Birthday and the 3B’s

July 13 was my Birthday.

Bagyo! That's one word to describe my birthday. I did'nt even know what her name was but it was not as strong as I expected it would be. The next day, I saw from the news that she was just about to leave the northern parts of Luzon and on her way to China.

Brown-Out! That's another word. Bagyo na, Brown-Out pa. Malamang. The weird thing is, just a few blocks away from our house, may kuryente. I could've gone out and spent a few hours on the internet at the cafe but I decided to stay at home instead.

Speaking of Brown-Outs, talaga bang brown-ang tawag at hindi black-out??? If so, why brown-out??? Is it different from a black-out? What's the difference, then? Or is it just some tagalog word na naimbento lang na na-stuck sa bokabularyo nating mga Flips(Fine Looking Island People)???

So I stayed home, nood TV with my sis hanggang sa nag-brown-out nga about 5pm. We only had a few candles and a bunch of used scented candles left so I used the New-Year Fortune-Telling Candles my first team-leader from work gave us as a Christmas gift. Di ko naman kasi sya nagamit for its intended use. It's a set of colored candles, each color represents a certain aspect, like money, love, career, etc. Your supposed to light them all mga 30 mins ata before midnight and upon New Year, patayin mo sila at yung pinaka maliit na kandila ay yung aspect na pinaka-susuwertehin ka for the year and so on.

I started playing Solitaire nalang sa baraha na may Joker nga, kulang naman ng dalawang cards. Dinner time came and our ulam was hotdogs washed down by not so ice-cold Coke. Afterwards, we decided to play Pusoy-Dos na di naman ako manalo-nalo. We ended up playing Monopoly sa Travel-Size na set.

I ended the night reading Mythology by Edith Hamilton.

Belated…

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