BandAids for the heart

Saturday, January 21, 2006

thanks sa lahat ng nakaalala. tnx sa balloons. lalo na sa cake na walang pangalan ko. muntik pang ilagay "happy birthday obzite" buti nalang binago. hehe.. salamat tlga.

Before, birthdays are not really special for me (except that there's more food on the table and some friends would come over to eat). But I never felt anything magical. Parang ordinaryong araw lang pag birthday ko. But my 18th birthday was different. Grabe. When I woke up, I already felt this something.. Basta, I really can't explain the feeling, the atmosphere.. Then I went to my phone to check my messages. There were 26 messages na at 6 in the morning. Dun palang, medyo naiiyak na ako. Hehe. Tapos pinagluto ako ng lola ko ng pansit. My parents and my sisters called me from cavite (nasa manila nga pala ako nung fri, may pasok kasi..). Kinausap ako ng tatay ko. Sabi ko sa kanya hindi ako magpaparty kasi alam ko naman na wala sa budget. My dad told me that I really have to go to the hospital for a check-up. P5000 kasi ang halaga ng check-up ko sa puso. Instead of having a party, I'll use it there. So medyo malungkot ako. Pero ok lang naman sakin. Hehe. So I went to school at marami nanamang bumati sakin. Ang saya. On my way home, mark texted me, dumaan daw ako sa sm. At first, I was kinda hesitant kasi wala namang akong party. But still, I went. Nakita ko sila sa food court. Konti lang sila dun. I asked them where the others were. Sabi nila umuwi na. Then they asked mo to close my eyes. At that point, I knew they were up to something. Pero sabi nila joke lang. So hindi na ako umasa. But after a while, they asked me to put my head down, so I did. And when I looked up, they were all there (well, not all) with balloons and a cake. Tapos kumanta sila ng happy birthday. Take note: nasa food court kami ng sm ha. Everybody was looking. I didn't care. Ang saya ng feeling. Hehe. tapos kumain kami. tapos gumala. 3:30am na ako umuwi.

I thank God for the beauty of life. Maybe my 18th birthday was really special because I almost lost the chance of celebrating it. Mas naaapreciate ko ang mga birthdays kasi muntik na akong di makatungtong ng 18. Sabi nga ni mark, ito ang unang birthday ko sa pangalawang buhay ko. Actually, hindi ito pangalawang buhay lamang. I was spared countless times. That's why I'm so thankful. I thank God for my family who has always been there anuman ang mangyari. I thank God for my friends. I thank God for obzite. Super thankful tlga ako.

Sa inyong lahat, thanks for keeping my heart beating for the past 18 years of my existence..
And counting.

One love.

God bless you all.

_marvin_
8:37 PM

A b o u t _ m e - - - - - - -

I was a swimmer, a tennis and volleyball player. I was a dancer, pep squad member and stage performer. I was a team leader and CAT Executive officer. 'Hyperactive' would be an understatement if you were to describe my lifestyle.. And who would ever think that somebody like me has a congenital heart defect?

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im marvin. im from cavite. im a speech major from upd. i love to eat, to sleep, to talk, to laugh. i love having fun. id love to meet shrek one day. marami kasing nagsasabing magkamuka kami. nakadilat na daw mga mata ko nung pinanganak ako.. mahilig ako kumain ng spaghetti, pizza, marshmallow, chicken at french fries.

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It never occurred to me that for the past 17 years of my existence, I was at risk of having a heart failure, and my active lifestyle made the risk grow even more. That is why I thank God and His instruments here on earth - my family, obzite, my friends and the people who touched my life - for keeping my heart beating all this time..