Thoughts: On the Coming "-Ber" Months

August is almost up. Who would've thought 2009 would go by so fast? By next week, it'll already be September. And you know what that means, right? The "-ber" months are back in town. Christmas songs will be playing on the radio, people will start hunting for presents to avoid the holiday rush.

But for me, I got a lot to look forward to in the coming months. For one, my mom's coming over from the province to visit me and my brother. I know it hasn't been a month since she left Manila from her last visit, but it's nice to have her around.

I'll take her to see the new house Bruce and I are renting. This is where she will be staying when she visits Manila the next time around. She's also probably going to see the room my brother's renting. He finally decided to move out of his comfort zone and venture on living alone.

A funny side story, though. My relatives are more worried about him living on his own that they were for me when I left the nest. Sino ba sa amin ang lalake at sino ang babae? Haha.

Anyway, my mom's probably going to stay here when she comes over for All Saints Day. Although I think that it's probably better if we have my dad's remains cremated so she won't have to tire herself with the 7-hour trip to Manila just to visit the cemetery.

What's I'm really excited about is the month of December. I've had confirmation from my freelance boss that he'll be shipping over his old Pentax K100D to me early December as my year-end bonus. It will come complete with an 18-55m, a 50(or 55?)-200mm, and an 18-200mm lens. I'll finally have a dslr of my own. No more borrowing the D100 from Obi or worrying about when I'd get the money to have my films processed. Haha.

Then again, there's also the 13th month pay (which, frankly I don't think will amount to much because of my absences) which I'll use to buy a new cellphone. I'm torn between buying a cellphone or using a big bulk of that money to pay off credit card debts. Haha. Bruce will kill me if he reads about this.

I almost forgot the highlight of my December - Obi and I are celebrating our 3rd year together!!! Yay! I'm hoping it doesn't end there, though. I'm looking forward to more shoot trips with Obi come 2010.

The last leg of the year is looking good for me. I hope it sticks. Hehe.