Tuesday, June 11, 2013

A Love For May



            It was the year of my Medical Internship and I was assigned to have my one month Manila rotation at San Lazaro Hospital and Jose Reyes Hospital for the month of May…

            From Baguio, I arrived in Manila at the condominium that I rented for a month on the eve of April 30th. Right away, I unpacked my things, removed all of my clothes and had a quick cold shower. After changing into my home clothes and feeling fresh again, I just jumped-off into my bed and pulled the curtain at its side, I just stared at what the Metro could offer, Manila’ skyline and City lights…

            While looking from afar and imagining what I will expect in my 1 month Manila life, I suddenly remembered this Girl close to my Heart, I have recalled all of my promises to her months before going here in the Philippine’s version of “A City that never sleeps”, that I would spend all of my time with her while I’m here in Manila for a month, being a keeper to my promises, I tried to call her and have asked her exact address as I was making an alibi that I would send her all the movies that we talked about. After getting her address, I right away rode the taxi and went to her place to give her a sweet surprise. There is a saying that “A key to a Woman’s Heart is an unexpected gift at an unexpected time” and I’m really after this Girl’s Heart, so I’m willing to take that extra mile to make her the happiest Girl in this lifetime & I wanted to be the sole reason of her happiness.

            So when I arrived at her place, she still wasn’t there because she just took off from her work, oh by the way, I forgot to mention, she’s a Flight Attendant and has an evening flight prior to that. So I sat and waited outside her apartment’s door for 3 hours… And then I heard her heel’s loud steps, I stood up quickly, with the excitement within my chest and hanging up onto my face. Then she saw me… Just as I imagined her, shocked with me being there, a priceless and perfect moment… She said right away “Oh my Gosh, Armie, what are you doing here?! You’re crazy! I can’t believe you would do this!” with an unexplainable awe and smile. And then I said to her “I wanted to surprise you, a promise is a promise right?”, then She just kept quiet still keeping that unexplainable smile and hugged me right away… I made her speechless… While we were talking about this moment back in Baguio, She was already so excited – excited with all the time and plans she would spend and do with me here in my month’s stay in Manila.

            Every after duty, I would swiftly change my uniform and run as fast as I could to arrive at our meeting place, endless surprises I have prepared just so that I could see her smile over and over again, that enchanting smile that keeps my Heart securely grounded to her…

            On our First Real Date, with Her having no idea where I would bring Her, even if She kept on asking where, I’m still not giving Her any clues coz’ I don’t want to ruin my plan and the moment of excitement to the both of us. So I really kept my lips sealed. As we have arrived at our destination, just as I thought, She became quiet and was speechless again for the second time around, Her face painted an overwhelming expression, I knew at that very time, it was romance filling up the air, it was the perfect surprise, I reserved a Dinner Cruise for the Two of Us along the Manila Bay… So while the Yacht was Cruising, spellbinding breeze of the wind just blew us away, with a fine sumptuous dinner and an acoustic performance singing old romantic love songs… It was the perfect First Date… At that very moment, I knew, I already had her Heart and this time, I intended to keep it safe within my hands…

            One of my many surprises that is close to my Heart was when I brought her to this Treasured Haven outside the busy buzz of Manila. It was Nature at its best, enchanted and Idyllic. We had our own privacy and time together. 6 days of romance-filled adventure, voracious food tripping and just exploring the exquisite & admirable Province together. It was the perfect First Vacation. I had the chance to let her experience how I lived my life, what my world was all about, I was given the chance to reveal to her the “True” Me… And I knew at that very moment, that she felt within her, that she was good to stay…

            While we were walking down this seemly antiquated but scenic Dock at a divine & restful Sunset, I pulled this anchored boat towards us & lend her a hand while she slightly leaped into the boat, as I too have followed. I removed the anchored rope and just continued paddling until the boat was in the middle of the Lake… And then I stopped, I held her hands again, looked right into her, with her enjoying the place and moment that we have… I called out her name and she looked right through my eyes. And then I said to her “After going through at what I've thought are the grueling series in my life, from the day I gave up at everything, there I met you… You were unaware that you were already saving me from doing something bad to myself. You were unconsciously giving me the reason why I should pick up myself again. You let me believe that there is still Life within Me and that remaining Life is all you… Thank You… Thank You…” And He added “Please stay in my Life, I want what we have to be permanent, I realized how beautiful Life is again because I have something to look at now and that is you… I Love You…” With a short pause, she kept in silence, still gazing at her golden brown eyes while waiting for what she would say back to me… Then She replied but I did not hear what She said (Fireworks came into our background), I said “What did you say?” And She repeated it again – I did not hear Her for the second time until She is becoming blurry to my sight, it’s like I’m losing Her. I keep on calling out her name…

AND THEN I WOKE UP.

            With a hazy vision at first, I looked around to orient myself where I am and then it clearly hit me, I’m at my condominium in my bed. I called out Her name and no one is responding, I suddenly looked at the clock and it’s Seven in the morning, I grabbed my phone and briskly scanned it, there’s no undeleted calls or saved messages coming from Her and I asked myself “What is happening?”, And then I saw on my phone’s screen that it’s May 1st… That is the time I knew that we never saw or even talked with each other at all, that I just had this Beautiful Dream… And when I woke up, it just left an Imprinted Memory within my Soul, even if it actually never happened in my Real Life…

            I stood up, looked at the clock again with a sudden realization that I’m already late on my First Day of Duty. I was in a rush to take a bath & put on my uniform and then I opened my unit’s door & just when I’m about to leave, I looked back inside my condominium, thought of my Dream with Her and slowly closed the door…


- Poetic Prince


*** This Article is dedicated to the "GREAT" ARMANDO Q. LEYVA. Tatay, I always miss you and I love you so much...