Uncle…

I feel kind of sad today. 

And I will write something about my family.

This morning while riding the taxi, I suddenly thought of my two uncles .

My mom’s family was a typical size of family you have nung 1940’s. They are 9 with only two boys. They grew up here in Parañaque.  Spent most of their lives working for their family.  Hindi kami close sa mga relatives namin but otherwise it was a normal thing. Normal na medyo dysfunctional family.
This one uncle of mine is currently at the ICU, fighting for his life.   I have never visited him yet kase parang ayoko siyang makita siya na maysakit.  Ayoko na makita na mahina na siya or hindi na siya tulad ng dati.  The last few years ago that I saw him it was evident in his face ung age niya and how his smoking is catching up to him. Pero I really do consider him as one of the coolest uncle I had.  He drove this big ass motorcycle. It was like late 1970’s only few people I think, owns a big ass Honda bike back then.  All 470 cc of it. I thought that was pretty cool.

There’s this other uncle that I have. This one worked overseas. And after slaving there for several years he bought his own jeep and decided to become a jeepney driver.  Well I am amazed at this uncle of mine kse siya lang ung driver na kilala ko na nakakasagot ng crossword puzzle sa Inquirer Newspaper or ng Philippine Daily Star.  Although he graduated college pero I am still amazed at his ability to solve advanced level puzzle. Kahit ako college graduate I cannot sit through the whole puzzle without consulting the dictionary and this is from a guy who spent most of his day plying the road with his jeepney. That is really something.