A day in the life…

Yesterday’s lunch was the usual lunch our family has… with the occasional lectures from parents who "want to give their kids only the best." Translate it the way you want.

As a background, my youngest brother was back on his habit… of going home in the wee hours of the morning when his Saturday class dismissal was at 6PM.

He had dinner with his friends and spent time at the arcade.

My parents, who are very traditional (and that is no means said in a negative tone), explained to him that as long as he’s still studying, he must come home immediately after class. No more "lakwatsas," so to speak, until he graduates.

He then retorts with, "Pag nagkatrabaho na ako, hindi ko na magagawa yun."

Which made the insides of my head spin. I had to control my laughter, else my dad puts his focus on me (but I’ve already graduated five years ago… di na ako counted dyan).

Wow, I’ve always thought my youngest brother had a more mature thinking. Duh.

What he doesn’t know is that when you graduate and start working, going out until what time it is already is legal. Slowly but surely, the parents won’t mind about you going home at 4AM the following day. Why do I know it’s true? Because it happened to me, Now, when I go home late, all they ask is "hinatid ka ba ni Gio?"

Goodness, my bro has a lot to learn…

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When he was still with us, our friend Almanz brought a CD at the office which contained themes from different anime, tokusatsu and sentai shows. I loved that CD because the first track was the full version of the Fushigi Song of the series Shaider. For the uninitiated, it’s the song that goes "Fushigi-shigi makafushigi ruwa (shigi-shigi!)…"

That particular CD was lost, I believe. I dunno if he found it.

I’ve looked for the song everywhere in the internet, but I couldn’t download it.

Until now.

I found the Fushigi Song, the (incomplete) opening theme and the complete ending theme in Limewire. I just downloaded it today. Listening to it brought back a lot of memories… from watching Shaider when I was in grade school to happy bastard times with Almanz.

I want to believe you had something to do with this. Thanks, dude. Both for the song and for cheering me up. Miss ya from down here.