From once upon a time to I wish upon a falling Star! ;)

Whenever the day comes that I am off from duty the next day, it feels like my heart is pounding for joy that I wanted to seize the day, freeze the time and make my day off longer than a regular 24 hour would do. I cherish every moment that I could find time to rest, and sleep, eat and yes, tell a story.

Ayun un eh. Sabi ko na meron ata ako talaga akong calling sa pagiging story teller. I just wanna talk and talk kahit na mag isa lang ako, kaya I always find time to write once in a while. Sa totoong buhay man o hindi, talaga lang sigurong madaldal ako or madaming kwento.

Okay, so much about that, I just received an email from our boss that my probationary period is about to end. Which means, I'm almost 3 months already here away from Pinas. But why do I feel like I'm still at the coping up stage? The culture, the weather, the dialect stage, etc. Minsan, gusto ko din ma feel ung "homesickness" nilang tinatawag. Madalas kasi, nababasa ko sa Facebook ng mga friends ko na naunang nag abroad, na miss na miss n nila agad ang Pilipinas, ang balot, jollibee, sinigang, etc.. Well naisip ko, meron nmn din ditong itlog maalat? Fastfoods, pwd nmng magluto ng sinigang? Wala lang, skeptic lang ako kasi minsan, naiisip ko, abnormal ba ako? Bat di ako nahohomesick pa? haha Or baka sanay lang din talaga akong independent ever since? Anyway, d ko nmn mapapagkakaila na I miss my family and friends, but not to the point that I would want to go home na agad, rant about it and all that.

Anyway, darating din ako jan. At baka pagtawanan nyo ako pag ako ay sobrang nahomesick. Now naiimagine ko na how sad it could be. But...this is not about that. My kwento is not about the homesickness, it's about the "once upon a time and wish upon a falling star" ika nga ng title ng blog na to.

Well, para lang may konek, ganito un. Once upon a time, na bigla ko nlng naalala, we live in this matchbox type of dormitory. (with my friend Wendee, a costaff nurse in Pinas).

It was super small room na kung makikita mo nmn, parang pgbaba mo ng kama, dining na agad. 3-4 steps, it's our door out. Super masikip, it was. But then, it was already expensive enough for a salary of the nurse in Pinas.

But anyway, though bahay namin kahit munti, we were having so much fun!

We would invite our other friend, (Let) and do our silly things. Picture to the highest level, and mga kakikayan lang. No dull moments indeed. Then, we started to wish. Sabi namin, "yaan mo Deng, pag yumaman na tayo, hindi na ganito kaliit room natin. Hindi na tayo masisikipan, d na tayo magcocommute, d na tayo maglalakad. (ting!)

Fastforward to 3 years after. Never did we imagine that we would once again bump into each other again in a new chapter of our lives. It was fate. We never did think that our one wish would be granted and truly, at almost exact package as we wished.

Wendee has been working in UAE for more than a year and then we met again. She got married and we planned to rent a flat. It took as a lot of obstacles before we had came up to the one that we would really like.

 And this is what I call, the adjustment period. Ang hirap palang magsimula. We were like starting from scratch and now praying that finally makapag settle down na. Then ta-da!!!

This is our new flat!

Oh ha, ala "from rugs to riches" ang drama. Although, I believe that we are not yet rich. Madami pa kaming kayod, sermon, sakit at pagod na kelangang harapin sa pagiging nurse. But somehow, nakakatuwang isipin na from the matchbox house, to a wish, now a reality in living in our own flat. Amazing, right? God is so good. He listen to our prayers when he knows you work for it.

Hindi masama ang mangarap. Sana susunod na ang wheels namin na isa pa naming niwish din. haha..Kaya pag nagpray ka dw, be specific! Pray with details and work for it too.

I remember this night when we were walking, we were choosing from the cars that were parked.
Wendee: ayan nalng kaya? ay masyadong maliit. Gusto ko ng madaming kasya.
Me: Okay, pili na!!! hahaha

These are my new housemates. And this story is a living proof that we should never under estimate our dreams. Dream. Believe. and make it come true!

(like it was Saturday when I wished na sana Wednesday na para off ko na. And tomorrow, it is!) haha ;p