Moonlight

I spent the whole weekend in Guam and I just got back tonight. I usually go to Guam every year or every other year just to renew my re-entry permit, which really costs a lot, especially for my parents. Anyway, when I ride a plane, I usually sit by the window area so I could see the clouds and the ocean when we're already way up the sky. Well, the scenario I just mentioned only applies to day trips and not on night trips, since I wouldn't be able to see anything outside at night. However, my trip awhile ago was quite different.

When I was done watching the feature presentation of the plane, I just started listening to some music and I stared at the window. Then suddenly, I saw stars that were bright and clear since the plane was above the clouds that were quite few that time. I smiled and started reminiscing again (ok fine, i'm a sentimental person...). I was fascinated with what I was seeing since I've never experienced glaring at the stars at that perspective. Then when I turned my view a little to the right, I saw the crescent moon. It was bright and it's light casted a somehow faint reflection by the ocean, it was really nice. You don't often see a moonlit ocean from a plane perspective, so it was a nice moment.

While I was looking at the view, I remembered a story from a good friend of mine. It was a time when he was together with his girlfriend and they sat quietly on a two-seater swing by the lawn outside the house. It was a sweet scene, they even had a blanket that they shared to keep them warm outside the house. Then the guy just suddenly asked the girl if she was willing to love him forever. Of course, the girl nodded and said yes. Then the guy just asked, "Promise? Itaga mo man sa bato?" The girl looked at the moon, and she replied, "Oo naman, itataga ko pa sa buwan." She looked back at the guy and they both smiled. Hehehe, it was cheezy and funny, but somehow, I found it sweet, hehehe.

A simple statement that sounded funny and cheezy, but it gave out a great promise that should last forever. It could be a promise that could make anyone smile and feel loved even if it seemed like it was a joke; it was a promise to the moon that made them smile. Seeing the night sky makes me smile, and I don't know how the moon and the stars make me jitter and feel good about myself. For others, it's a moment to be romantic and to be sweet. But I guess, for me, the moon and the stars also remind me that there will always be light, even in the darkest areas, even in the middle of the ocean where anyone can get lost. A light that will always give you hope that you will be saved.

I remember one time when some of my Gabay friends laughed at me and told me that it was gay of me to like the clouds, the stars and the moon. I laughed coz I didn't find it gay. Eh bakit ba, masaya ako sa clouds, stars at moon eh hehehe.

Happiness is not just merely an emotion, it is a choice. I am happy. :P

Ang labo ng kwento ko... hehehe. :P