> Silver
Birthday in the bario is synonymous with spaghetti. It is the only day of the year when every mom poured out tons of catsup over pasta and let kids’ white shirt be bloodied by their masterpiece without worrying on dirty laundry. Spag gave the "Happy Bday" song more melodies as usual, and defined one bday from the other. Obviously, pansit & other delicacies are nothing when spag is around.
I’m proud I have my own spag day too. Every year my mom would cook the sweetest, meatiest & bloodiest spag sauce ever and I would be very grateful I’m alive on that day and have mom as generous as mine. Years afterwards I learned that city kids ate spag almost every day and I envied them. I also found out that theirs can be bought with a pair of fries, drinks or burger, and lot of freebies. To top it all, they can even have Jollibee or McDonalds sung a happy bday for them.
Btw, five days ago was my bday. My present&future wife for years now visited me in Legazpi City, my first and best present. At 5am, still sleepless, my sister Q from Kuwait texted her greetings. It was followed by text/email messages from my friends Lala, Yayang & Joan, Ms. Gwen & Armie, Mommy Linda, Toni, Bong, Lloyd. My sister Joyce called me & I extend my usual kumusta to my fave pamangkin, her son Kokoy. I also got messages from GSIS, Lina of Jobstreet, Yahoo! Bday reminder, and to some of my mailing-list such as Men’s Health, Ariraru, 360, to name a few.
France left at 6pm to Manila, I’m still thankful she went here though it means being absent for two days. I really love this girl. Before I go to bed, I received two last text/s, perhaps the most important & I can’t help I cried. It’s from my brother Jeff and cousin Jayrome who extend the bday greeting of the person who cooked me the best-tasting spag — my mom.
Yes, it’s my bday. But how could I forgot it’s my spag day too?
June 8th, 2006 at 2:09 am
You are right coz your mom really cooks a very delicious spag…i tasted it before…
June 10th, 2006 at 3:39 am
jie, sana silver/spag day ang title. i stil am amused at how u put thoughts into words. continue ur writing passion, ate’s always here to read them. & critique, of course..
June 12th, 2006 at 6:35 pm
Grace, thanks. Now I know I’m not the single person who got enchanted by mom’s spag. I’ll let her know for sure.
June 12th, 2006 at 6:38 pm
Ate, thanks muchos for being there. This reminds me of our college days. My idea + your english & grammar equals quality article/thesis.
June 16th, 2006 at 9:21 pm
that’s a good one kuya…este otep…polish it more then u can be a writer already…send me the first book u’ll publish…tsk tsk… spag day
ciao
June 21st, 2006 at 10:12 pm
^ Jen, now that gives me an idea for a new priority: a book! Perhaps in the next 10 yrs to come.