- When the throat dries
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sophiehappee
- January 9th, 20:56
Recently (well, over the holidays, actually), I had a very heavy realization. This prompted me to answer "Be more responisble" to our SPCM 1 attendance question "What's your new year's resolution?"
Because over the holidays, I realized I am nearing 20. This is not really shock about the age--it's more of a shock for the things that I am expected to be able to do.
As though to emphasize that, the people I had been relying on my whole life started to rely on me big time (I think they haven't realized it yet--they all just seem to be flowing with time!). Suddenly there were so many non-verbal expectations from relatives, parents, friends, and a whole lot more.
Is this what it feels becoming a real adult? Because now, I think in transition phase, where some things are just confusing, especially every time I fail to do something. After a mistake, the air at first is like "It's okay. Everybody makes mistakes." And then, figuratively speaking, it gets cold.
At first, it was not yet clear to me, what I was realizing. Then one December night last year, while my sister and I were preparing for bed, I voiced out "Bakit ang hirap na ngayon?" Maybe the words finally escaped my reluctant subconscious. And then my sister said the exact words I realized I had been dreading to hear: Kasi malaki na tayo. Hindi na tayo bata.
Of course, I've been aware that someday--someday--I would be a full-fledged, responsible, anything-can-do adult (butterfly? Haha.) But I was not prepared of its nearness. Of the appetizers that I had been receiving. That it would come, just a after a short passing of time from now.
Two bad things happened today. All I can say is that one was literal, the other was, well, transitional.
Because of bad thing number two, my old self was suddenly talking about failures and losers. But, thanks to that holiday realization, I managed to hold back my tears. I thought of the working class, the tricycle drivers, the marketplace vendors, the CEOs...
There's another thing currently bothering me--a very itchy throat. At first, I saw it as another burden to my 19-year-old responsibilities and expectations. But surprisingly, it turned out to be my stimulant. Irritating though it may be, I suddenly found myself working with more effort. I suddenly had this drive to overcome the now petty things such as ailments and coughs.
So I suddenly became a sadist. Not really. The coughing still annoys me. But thankfully, it does not hinder my will to keep going.
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By the way, just because I wrote this "responsibility" blog, doesn't mean I don't have the right to post "screw this" blog entries.