Friday, March 24, 2006
Well, who would've thought this day would turn out very spiritual for me?
I just came home from a short interview (note: final interview) and a long trip with my mom and her friend. They drive me to the place since it's sooo far from here! About the company, got nothing much to say, I was asked though, when I told the interviewer that I'm blogging, if what would I put on my blog about their company. Well, I told him sorts of stuff (all true!) but I wouldn't dare to put it here though, not because it's not likeable, it's just that I would rather talk about my unusual trip.
Now where would I start? hey, warning: it's gonna be super long. But you will find it enjoyable (I hope).Let's start after the interview (which was rather nervewracking, I was having my final interview with the company at eight o'clock in the morning! sabaw pa utak ko nun, men!) Anyways, I finished the interview, not as confident as I was the last time (but in fact, still proud, because I can't believe I was called for the final interview when I didn't do quite good during the layout test) ,
**sorry for the numerous comments**Ok, let's just cut to the chase, so there, I finished my interview with my mom and her friend picking me up, and then, we went to her friend's house (not the one with us in the car, but someone living in that area) to return the perfume she bought on my first interview, hence first day of their series of trips. We stayed for a while, they had a big house for three people. It sent me to imagining when my babe and I would finally settle down and have a home of our own. Anyways, I played with the cute lil girl for a while, and then we left to eat lunch. My mom had the idea of going to Silang, Cavite to visit my uncle who's a parish priest there, since we were already near the place. Her friend had another idea of dining at Tagaytay since it was on the way. So my mom came up with this idea of going to Pink Sisters to pray, so we all agreed, as for me, granted that we eat at Josephine's because I was craving for halo-halo. So after a pit stop at the atm machine, my mo m said she didn't have cash with her so we had to get some from the bank, and it wasn't as easy since her card got demagnitized because of her bag. Anyways, we ate lunch at Leslie's because my mom was already hungry and Josephine's was far pa. There was no halo-halo, but the baked mussels were superb! And the view was breathtaking, thus, more wishful thinking and daydreaming
..."Kelan kaya kami makakpunta dun ng babe ko?"Anyways, we had a big hearty lunch, and then had a few stopovers, I was with two moms, so expect that they were gonna stop once in a while to buy goodies, and take up a lot of time bargaining with the sellers.
Anyways, I wished I would've brought flowers to offer to Mama Mary if I had known that I would have a marvelous experience at Pink Sisters. So there, riding with two talkers in the car, imagine my surprise when I stepped down from it. There was heavenly silence at the place. I never whisper, but there I felt the need to. So we quietly walked towards the church where we found the pink sisters, all of them I suppose, praying fervently, and chattting hymns of praise. As I sat down, I marveled at the most beautiful sound I have ever heard in my entire life! I was in awe, and it was like getting into a trance. Their voices were enchanting, and for a moment I thought I heard heaven. Their voices were like that of angels, I never heard anyone in real life, but that time was like my first time hearing it. It was nothing like Gregorian from Harry Potter or Star Wars, it wasn't overpowering or scary at all. It was, as the word was floating on my mind the whole day, heavenly. At that time, I felt so peaceful, like I could just listen to them forever, and I remember telling myself, that if my relationship with my babe won't work out, I will be a Pink Sister. After hearing them pray, we all went to write our prayer petitions. I won't tell you about those, it will take another long blog. My mom went to buy a birthday prayer card for my grandma, while I went back to praying, thanking God for the wonderful experience, for making me get a feel of heaven. On the road, my mom made a comment that the voices of angels were like birds. I thought they really had wings, but they had faces, because they were angels. And not trying to make it sound like one of those sleazy Tagalog movies, but I have found my haven in that place. I know that when the world goes too crazy for me, I have somewhere to go, where I will truly find peace. I thanked God for making me see that in a really noisy and restless world, there is still a place where everything is all beautiful and holy. I thank God for I now have what I call.. a real sanctuary.After that, we went to visit my uncle's parish. We didn't find him there, but we still got to appreciate the church. The whole structure of it. It was an old one, and it looked so sacred. Again, I thanked God as I marveled at His beautiful creation. The wonderful inspiration of His love that moved people to do the incredible work of art as a sign of praise. I was in awe as I looked at the piles of carvings of saints at the walls. I uttered a silent prayer, as they say, when you visit a church for the first time, you can make a wish. And so I did.
The whole time, I was giving all thanks to the Lord for letting me go on a little trip to marvel at the things done to give praise to Him. Work of art, heavenly voices for the glory of his name. It made me want to do more, to give more praises to Him.
And then at the end of my trip, I came to realize that indeed, angels are real. Not only with what I have seen and heard, but because of the people who I am with. They are angels. My mom is an angel. She woke up early in the morning to drive me to my interview, she prays for a lot of people a lot. The little baby we have at home is an angel. She woke me up so I wouldn't be late.
And at the end of this blog, I would be doing what I have been thinking while writing this. Giving thanks to my God for all his goodness, the splendor, the marvel that is my life.
another adventure for COSMOGIRL!
