My New Sanctuary
It has been our (my SICCO friends' and my) habit to pay homage to Luneta right in front of Santa Isabel College on Saturday nights. Even though our fingers and toes are shaking because of the school's toxicity, we find comfort at the toes of Mayor Lim (Did I mention Mayor Lim? I meant Lapu-Lapu, who looks like Mayor Lim.). Here he is. He would look more mysterious in the dark. Luneta is best experienced at night, with all the lights and the cool breeze from the bay. What's also good about "Our Haven" is that Lord Lapu-Lapu doesn't mind some vices like smoking in his presence, so you get the picture. But what I love about our pilgrimage is being with my Isabelan friends. It's good to release body tensions with schoolmates, no matter how weird we individually are. We would bring out our violins and play, chat about rumors in and out of the school (sometimes our secrets), and sometimes taking chances on maggots in taho from vendors in the dark. We had a fri...