wedding bells!
it was sad that i wasn't able to be present during my brother's wedding yesterday in the philippines. the wonders of the the digital age, however, saved my ass again! i sent an audio message to the newly wed couple and it was played during the reception. while it was playing, they showed pictures of my adventures here in europe to everyone! whatda?!
anyway, i waited yesterday for people back home to go online so that i can get fresh accounts of the day's celebrations. lucky that my younger sister popped in YM and gave me blow-by-blow descriptions of the event! they even sent pictures of the wedding! oh, i love the internet!
i love my brother. i grew up close to him until college life drew us apart. writing this now, i realize that i shared with him many firsts in my life. like my first bike ride, my first taste of firecrackers exploding in our hands (he was the most hurt, though, silly), my first straight porn film, my first fist fight, my first (and futile effort) to drive the family pick-up truck, and a lot of other firsts.
like what i said in the audio message for the wedding, i look up to him in many ways than one. he's the most sensitive guy at home to my tatay and nanay (dad and mom ). he's closer to tatay than i am and they do get along with very well, even getting the pet name of "bogs" from tatay. my nanay may deny it, but she loves my brother so much she gets affected at every little mistake that he commits.
my brother is also the most laid-back guy i know ever! younger than him by a year, and i do admit that i look older, i was more into studying and was hurriedly marking my own niche in life. and there he was, taking his time with not a slight care of what tomorrow will be. he takes it cool. when he's around, there's no rush, no stress. the world will take care of itself. who else will buy the biggest TV in exchange for winning a cellphone for everyone in the family to enjoy? who else will ask me for a dvd player and dvds to match the TV? and who else will stay up late on the playstation with our nephew and nieces? what about school work? yeah, he butts, "indeed, what about them?" hehehe. and of course, he cracks the funniest jokes gathered from playing outside with sweaty kids.
part of the message i recorded was me reading kahlil's message on marriage
http://www.columbia.edu/~gm84/gibran3.html
i also sent him and his wife that wonderful message by email and asked them to read it together. i hope they find wisdom in those words. i welcome the bride to the family and to our mahjong games! all my best wishes are for them.
and as for me, oh well. today is his day. at least for once my blog entry is not about me.
this is marc's version of the truth, sometime at 7:25 PM
if you can't live with it, he can.
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