Easter Vigil..

so yesterday was Black Saturday..
since I arrived here in Shanghai, I lost track of the time already, I didn't even know it was Holy Week na!!
and since my family is not in the Philippines as of the moment to remind me,
I had to make a mental note and remind myself.

But yesterday I was feeling extra lazy that I decided to stay in the dorm.
No matter how much I tried, I just can't get myself out of the bed! much more out of the room!!
When, I finally decided to take a bath sometime around 5 in the afternoon, because I told sina Desi that I was joining them for the 8:30 mass downtown,
I felt lazy again! So that..
after dressing up, I once again retired to my bed! LOSER. I KNOW!!
Sigh called to ask what time we were leaving since downtown is like an hour and a half by train from us. but i told her,
"oh no.. hindi na ako sasama Sigh.. but sina RG is going." because RG dropped by the room also around 2 to ask me to go to lunch!
but hola!!! lazy bones overpowered the lure of lunch at Wu Jiao Chang!

So evening came at i got a knock on the door at around 6:30.. i opened and it was RG again!!

RG: tulog ka nanaman friend?!? let's go na!!
ME: hindi na ako sasama.. i feel so lazy bahala na baka tomorrow nalang ako mag-mass with sina Allan.
RG: hay naku! masama na yan ginagawa mo! kanina umalis ako tulog ka, ngayon tulog ka nanaman!! at tsaka.. hello? gigising ka ba ng maaga tomorrow for mass..
ME: i know pero tinatamad ako..

(moment of realization)

ME: sige na nga sasama na ako!!
RG: o, bilisan mo na! late na tayo! mag coat ka nalang!!

and so I went to mass!
and texted my mom,

ME: mom, thank RG! he dragged me out of bad to go to mass coz it's Holy Week.
MOM: ay salamat!! tell him he's an angel sent from heaven!!

But what mom didn't know was that.. I had no idea about what happens at an Easter Vigil! It was seriously like a first time for me! coz back home, we usually arrive late! and we never really attend the vigil! we just watch the angels.. that's if we're awake na! And why did we have candles?!?! For a moment there, I thought it was the mass where there were 4 candles - 3 pink and 1 purple!! KAKAHIYA TULOY!!

But the mass was good. Super holy ang dating! It's been a while since I last attended mass! I'm happy somebody dragged me out of this dorm!

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!! ;-)