House away from home

I always love to be at home. But sometimes I wish I will be away from our home. Now that I am, I missed to be there. The comfort and the presence of the people I love. I laugh and I cried but it's very much fulfilling.

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Home is the place where we grow. Where we take our first laugh our first cry. Where we take our first step and first fall. Home is the place where we feel safe and comfortable. Where we feel love and secured. Where we feel so much more.

On the last 2 days I am away from my home. And earlier this morning before I go to work I already found a house where I could stay. A house but not a home. It's a boarding house built for the students but when pandemic hits us and no more students and most of the boarding house got closed. Everything seemed so familiar to me in this place because I spend the four years and more of my life here. I feel comfortable around and I also knew someone in every corner of the place. I don't know if they still know me though. I picked a place near my workplace for me to be easy to just walk for work everyday just like the old days but not for school anymore but for work. Though it's not the old bording house that I rented before way back when I was still a student but it's still familiar to me.

After I talk to the owner and I choose my room. He told me they will clean it later and whenever I go home from work it will be ready for me to stay. Indeed when I go home it's all ready. I love the place it's spacious since I am the only one who will be staying in the room. I do have someone I knew next door. They are actually one of the reason why I chose the house because I have someone to be with though they are staying next to my room. I could actually stay with them but I choose not to. They are actually my batch mates and classmates in college, who are also working somewhere near the house.

I love it. It's clean and big. And there's already a ceiling fan above. It would help me relax as I came from the whole day of very tiring work. The sea is also near, I could see it outside the window. It is the other reason why I choose this house aside from the people I already knew who is staying here. It would help me feel relax as well.

I also love this cute cabinet that I get to have while staying here. I always love to have such cute cabinet where I could put my things and finally I have it. And my most favorite is my bed. Where I could lay my tired body. For now I don't have anything else than two blankets one as the mattress and one to cover my body. I don't have any pillow yet because I already had enough to carry as I went here yesterday. It's kind of hard because it's made up of wood but it's fine I am used to it. I also had a wooden bed at home. This remind me of my bed. Omoo!

Speaking of things I brought, I also don't have anything for cooking so I just borrowed rice cooker with my boardmates for me to cook some rice for dinner. And since I don't have utensils. "Kamay-kamay Lang muna", I used my bare hands as I eat. I still do enjoyed it with some BBQ which I intended toset aside for dinner.

Everything is fine. I just feel a little sad because I am alone and I miss home. But it's fine because I could go home every weekend and still see my family. It's just one hour ride from here. And I could also talk to them whenever I want to through phone call. With the advance technology it's not easy to connect with family from a far.

It's sad but I know I could overcome it. It's just for now. I will get used to it soon. I hope and pray everything will be fine and in place. I will do my best for my job and stay focus. Having the mindset that this is what I prayed for. And I could help my family through this. With that it will give me strength. I hope and pray as well that God will be with me through this and will guide me.

I maybe found a house to stay but it's not a home. There's no place like home. It's just a house away from home.

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