of beginnings and endings

although my routine has been pretty much on a predictable spin lately, i couldn’t help but notice that life has a way of confounding one’s expectations and muddling one’s well-laid plans. some things bloom as anticipated and some things end when you least expect them to.

last friday, we went to a “soft” opening of Trish & Lucky’s newly opened foot-and-nail spa: the Li’l Nail Shop (i need some help here, i’m not sure if i got the name right) at Fontana [sic] Grove near Shopwise Sucat. the place still needs a final polishing but the props are already in place. the shop (2nd floor, right beside another spa) feels and looks like a country den or something; it’s soothing, comfortable and homey. and the chairs! the minute i sat on one of those plushy seats i just wanted to curl up and sleep. man i love those chairs. had they been small enough, i’d have swiped and taken them home with me.

to luck and trish, good luck! we’ll definitely drop by again. sana by that time open na ang Starbucks so we’ll have an additional excuse to gather at your shop.

on a different note, i was saddened and somehow relieved to learn that an old schoolfriend has finally decided to let go of a long-term relationship that has long been a bedrock of her existence. i know my friend is no quitter and i know how hard she has fought to save this relationship. looking back, i realize that things have been sagging for a while now. we just didn’t want to acknowledge that it wasn’t working anymore.

i guess there are times when one has to cut things in order to find the strength to grow in a different direction (hmm… it sounds a lot like pruning). it may not be the conventional notion of a “fairytale” ending but i think that finding the strength to transcend life’s crises in order to make a fresh start is also a form of triumph.

i know it won’t be easy but just hang in there pal.