Carmina is traveling to the United States to spend time with her family. My dad planned a family gathering for Mother's Day at their favorite Pinoy restaurant . Since reservations aren’t possible, we arrived an hour early to ensure we could get a table for twelve before everyone else showed up. As my dad approached Isla Grand , the branch we visited in Pleasant Hills, California , the host at the door said they could prepare a table for twelve at five o'clock. Later, the server called my dad's name and guided us to our table. The place was bustling with people enjoying meals and celebrating Mother's Day. On our first visit to Isla Grand, I was captivated by the décor, noticing many native items that gave the place a fancy yet authentic Filipino feel. They usually have a live band, but unfortunately, there was no entertainment the night we went. My family had spoken highly of Isla Grand and encouraged us to try the Filipino dishes we’ve been missing from back home. Lech...
Running out of things to say to your friend as you chat with
her everyday and notice what she tells you are something you’ve heard before.
You don’t want to be rude to tell her you have heard the story before from her.
Does this ever happen to you?
What happens when you start to lose interest in talking to
someone?
For some reason I end up turning away from my phone and move
on to things going on in my real life back to my daily routine as we do other
things than staying online and wait till someone response on the other end of
the world.
Once she replies and tells me something new that is when I
am there to respond to what something new she has to tell me.
Sometimes people leave their Facebook messenger on even not
knowing they are still online or they don’t bother telling the person they have
been away. Not like when I use to use Yahoo Messenger it automatic inform you that
the person is away. It gives you notice ahead of time.
Probably I am not the only who have used Yahoo Messenger and
ICQ for chatting with your friends and meeting new people online when Facebook
was not discovered yet.
I have a friend who taught me how to use ICQ before I had
left the Philippines when I was single. She said, she uses this to meet people
around the world. This is where I had always chatted with my friend living in
the Philippines.
As her life changed we became distance from each other as
she no longer became my friend due to the changes she made in her life.
I remember when I was living in California and someone I met
online was from the Philippines he said, I reminded him as his younger sister
he never had. We called, each other siblings even if we never met each other.
Sometimes when you meet someone older or younger they tend
to call you Ate (Sister) or Tita (Aunt) just to show respect to them.
Once you start chatting online you become addict to it
because you seem to be able to hear and explore other things people are going
through and through what you hear you acknowledge the difference of their life
compared to yours.
I have in-law’s who uses Viber and I don’t like that
application for some reason because it adds double contact on your phone.
My sister uses Skype I don’t use that either because there
is a charge on my end it is not free for me.
The application that some people use is Magic Jack that you
can connect to using your computer and connect a phone. It is not free you need
to pay for membership. This is what my mother in-law uses to contact her sister
in California.
My mom uses PLDT phone card to call up her family back home.
It is a prepaid International card.
There are so many ways to connect with someone who lives faraway from you.
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