Countdown to homecoming ….
Posted by: Fats in: Wika at Hirap > Takaw at Sursur!We will be leaving GenSan soon. I joked my partner who has been suddenly quiet while discussing with Ali that he finally met his match - Ali talked so much more than he could. 
I guess the quiet is also because of the thought of leaving; we already feel very much at home here.
Lions Beach, General Santos City
We hope to visit the Visayas afterwards, perhaps Baclayon, in Bohol, where I stayed for some 8 days in 1999. Then we can make a decision about where to settle. The only thing I miss about Manila is my family. I hope things work out, I hope things in my life don’t spiral downwards again … I had a bad dream this afternoon, a dream that brought back the feelings of being pushed to the edge of my emotional limits and then the total exhaustion and numbness that ensues. I woke up crying and couldn’t breathe…
I went out of the room and saw that the room next door was closed. I tried opening it but it was locked. I thought that it must’ve been shut by the wind and the knob pushed to lock position, something which Alma warned us about so advised that we keep the house keys in the kitchen and not in the bedrooms.
Later, I told my partner about the room when he came back from swimming at Cambridge Farms, but he opened it easily - it wasn’t locked at all. Either I was still dreaming that time or the house ghost played a trick on me.
Anyway, my latest crochet project is doing well - from a yoke design I am contructing a skirt, and have now moved on to filet crochet for the “body” of the skirt.
I bought several balls of thread (each 175 meters) at Gaisano mall yesterday, the local Monaco and Canon brands. They were much cheaper here than in Manila at 22 and 25 pesos each respectively.
I don’t know if it’s because of the crochet or the emotional stress, but the pain in my right shoulder has started to spread to my chest and neck. The emotional stress also restricted my breathing. I hope all return to normal soon…
