Goodbye Old Friends
Posted under: With the on-set of 2010, a few events worth noting happend.
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My nana virgie was involved in a violent accident on New Year’s eve itself. No, it wasn’t because of fireworks. (We’ve forgone on that tradition a long, long time ago) She was crossing a street when a white civic apparently hit her because he couldn’t be bothered to slow down and let an old woman cross. Since the white civic pulled over and was contemplating if he indeed hit her, she was sitting in the middle of the street when another fast approaching cab hit her. The cab driver then took nana virgie to the hospital. It was such a violent death and it still hasn’t sunk in.
Nana Virgie was such a kind person. She was with our family (my grandmother) for almost 40-50 years. When you say its hard to find good help these days, imagine how hard it is to find another Nana Virgie. You never heard her complain. Every Christmas, she would approach me on the side, and give me P100-P300 as a gift and she always tells me “kahit pang-load lang!” (I know its not big, at least you can use it to buy credits!) I remember being over there this Christmas, because we always spend christmas eve at my grandmother’s house. I remember her asking me when she’ll get to see Pat (my gf) again. It’s been more than a year since I brought Pat over. I told her don’t worry, there’ll be plenty of times! Baka nga yan na pakasalan ko eh! ( She might be the one!) I told Nana Virgie. That was the last time we spoke.
You see, Nana Virgie and I have a lot of history. When I was growing up, since the gap between my siblings (who are twins) is just a year, I’d usually end up being taken care of by my grandmother. I would get dropped off at her house and well I’d stay there. Since I was the only kid there, I’d usually be taken care of Nana Virgie. For breakfast, I would have Oatmeal and little hotdog bits in it. For merienda, she would concoct, pan de sal pizza made from her pizza sauce. I never did get the recipe for the spaghetti she always made. I always enjoyed that. I have a lot of fond childhood memories. And most, if not all of them are at my grandmothers with Nana Virgie. I can never imagine Banawe without her. I love you Nana Virgie. You were the link between me and my childhood and now that is gone.
Another loss is my 9 year old rottweiler died. Maki was beautiful. He was full of energy. He guarded our house. I could never walk him because he was too strong. People where just too scared of him. I remember, since I commuted from school when I was in HS. As soon as I started opening the gate, he would run towards the gate and would try to knock me over or pounce on me. He would always be there to greet me when I got home. Goodbye dear friend. I loved you dearly as well.
What a way to end 2009. I am looking forward to 2010. A year full of loss and yet, I felt as if I gained much more.
Sorry to hear about your loss and condolence to your gf’s family. Stay strong. You know what they say,you lose some and gain some. You both take care! Ingats !