Ear for Sight

While blow drying my hair, I noticed my sister scuffling around behind me and throwing stuff away. Finally she requested, “Is it okay for you to turn down the blower a bit? I’m looking for my bra straps.”

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My favorite brat

My youngest sister called me in the middle of the night, bawling.

“What’s up?”

“It’s a nightmare. P-please. Tell mom. I have to s-stop school.” She said between sniffles.

I sat up straight on my bed. “What?! What happened?”

“Frogs! In Biology class! They didn’t tell us something like this would happen in college. It’s horrible.” More bawling.

“I do not understand you.”

“You h-have to tell mommy. I-I can’t tell her!”

“You’re quitting school because of frogs!?”

“They are ALL OVER THE ROOM! They are so ugly!”

Rewind four years back in laboratory class. “My BIO class wasn’t that bad. They pin them frogs down, you know.”

“They jump!” She shrieked. “They jump and hop and oh my Lord, the experience is so horrible I want to die!”

“What did you do?”

“I poured formalin on them before they even get to me.”

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We all stopped counting at 25.

This recent trip to CDO last month was a two day weekend rendezvous spent for celebrating birthdays – Michelle’s and my mom’s. Michelle’s was actually the major highlight but don’t tell my mom that.

For weeks, we have been planning on this Saturday getaway in White Island, Camiguin and an overnight stay at Paras Beach resort. With our bikinis and suntan lotions in tow and shutter shades, everything was all good – except we didn’t anticipate the heavy rain that poured all over Southern Mindanao! The road to Balingoan was already blurry on the windshield and by the time we got there, no ferries were brave enough to cross the island.

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