Juan Thing Remains

        I recall the incident, the summer of 2013 that follows my soul’s sudden re-awakening and thrill. It is one of the most unforgettable moments in my life. I did nothing but to occasionally reminisce what occurrence that happened in that very moment. Every time I thought myself being in that situation again makes me shiver and it sends chills down my spine. I imagine myself shaking violently, if that thing supposedly happened.       It was in the middle of the afternoon, where me and  my friends went downstairs by using an elevator from the penthouse (8 th floor of the building – where my church was located) to take a lunch downstairs after volunteering for DVBS (Daily Vacation Bible School) in our church (GCF north at the Jocfer Building along Commonwealth Ave.) when my vast and playful mind is trying to persuade my actions to go to the other staircase where it was dark, cold, creepy and full of unexplained dusts to take a shortcut. I opened the elevator at the 7 th flo

Mahirap ang masaktan. Masakit ang mawalan. Naranasan na siguro ng karamihan na ang mauntog at madapa sa mabatong kalsada. Marahil ang mapaso at magkapaltos ay isa na rin. Ang masugatan ng matalim na kutsilyo. Magasgasan, mapilayan o mabalian ng buto. Matapilok at magkastipnek. Ang magkaroon ng pagkarami raming singaw sa bibig. Ang pagkapisa ng tigyawat o ng pigsa. Ang madulas sa banyo at magkaimpatso. Masakit hindi ba? Masaya. May aral. Ngunit masakit. Mahirap. Lalong lalo na kung wala kang kalayaan. Welcome to Earth! Kung tutuusin, ang pisikal na sakit ay walang binatbat sa sakit na emosyonal. May mga sigaw na yumayakap sa tainga, yung iba naliligaw lang sa kawalan at nais din marinig. Marunong ka bang kumilatis? Kung anuman ang iyong sagot, masakit at masaya ang magiging huling hantungan. Mabuhay ka't pakiramdaman mo ang mga ito!