Old and New
I was preparing the photos I'd post here of the holidays spent quietly in our family's compound in the province while mindlessly watching the pilot episode of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. where Ross agonize being newly divorce at age 26 and it dawned on me that I saw this episode when I was 10 and now I'm the same age as the characters. Nostalgia came rushing in while looking at photos of the holidays with cousins I grew up with who now have their own families and baby cousins are all turning into tweens. Every single year i don't know why I bother commenting on how tall they're all getting. I also gave our grandparent's old abandoned (almost dilapidated) house a visit and the current state of the once glorious house and my lola's garden where we spent most of the family gatherings a decade and a half ago magnifies how life really is short and we just slip into our present selves without realizing it.
When i was 10 I couldn't wait to be an adult and it seems 26 is far out future like how 80s movies depict the 2000s the utlra modern civilization with flying cars and hologram phones. Alas it's 2012 already and I still feel like there's something I ought to be when I turn this and that age. But at this point I'm relishing this time of my life. Taking my sweet time to realize my hopes and dreams and living in the present. :D Happy 2012 everyone! As a little tribute to the new year ahead my cousins,nieces and nephews spontaneously worked on this wall art project in the family compound celebrating our family name.
