit me. I realized that before all this–before college, before stress, before confusion, before spending so much time doing things I don’t want to do–or even before good things like SV–I had a life. I was once in high school: I attended prom, wore a uniform, did silly things with friends. I was once part of the student publication: I used to stay up late and went to places, I was once a believer of things, whatever they are. I was once addicted to photography: I had that flare for “art” shots (art was whatever I think it was). I was once young, careless/carefree. I once lived in an apartment with nine girls and a cat. I once had friends who are now (physical and emotional) miles away.

This made me cry. Life is and was wonderful. I almost forgot that. All I do right now is channel all my energies to get things done. Sometimes, it is worth all the nostalgia to look back and see how far you’ve come. The journey is something worth watching. The journey is a testament on how faithful the Lord is in my life. He was faithful then and He is faithful now.

Life is also surprising. It got me in a very odd moment. A new iPod and a lot of nostalgia (and a rainy afternoon).

Last month, I was spending a lot of time with people in coffee shops. One thing that astounds me about LB is the number of coffee shops we have here. If you count from Junction to UP Gate, there maybe 15 shops more or less. Of course not all shops serve good coffee but there are some that stand-out.

On Wednesdays Pish, David, and I have a long break in the middle of he day so one Wednesday we went to Cafe Antonio and played Scrabble. David won. Cafe Antonio serves good coffee and non-coffee drinks. They also have a lot of books and board games which makes it so much fun. They also have really good music. For me, they win the Music Category in all the cafes in LB.

Chara, Hannah, and I spent after dinner time at Boston Cafe so that we can update each other about our lives. We spent half of the time taking pictures, reading a wedding magazine and Chara teaching us to put make-up.

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I learned my lesson. If I don’t blog seemingly exciting things at moments when they seem so exciting, the excitement diminishes. Thus, this post.

It’s Alumni Homecoming time on September 11! Can’t wait to see ates and kuyas and meeting new ates and kuyas. Yipee!