Missing Out

This coming week, I'll be leaving with my aunt and cousins for another country ... for a vacation. They have become sort of like immediate family to me already, being with them in several trips abroad, going to their place frequently to play with them when we were younger, going out with them to have coffee ... stuff like that. As always, I am excited to be with them again.

However, I will be missing out on a number of things when I leave. First of all, I will be missing out on the showing of several movies that I have greatly anticipated. There's Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Crystal Skull, which I really like to see on opening day. I was also looking forward to watching The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: After feeling so good about the first movie, I just can't wait to see the second installment. Both movies will be opening on Wednesday, and we will be leaving at 12:30 in the morning of the next day. Hence we need to be in the airport Wednesday night. Another movie opening next week that I am really looking forward to is Sex and the City. Being abroad, I'm really not sure if I can catch the movie there.

Second, I will be missing the American Idol finale on Thursday. It's been a season filled with really talented people, and finally, it is down to the two Davids. Definitely, there will be some great performances from guests. I hope someone finds time to record the show so I can see it later on.

Third, we will be having a mommy event on the 31st of May, our Mother's Day tribute to Filipino moms. For the past years, I've been hosting the pre-event games, doing the voice over for the celebrity guests, sometimes drawing for the raffle, sometimes, taking photographs of the event. I'll be missing it this year, and I hope the one who takes over does a great job. But you see, what makes this event more special this time around is that our general manager, who hails from Singapore, will be witnessing the event for the first time. It could have been my chance to show the big boss that I could do more than just editing, and that I could actually connect with the people I talk to. Or could I? Hahahaha...

Fourth, it will be my father's 58th birtday, and I won't be here to celebrate it with him. Another first that I will be missing this year is that they may celebrate it in our newly renovated "farm lot." Well, it's not really a farm, but it is definitely a lot--a small lot. And there are lots of around, hence the farm name.

But despite the fact that I'll be missing out on quite a number of things in my absence, I am hoping that I'll have fun going with my aunt and my cousins, meeting up with other relatives abroad, probably getting myself a camera (did you read that Jambs? There's always that possibility). Memorial day sale, here I come!