No wedding bells for now

This picture was taken from Kuya Jeoff’s and Ate Jean’s wedding last June 9, 2007. It was only today that I got our group picture from the email. So, I decided to make an entry about this for my blog.

We hardly get together even if we’re all neighbors. Yes, you read it right we’re all neighbors and since we were kiddos we’re already friends. Our parents are good friends also, so it’s like we’re a big big family inside the neighborhood.

I think majority in the group are in their college years and some had already graduated, but having our own schedules makes everyone busy. However, when we have free time, we make it a point to allot our time for each other. The most recent we were all together was last Sunday night; each and everyone’s families were invited for a pre-celebration of a birthday. Our moms were left in the living room doing their “chikahan”. Their dads (my dad isn’t here, sad) were outside drinking beers and singing videoke. And we (their children) spent our talks and laughs at the terrace. In the middle of our chat, someone jumped into a question of who’s gonna be the “next” to wed? And we were just looking at each other without uttering an answer. After the speechless seconds, we started to pin point who we think will get married next. And Kuya Jeoff started to advise us “make sure first you have a stable job!”. “Okay”, from an elder’s sermon. haha. At that time, we’re bullying each other as if weren’t listening to him. But I knew his words made everybody aware that getting married is a serious choice to do.

When we went home, my mom mentioned one of the topics they have discussed. Guess what is it? A popular question for that day…who’s gonna be the “next”? I simply smiled back at my mom while going to my room and told her, “We have discussed the same topics”. I bet our parents still can’t get over the fact that we’re all grown up now. Sometimes they confused me when they get so excited to attend our graduation but deep inside they’re weeping because time runs so fast and by some means, wishing they could reverse time and have as remain as their babies instead. Though they tend to be that emotional, just let them. It’s their sentiments, because after all “parents will always be parents”.

But as for me, not soon. Not now. Not yet. Because time can only tell.

~ by ickaissimo on August 9, 2007.