One step, forward.

In any point of the present, I’ve been planning to embark on a flight to greater happiness.

I will fly from Manila to New York just to see my Mom, not in webcams, but live and personal. Not just my mother, even my two sisters and my niece is waiting for me there. I wonder, how’s America right now? I’ve been in California and Hawaii thrice, but that was in the late 90’s. Free tickets courtesy of my ever-dedicated father and Philippine Airlines.

But I don’t care about California or Hawaii.

New York is my primary target. The so-called Big Apple where everybody wants to take a bite.

Back then, all I remember with United States is the grocery. They use brown bags rather than plastics, to minimize waste and to promote recycling. Papers are easily recycled. And I also remember the squirrels I used to see, climbing up coniferous trees and eating acorn. I also remember the view of a snowy mountain, though I never had any chance of encountering some snow.

I could still remember the usual 6 o-clock train that would pass by the fenced backyard; the train’s sound serves as an alarm clock for me. And the wide, nicely-cemented, six-laned freeway (or expressway). I could remember myself drinking Starbucks: though my Mom warned me not to drink too much since its for elders.

The drive-thru system of KFC.

The morning routines of watching Blue’s Clues, eating waffles with syrup or Turkey hotdogs.

The sight of a hummingbird hovering its wings at the garden.

This summer vacation, after branding myself as a High School Graduate – I am prepared to go and pay a visit to my Mom and my older sisters. My Dad would come with me, but my brother chose to stay here for now. I know; that visit is a one-way ticket visit.

That would be April, of next year.

~ by utakgago on October 25, 2006.