Holy Week

Holy Thursday:

I let my nephews and a niece of mine sleep over sa house ni Best since bakasayon naman at wala silang magawa do sa bahay namin. They played all night ng PS2. Sad lang kasi si Faith wasn't able to update her friendster account since Papa Chito used the internet *sniff* Next time nalang.Around 3pm, hinatid ko na sila para umuwi.

Since puyat kami lahat and after we ate meryenda, Twin Jhellai whose now in Baguio, texted me to watch Starmovies since "If Only" is on. Gosh! Syempre since Destiny cable kami, nagpunta kami ni Best sa house nila tita Irene since Sky cable sila. As expected, humagulgul na naman kami ni Oli kasi naman itong pelikulang to sobrang sakit sa dibdib pag pinanood mo. Badtrip! I can't see the logic why the writer made Jeniffer Love left alone. I remember her saying "DEATH DOESN'T PUT LOVE TO AN END" -- I've seen this line to a friend of mine whose in Singapore right now and it made me realized na sobrang sakit talaga g mawala yung taong mahal mo *sniff* Masaklap pa non, the guy made things extra special for that last night. Naalala ko rin yung time na pinanood namin ni Best yung "All my Life" -- isa ring pasaway na movie to. Hagulgul din kami when we see this movie. Pag naiisip ko pa nga lang, naiiyak na ako eh. Waahhh! Stop it! So much for my happy ending.

So after watching the sad movie ulit... since malapit ng mag 12mn, umuwi na kami ni Best to take a half bath since pupunta kami sa Quiapo church to pray the novena and for the station of the cross. Di na kami nag walkathon since karamihan ng kasama namin medyo di na carry yung maglakad from Muñoz to Quiapo church.

Good Friday:

Dumating kami sa Quiapo church around 1am. After the novena, me and Best challenged ourselves to kneel down all the way to the Nazareno altar. Syempre nung una medyo nakakatakot kasi iniisip namin na baka di namin makaya. Pero we thought of the pain Jesus did when he carried the cross. Kami it will just take what 30 to 40 steps to the altar parang natatakot na kami. But you know what, it's a fullfillment pag nagawa mo yung simple sacrifice na yon. Nung medyo halfway na kami, nasabi ko sa sarili ko "uuy, malapit na pala kami matapos...", sobrang saya! I had teary eyes nung nasa harap na ako ng altar. It's a mixed feelings... the words that I utter when I was finally infront was "Thank you Lord!".

After 25yrs, today was my first time na pumasok sa Quiapo church and my very first time to offer my sacrifice for this Holy Week. Last year kasi I was on duty since you know naman call center walang holiday. Lucky me because I got Thur/Fri days off.

I wished for 3 since it was my first time to enter the said church and I know that it'll all come true in God's time.

originally posted April 14, 2006