one epiphany…

Things happen for a reason, they say.

And I think last night did.

I left the office around 8:30 after finishing up the batch I was working on. Now I’m from Mandaue, and the usual route for us when going home from Cebu City is to take the 21B jeepney, which goes like halfway around the city before actually reaching Mandaue.

I have not been taking that route lately. I find the ride too long and the way too far. So I go another way, even if it means I have to take three rides to get home, because it only takes half the time of the 21B route.

So anyway, halfway to Foodland, Banilad, I suddenly remembered that I’d been craving for silog, and that there was a 24-hr tapsilogan in Banilad. I hadn’t had dinner yet, so it would be perfect.

I got off at Foodland, and started walking to where I recalled the silog place was. I must’ve walked about a third of the whole length of A.S. Fortuna street (take note, this is a very long street) before I found it, realizing in dismay that I had grossly miscalculated the distance of the frickin’ damn place. I thought it was only a few meters from where I got off.

But well, I got there at last, ordered cornsilog, then sat down and berated myself for being so frickin’ stupid. And while I sat there being angry at myself, a sudden idea popped in my head.

It just popped out of nowhere, like a blinking yellow bulb hovering over above me. A sudden epiphany. The key that I’d been searching for so I could finally start working on this story idea that’s been nagging at me for days. The whole plot just began to unfold before my mind’s eye.

And later on, a thought jumped out at me: Did I have to walk all that way just to be at that particular place in that absolutely particular moment in time just so that idea could safely unfurl in all its glory inside my head?

Things happen for a reason. The possibilities are endless. Do you believe? =P

currently listening to…

MAKE YOURSELF
by Incubus

If I hadn’t made me,
I would’ve been made somehow
If I hadn’t assembled myself,
I’d have fallen apart by now
If I hadn’t made me,
I’d be more inclined to bow
Powers that be, would have swallowed me up
But that’s more than I can allow
Bow yeah, bow yeah
If you let them make you,
they’ll make you paper mache
At a distance you’re strong,
until the wind comes
Then you crumble and blow away
If you let them f*ck you,
there will be no fore-play
Rest assured, they’ll screw you complete
Til your a** is blue and gray
You should make amends with you
If only for better health, better health
But if you really want to live
Why not try, and make yourself
Make yourself
Make yourself
If I hadn’t made me,
I’d have fallen apart by now
I won’t let them make me,
It’s more than I can allow
So when I make me,
I won’t be paper mache
And if I f*ck me,
I’ll f*ck me in my own way
Pow! I’ll, f*ck me in my own way
Pow! I’ll, f*ck me in my own way
Pow! I’ll, f*ck me in my own way
F*ck me in my own way
You should make amends with you
If only for better health, better health
But if you really want to live
Why not try, and make yourself
Make yourself
Make yourself
Make yourself
Make yourself