During our lunch break at work yesterday,
two good friends, Natalie and Jason, pointed out this story in the papers
of a guy who was in a foreign country, dived into a shallow pool,
broke his neck and spine, couldn’t come home because they can’t give him a bed in a hospital.

Also, Tracy told me a patient that she used to take care of.
Dived into a lake or something, too shallow, hit his head
broke his spine, paralyzed from the waist down.

Can you just imagine?

I couldn’t help it.
I had to share my story.

I too dived into a shallow pool back home in the Philippines.
In school back in ’91
Hit my head, at the bottom floor, straight down.
All I felt was I bounced, chipped my two front teeth,
bit my tongue and head painfully hurting.

I was conscious though. I knew what was happening around me.
I did not faint nor collapsed. I just got out of the pool, with a bit of blood in my mouth.
Went straight to the showers, checking my head if it cracked or something.
Nope.
My mother was right.
This proved what she said..
I have a very hard head.

I am still doin’ fine though.
After 11 years, all I have are these unbearable headaches that I have been accustomed to having.

All I wanted to say was,
I am so very grateful.
To God and his glory, that I am still alive to this day.

Still able to play guitar, play music, appreciate the harmony.
Still able to laugh, cry and feel.
Bitch about work and the traffic.
Complain about everything.
Spending time with my nieces.
My brother and I admiring cars. Checkin’ out the ladies.
Sleep in a bed.
Watch sports on TV.
Drive my car.
Walk everywhere.
(Screw that!) Drive everywhere.
Meet new people.
Play in the snow.
Buy more RAM.
Learn Linux.
Learn Windows XP.
Buy more RAM.
Surf Porn
Drink wine.
Eat my favorite foods.
Especially Tracy’s cooking.
Enjoy her company.
Laugh at her jokes.
Love her with all my heart.
And the opportunity to have kids of my own.

I say these because,
I always told myself I hate my life, and always tried to fix it.
I always said I never wanted to be born if I knew this was going to be a cruel world.
But now I realized, there has to be some purpose. Or a reason why I am still here….

and that reason, I think,
is to annoy everybody else. 😉