It is Sunday. I wake up to the delicious aroma of coffee and a sumptuous breakfast..

"wake up the kids, hon..breakfast is ready." he says inbetween singing some song. he sings random songs all the time, sometimes i think he's got massive collections of songs and lyrics inside his head.

i walk my way to the kids' bedroom..i kiss their foreheads and whisper.."wake up babies, it's time for breakfast"..

they open their eyes.. say their "good morning, mommy", and then, one of them goes back to sleep, one sits up and snoozes off, and the other one jumps up and down the bed waking the other two..

we eat our breakfast together. share stories of how  the few days had been. share eachother's plans for the day ahead. and then head back to fix ourselves as we are going to our sunday mass in PICC.

"so, who's gonna drive the car now?" he asks. 

"you.." i say with a teasing smile.

"oh, ok".. he says, smiling back.

and off we go.

-excerpt from "Saturday"

written by zaia

March 2014

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was out with the girls yesterday to attend sha's conference. At first, wala na naman talaga kong gana pumunta because :

1. Nananapak ang init. 

2. I left home with a very sweet smile from my niece that made me want to just stay home and hug and kiss her the whole day. 

3. I wasn't so happy that two of the girls cancelled the last minute though I myself would love to do the same. 

But then the day turned out great. I'm just so glad I went. 

The conference was about happiness. I felt like it was written just for me. Nakakatuwa. 

I loved Edward Lee, I swear I can listen to this man the whole day. Then toots was really charming. So funny, so confident and so larger than life. Nakakatuwa how these big people are just so humble, na parang abot-kamay lang. I really want to meet them one day. Then maybe, be one of them too. 

Naala ko lang yung sinabi ni Toots. Ang goal daw nya e to be better for her husband. Ang goal naman ng husband nya e to make her happy. My dear Universe, this kind of marriage please!!! 

The last speaker was Michael Angelo. He's pure genius. After giving me stitches for laughing for the first few minutes of his talk, pinaiyak nya naman ako dun sa middle to latter part. I love people like him. Yung pajoke joke lang pero may tapang to stand up and fight for what he believes in. Yung tao na yung pagmamahal nya sa Diyos, hindi sya tinuruang maging mapanghusga. 

Then, of course, Sha. The last time I attended her seminar, I was just a face in the crowd. Pero ngayon, whenever we meet, she addresses me by name and gives me beso beso. I think sha is just like me. Introverted, super shy...  And yet she was able to make it to where she is right now. Siguro kaya ko rin yun no? 

I feel so thankful to gabby and Ivan because if it wasn't for them, hindi ganito. Really, how can I not love these people? 

Aside from the  speakers at the seminar, it was the people I was with that made it all worth attending. I realized I need not look so far to meet amazing people when most of them are with me already. 

Aliw na aliw ako Kay LA. Sha was having an interview with Edward and toots at the stage when LA got amused at a point in the talk that she gave her  usual reaction when amused. She  raised her hands and did a 'wave' with a 'woohoo!' in appreciation.  She did so with her usual rocking confidence that gives no sh*t. Toots saw her and asked her to repeat what she did and made everyone else follow. So bibo, our LA gurl. She was just elected to be our president in the club, I'm excited to see how this bibo lady will soon lead us. 

And there's Bea. At the Q&A portion, she stood up and asked a question. This girl's definitely something. Strong, highly intelligent, confident. I often seek people like her to gain example. How come I didn't notice I'm already friends with one? 

We also saw a few TMs at the venue and they joined us at the table during break. I found myself conversing with people I don't usually interact with, with ease. I wasn't like this. I think I too am changing and I love it. 

The girls and I had a bonding sesh after the conference. Our convo over light dinner went for hours and I loved every moment of it. I just realized, WE ARE ADULTS. In a deeper sense and I loved that. Love, life, marriage, sex, fetish, fashion, finances, among other things were the topic. Including NSFW and juicy stuff. I think a mark of adulthood in its realest sense is when we can go uncensored with our thoughts and listen with other people's uncensored thoughts while reserving our judgment. If only I was able to record everything, we could've produced a seminar out of it. Andami kong narealized at natutunan. 

This day gave me a clear idea on the kind of person, the kind of woman, I wish to become. 

Ang tao, parang libro din no... If you listen and look close enough, sobrang dami mong matututunan. I feel beyond bless dahil sa mga taong pinadaan ni God sa buhay ko. Excited akong makita kung sino sa kanila yung pipiliing mag stay. 

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During our talk, Bea told us the importance telling the idea of your dream day together with your man before you get married. She was engaged then when she found out her then fiance wasn't really the one for her because the guy said he's not someone who can give her her dream day. Made me remember I posted my dream day 3 years ago.

Sabi, "we are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. We may have to work for it however." 

Gusto kong gawin lahat ng kaya ko... Everything in my power, to make this dream come true. I hope the Heavens will work with me on this... 

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