Marikit

• Helping senior citizens acquire their code bill number @ MCWD even if I have to get another priority number while assisting them. The appreciative smiles on their faces make another hour in line worth it.

• Passing by a road familiar to me four years ago brings back nostalgia to a more happy, innocent and carefree times.

• On my way home, I chose another route. Instead of going home straight, I rode a jeep and made a turn uptown before going home.

• Thanks god for the invention of Decolgen. My sore throat and runny nose did not develop into a full-blown flu.

• Having siesta while my aunt and her friend are in the living room. The sounds of them talking and laughing comforted me. It made me remember a time in childhood when I’m sent to the bed early while the adults are playing mahjong. Their sounds lull me to sleep.

38 I’m quite superstitious.
I don’t whistle at night.
I knock on wood three times when I mentioned something I don’t like to happen.
I don’t wear my underthings straight from the clothes line, I iron it first.

39 My wallet has no coins. Even if I have a compartment for coins, I don’t put it inside the wallet. After paying fare, I just stash my coins inside my pockets.
If I don’t have a pocket, I just place the coins inside my bag.

40 Okay, as discovered, I’m one of the few people who puke in the sink.

41 Tagay ta or Inum ta! I’m insulted when a guy asks me to have some beer with him. I’m quite old-fashioned. I think if a man wants to know someone better, he should do better than that. I think it shows a lack of respect and it seems like you’re telling someone that you’re a booty call material.

42 I daydream.

43 During my grand father’s funeral, I did not cry. I cried 2 years after his demise when everyone has moved on.

It’s a mask to defend myself against the feeling of inadequacy.

But those days are all over now. I’m an adult who’s aware of my limits and strengths.

So this unbecoming defense mechanism that has stucked with me since childhood should really got to go.