No, Seriously.
I always enjoy those serious discussions with Nny (and Dom) while in the dining table. Well, not those "you will die tomorrow!" kind of serious. More of those discussions about our lives and our problems, some current issues, stuff like that. I sat on my chair in the dining room at around 6:30pm and got off an hour and a half later.
Nny was asking us if we would like to go next year to America for a vacation. When June 12 comes, the only remaining people in the Pascual side (only the immediate family) are our Grandfather Jun, and Tty himself. His siblings (3/5) and his mother, is currently in US, some naturalized, most waiting to be. Our Grandfather Jun has no plans of going there, and Tty has no intention of migrating, though both he and Nny recomment us to migrate since, as most Filipinos believe, there is no hope in our country. (Nny does not consider being a teacher as a profession, but rather as a vocation.)
(I knew it had something to do with Tty's family - he misses them. Why wouldn't he?)
Dom's and my answer was a no. Limit's would surely be the same, and has the highest probability of such an answer among the three of us. Simply because we didn't want to leave home. She actually asked us a couple of days ago if we would like to go with them to Vigan, what more luck would they get when the destination is another country?
Our being self-sufficient.
Considering the going-to-America-situation, I was thinking that stay at home, rather than going out, should alarm my parents, but Nny said that this preference reflects one's independence. One's autonomy. It also shows the disconnection between a child and his parents, which is a part of parenthood. (Why the hell am I talking about parenthood?)
I told Nny that my wanting to be alone was mentioned in my career test, and would be a disadvantage of mine, probably because of its excess. And as we all know, too much of anything is bad. Nny told me that everyone has their own traits (and talents), and it's up to us to know what future coincides with these traits. And talents. Meaning to say that this autonomy can either be of the three: It can hinder me from being good at something, it can be an advantage for me at some point, or it simply wouldn't matter at all.
I think I've lost my point. Poke me, then. Here's a safety pin.
Nny was asking us if we would like to go next year to America for a vacation. When June 12 comes, the only remaining people in the Pascual side (only the immediate family) are our Grandfather Jun, and Tty himself. His siblings (3/5) and his mother, is currently in US, some naturalized, most waiting to be. Our Grandfather Jun has no plans of going there, and Tty has no intention of migrating, though both he and Nny recomment us to migrate since, as most Filipinos believe, there is no hope in our country. (Nny does not consider being a teacher as a profession, but rather as a vocation.)
(I knew it had something to do with Tty's family - he misses them. Why wouldn't he?)
Dom's and my answer was a no. Limit's would surely be the same, and has the highest probability of such an answer among the three of us. Simply because we didn't want to leave home. She actually asked us a couple of days ago if we would like to go with them to Vigan, what more luck would they get when the destination is another country?
Our being self-sufficient.
Considering the going-to-America-situation, I was thinking that stay at home, rather than going out, should alarm my parents, but Nny said that this preference reflects one's independence. One's autonomy. It also shows the disconnection between a child and his parents, which is a part of parenthood. (Why the hell am I talking about parenthood?)
I told Nny that my wanting to be alone was mentioned in my career test, and would be a disadvantage of mine, probably because of its excess. And as we all know, too much of anything is bad. Nny told me that everyone has their own traits (and talents), and it's up to us to know what future coincides with these traits. And talents. Meaning to say that this autonomy can either be of the three: It can hinder me from being good at something, it can be an advantage for me at some point, or it simply wouldn't matter at all.
I think I've lost my point. Poke me, then. Here's a safety pin.