Imagine

In Three Years Alone...

March 16, 2002.

I was still in college. I have a girlfriend, a group of straight guys and a quiet life geared up and groomed to take the place of my dad one day in running our publication business. Life was easier and less painful during those days. I just have to look after my life, and things will simply pass by, me barely noticing it.

March 16, 2003

I was at the height of my second "wild days" episode. Just broke up with my first lover a month before. My life revolves around Malate - Mister Piggy's and Mint to be exact. SEBs come and go... and this was the time when I find myself chatting somewhere in Morayta looking for casuals at 2 am in the morning.

March 16, 2004

Just returned to help my dad run the family business. This time, I was second in command. It was an election year and things are somehow hyped up. Business, was rather brisky during these days, and I was earning a lot from my relatively easy work. Things looked promising then. I was at the height of everything...

March 16, 2005

Looking back a year ago, I find myself back at the same chair, at the same room, and working with the same people. Things haven't changed that much. Except that dad wasn't there anymore. Somehow, I am the one running the show (save for my dad's younger sister who manages the operation). But in the editorial arena, I am the one working things on my own. Sometimes, when I look back at how fast things change, I secretly wished that I have allowed more time to enjoy more.

When I look back, I've realize that between discovering how to party and socialize and taking over a big responsibility - bigger than most guys I know... the freedom to enjoy one's life exclusively falls almost at a period equal to just a single blink of an eye.

Kuripot Blues

Pray to God that you
wouldn't have to spend big
in the next 15 days,
for in the end of the month
you might finally
break your lifetime
savings record.