day off!

Today's holiday did me a lot of good. When an officemate declared last week that today was going to be a holiday, I said Yeheeeeey without asking first why. Up to this time that my free day in a medyo-middle of the workweek is about to end, I still do not know what's with today. =D

I-google natin teh!

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has declared November 16, 2010, as the day for the celebration of the Eid’l Adha, the Islam’s Feast of Sacrifice, to pay tribute to the patriarch Ibrahim and his readiness to sacrifice his son Ishmael, as an act of obedience to God. Having shown his obedience, he was then able to sacrifice a ram instead. http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/287805/eidl-adha-festival Aha!

Why the celebration of the Feast of Sacrifice did me a lot of wonders, first on my list, I got time (and sapi) to clean our room. I have no clue if Ate noticed since she said nothing about it when she arrived, but I hope to High Heavens she does because it is not every day that I feel like holding a broom and ducking under beds making sungkit all that alikabok (ganda-gandahan!). One thing I am not really proud to tell anybody about me is this: Ayoko ng naglilinis ng bahay. In fairness naman sakin, hindi naman kase ako masyadong nagkakalat. In fairness naman talaga sakin! Pagtalupin at paggayatin mo na siguro ako ng mga sangkap sa chopsuey nang maghapon, just don't ask me to clean this area or that.

Second, I got to visit one of my most favorite places - the supermarket! Feels nice to be going around the supermarket with no rush or worry that the mall's closing in 15 minutes and I haven't grabbed everything that I want to buy. I was able to do that today, slowly surveying one rack of goods after another, contemplating if I really want to buy this or that and figuring out I do want them on my basket(chocolates na may rice crispies, oreo cookies, mi goreng noodles, etc.) My simple pleasures, really.

Today, I was also able to read a good book with hot coffee on the side sa halagang quatro pesos mehn! Kopiko lang feeling cool ka na! Anyways, I started reading Eat Pray Love today with Jack Johnson serenading me. I have given this book as a gift, twice already, pero hindi ko naisipan na basahin. Perfection na meron si Ate na copy at tinatamad na siya magbasa. Mwahaha. So far, so good!

This about sums up Inday's day off! What I truly love about today is that I was given some time to pause and focus on doing the things I love, one at a time, with complete attention. I found peace today, I am so much loved :)


P.S.

I realized today that Christmas is just around the kanto! 39 days, akalain mo! Hello hamon! :)