oh, summer!

summers hold a special place in my heart.  when i was a school girl, summers provided me a respite from math and science.  it also meant i get to do the things i like.

mom always made sure we learned something while enjoying our summer vacations.  she would enroll us to summer classes.  i went to UP fine arts, my sister abbie went to modern dance school, my sister azenith studied ballet.  all three of us studied swimming.  like it's not enough, i studied piano and guitar, too.  sadly, i never really learned how to swim or play the guitar and piano.  but that's alright, i guess.  i enjoyed those classes and made lots of friends.  i remember, i also studied voice.  but my coach gave up on me.  i simply couldn't sing the do-re-mi in tune.  and oh, there was speech class, too, which i truly truly loved.

summers meant sunday mornings at the beach.  my sisters and i would swim all we want.  and then, we'd spend sunday afternoons at my grandparent's farm, feed all the pigs and chickens and cows.   

now that i'm in the big city, away from my childhood home, summers still give me the chance to make happy memories.  it means travel with friends to uncharted paths.  it means mountain trekking and open water diving.  it means sight-seeing and shopping.  it means learning something new, like flamenco.  it means bikini, flipflops, and banana shake.  it means  ice cream in different yummy flavors.  it means good conversations with friends over chocolate cream frap.

this is why summers hold a special place in my heart.