and it could have been any ordinary sunday [march 20, 2005] if not for the things that have transpired.
palm sunday
i copied something from Wikipedia which is about what Palm Sunday is...
Palm Sunday is a moveable feast in the church calendar observed by Catholic, Orthodox, and some Protestant Christians. It is the Sunday before Easter, and a celebration of the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the days before his execution. The crowd greeted him by waving palm fronds, giving the day its name. In the Western church it must always fall on one of the 35 dates between March 15 and April 18.
Originally the Roman Catholic Church officially called this Sunday the Second Sunday of the Passion; in 1970 the formal designation was changed to Passion Sunday, a change that has caused considerable confusion because the latter term had heretofore been affixed to the previous Sunday, or the fifth within Lent. Concomitant with this revision, the entire week before Easter was redesignated Passion Week (formerly called "Holy Week" officially, and still usually referred to as such by the general public). In the Passion Week liturgy, on Palm Sunday palm fronds are blessed outside the church building and a procession enters, singing, re-enacting the entry into Jerusalem. These palms are saved in many churches to be burned later as the source of ashes used in Ash Wednesday services. The Roman Catholic Church considers the palms to be sacramentals.
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Palm Sunday is often called the Entry into Jerusalem, and is the beginning of Holy Week. The day before it is Lazarus Saturday, remembering the resurrection of Lazarus from the dead. On Lazarus Saturday believers often prepare palm fronds by knotting them into crosses in preparation for the procession on Sunday. In the Russian Orthodox Church, the custom developed of using pussy willows instead of palm fronds because palm fronds were not readily available.
so there, bhala na kayo mgbasa. basta that day was palm sunday. and i made plans to go to church pero ndi natuloy.
taho for breakfast
i was really hungry but have nothing to eat on the table. then came the magtataho who usually stops in front of our gate to shade himself from the heat of the sun. well, not really, but at least he can rest for a little while. i rushed to the gate with my glass and some money. that breakfast was good enough. i've been buying taho from mang felipe since i can't remember when. and till now, i still like it very much.
graduation
i have three cousins [from my mom's side] who graduated this school year. 1 in college, pot [2nd to finish college and 1st being a cum laude among us, magpipinsan.] and 2 in highschool, cling and joane [a.k.a. kyLa].
a dinner was planned to celebrate the ocassion/s. [it was abu's post-birthday celebration.] and so we were all excited to see each and everyone.
that morning, i received a message from andrea and she was asking about cling's reviewers [for college entrance exams]. so i went up to coco, my brother, and asked him if he is using those reviewers. because he was still mad since the night before, he immediately burst out with anger and fired at me. completely distraught, i fired back at him. and before i knew what was already happening to us, my tita refereed.
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well, actually this entry was the oldest in my draft. it was dated march 21, 2005. and i never finished writing this one. i missed most of the part and have forgotten the details already. but why this was entitled "no ordinary sunday" is because, after three long months of not talking, my lola and i finally did. it was quite a dramatic scene. and if not for the fight my brother and i had, we might still not be in speaking terms.
i can still remember how she hugged while telling me things like i never heard before. i told her how much i hated my mum then, and all the things that concern me. and she spoke to me like a kid who needs an explanation to every little thing that is happening. and she held and massaged my trembling hands. and wiped my tears away. and brought me a glass of water to drink. and fanned some air so i can breathe. i'm thankful that we're ok now. though we do not seem to be so close anymore. at least now we look at each other in the eye and we're really ok.
i thank god for my lola who loves me so much.
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