Wednesday, September 3, 2008

No words to describe

It was almost 2 in the morning of September 2 when I embraced my bed to sleep. The day seemed so long that I was thinking of a 12-hour long sleep. My cellphone really is in need of a new battery coz it could not last for 4 hours and easily gets drained. Since I was so tired, I forgot to charge my phone before sleeping.
My deep sleep was disturbed with the noise of the street, so I managed to wake up by 10:30. As usual, the first thing I did was to check my phone. It was so disgusting as it was off. The battery was drained. I then charged it and while waiting, i had a cup of very hot coffee; so great to start a new day.
When I turned on my cellphone, there were 5 messages; 1 from a friend, 2 from my girlfriend and another 2 from my mom. there was also 1 missed call. I checked the call first and found out that it came from my mother. I did not bother. I thought it was just an ordinary "monitoring call" from mom. Then I checked the messages. As i was looking at the first words of the messages, as they appeared on the screen, the first message from my mom shocked me. The message was short; " Your Lola Meling Passed Away at 2:30 this morning." I stopped for seconds. I cannot picture out that my Lola already passed away.
2 weeks earlier, as I don't have an exam, I was able to go home. That sunday, inside the church, while waiting for my girlfriend, I saw my Lola and noticed that she was alone. Usually, she is with my Aunt Helen. I approached her and she was so surprised when she saw me. It has been a month since the last time we saw each other. I immediately kissed her and "mano" as a sign of respect. The sunday service started. My girlfriend was still not around. And so i decided to remain seated with my lola. Nothing so unusual on her face. She smiled at me and asked me questions regarding my studies. When it was time for "sharing of God's peace," i kissed my Lola for the second time and after, left the seat and went into the seat of my girlfriend who was with her parents. As the worship continued, I was uneasy seeing my lola sitting alone. And so, i told my girlfriend if i could just leave her and sit with my lola. At first, she hesitated but later on agrees. For the whole duration of the service, I sat with my Lola. After the service, we bid goodbyes.(she usually goes home with her sister lola bebing. her house is just 100meters away from the church).