Day 6 - Partas, Christmas Lights

December 23, 2010

My mom was nagging us this morning through the phone about going home to Laoag. I couldn't blame her because our trip has been postponed for a few days now.  So while reading some random shoujo manga, I started to pack. But then again, there's nothing to pack. It's all in the laundry bin. :'( So I just cleaned up the room.

Now it's time to go. :'(

My brother went to get taxi so I was left waiting for him outside our boarding house. Bored, I started typing something on my phone. Here it goes:

When I was still in elementary, about 5 years ago, I hated travelling especially during Yule tide season. Being an observer type, I always stuck  my head outside the windows of our car and just watch the places as it pass by... just like a movie. Doing that at night, it always got me dizzy with the christmas lights that was in almost every road lam, every building, and every house we passed by. Yet somehow, I was fascinated by the blinking variant colors and shapes they formed. On those times, they put on christmas lights a month before December 25 and they even let it stay until the next year. 

Now, however, as I wait for my brother outside our boarding house, I noticed that not one road lamp, nor building, nor a house was decorated in our street. I then searched for any christmas light and found one far away. It was formed in a star blinking and lighting its surroundings. I felt mixed feelings. Depressing because it was all alone... in that vast mountain of houses, it was all alone. Happy because someone still thought of putting on lights even just one. 

Then my brother came back with the taxi so we went to Partas, a bus line. On the way, I still observed buildings with christmas lights. Guess what? Only main establishments and government buildings have their christmas lights on. How depressing. This is the effect of the degrading economy of the Philippines. Gone are those days when Philippines was even given the title to have the longest celebration of Christmas with their christmas lights on for more than a month.