of mangoes, FRIENDS, etc.

Yesterday was a rather full day for me. Not even one item was checked from my things-to-do list for that day. What did I do? I returned to my room at around 12:30 AM, although the dorm variety show was not yet over. I slept from 1:30 AM until 10:30 AM. I had an INTACT exposure trip the whole afternoon. My family-minus-father and I ate dinner at my auntie Bebot's house, and I was able to go back to the dorm around midnight.

My mother just came from Cebu yesterday, and she brought fresh mangoes, dried mangoes, smoked meat, and lechon baboy (not the bland kind found in Manila). My auntie Bebe decided to invite us to dinner in lieu of her job promotion (although the promotion was made two weeks ago)(Sidenote: To clear the confusion of why it's aunt Bebe who's treating us at aunt Bebot's house, it's because they live near each other, and aunt Bebot has a larger space at her house). So my three brothers, mother, and I went to Mandaluyong to have dinner there. Auntie Bebe prepared sinigang and grilled seafoods. My mother brought lechon baboy and fresh mangoes. Auntie Bebot also had a stock of fresh mangoes. Being a dormer deprived of home-cooked meals and fresh fruits, the meal was a sort of feast for me. I really enjoyed the mangoes since it's my favorite fruit. Sometimes, I wish I live at Guimaras, where I'll be eating all the mangoes I can eat.

After dinner, my cousins invited us siblings to watch reruns of FRIENDS season 7. I miss that show. It's one of my favorite sitcoms. While watching some episodes, a sort of epiphany came to me. The age of the characters when the show started was within the range of 23-26. Now my brother is turning 26 years old this year. Before, when I used to watch FRIENDS, I thought that those characters there are way older than me. Now, there's the feeling that I will eventually get older and reach their age. I realized that I will reach a time where I'll have a group of close friends, and we'll be talking about adult stuff like work and all that shit (another thing, I don't have that circle of friends yet). Also, I'm turning 18 this year. Damn! I will no longer be a minor, and I can be sentenced for death penalty (no, I don't have plans). Everyone gets old and I just hate it. I'm not supposed to think about things like this at 17, but considering the fact that I worried about what things to pack for college when I was in grade 2... thinking/worrying about the future comes natural to me.