Down South

"Sinong presidente niyo dito?" ("Who is your president here?") A asked as he walked through our front door. A and his wife B had come all the way north from Marikina. Driving through EDSA, South Superhighway, and finally to Alabang-Zapote Road must have seemed like an eternity for him.

It's Saturday night and my friends had come to visit my family in our new home. I cooked a lovely Menudo, which only got better the next morning, and some Sisig, which didn't last all that long. P brought a tray of Baked Salmon, half a dozen Lava Cakes, and her boyfriend C. C brought her husband J, and a gift of soup bowls, so sweet! As for my girlfriend B, she brought the best present of all, Lucky!

Lucky and Sophie met more than a year ago. We went on a road trip to Tagaytay and had brought the two babies along. Back then, the two were not even talking. They were tiny teeny babies. Lucky had even gotten sick by the end of the day. Today, they're walking, talking harbingers of disaster. Oh but how they ran and talked and played. It was a fun night!