Living One Day at a Time

Last Friday, I realized that my best friend who is working in the US has stopped communicating with me since last month. She has not been replying my emails and my sms messages. Wondering how she has been, I tried to call her on my mobile phone. Sometimes her phone rings but most of the time I cannot connect to her phone. Getting worried, I searched my address book for the land line number of her office. After some minutes of searching, I finally found it and I started dialing. I really could not explain what was happening that day with the telephone lines because it took me almost an hour to get connected to Boston. My imagination tells me, maybe some alien spaceships could have collided with our satellite. That’s why the communcti0n lines were not functioning!

When finally, somebody answered my call, I immediately asked for my friend. The person on the other line informed me that my friend is having a meeting that time with the Boston IT Services people and that I can leave a message so that she could call me once she is informed. I was thanking God that time knowing she is just really busy. When she called me up an hour after, she was very apologetic. It turned out t hat she is heading a project this time. But then again, I am glad she is alright.

0n my way back to my office after a short coffee break, I was surprised to bump into my aunt and my cousin at the lobby this morning. They were going to inquire about Fine Art Storage, a service provided by an art company which is located near my office. My 19 year old cousin has always been into painting ever since he learned how to hold a paint brush. His passion for his craft never left him. He has made more than a hundred paintings since his younger years. With the help of art school, and frequent visit to France and Italy, I am sure he will become someone who will make a name in painting. At his young age, he shared me some ideas on art appreciation. He never failed to give me a new painting as addition to my collection every time he had an auction. The good thing about him is that, he gives 50% o f the proceeds to charity. He donates art materials to the kids foundations. Sometimes, he give lectures to kids who are being supported by these charitable institutions. Being the only child his parents have always been very supportive to him. They gave them all he needs to help him polish his craft. He is thankful for them and to people who continuously buying his paintings. They are giving him a chance to travel and at the same time to learn more about his craft.