Life is indeed unpredictable and life is just too short. We attended the wake of our college classmate in La Paz, Bogo City, Northern Cebu, Philippines.
This is a groufie we had with my partner and my college classmates. It is with extreme sadness when we learned that one of our college classmate died due to lupus.
She is one of our good friends and she is also a teacher, a wife, a mother, a sister and a friend to everyone. We really mourn her death and it made us so sad.
If there is something that I realize in relation to my college classmate's death, "LIFE IS TOO SHORT" and we must always make sure to enjoy every moment and live endlessly and live life to the fullest.
After we went to our classmate's wake, we did a pag pag. I don't know if that exists in your culture and belief but here in the Philippines, whenever there is a dead person and you go to their funeral, you have to do a "pag pag" this is in belief that the soul and the bad luck will not follow you to your home. So when you do a "pag pag", that is when you come from a funeral, you must not head home. You must go elsewhere.
We decided to have our pag pag in Kapenarra, which is a cafe and restaurant just a few miles from the house of our college classmate's wake. We decided to do our "pag pag" here.
KAPENARRA - CABANGCALAN,DAKIT, BOGO CITY, NORTHERN CEBU, PHILIPPINES
Kapenarra is open until 10:00 pm and we arrived here at about 9:00 pm so we had an hour to chill and relax. I ordered a slice of some blue berry cheesecake and coffee.
While we are enjoying our drink, we talked about my college classmate's tragic death. It really made me realize a lot of things.
First, life is indeed too short. We must not waste the only life we are given over stressing on things that we do not have control over.
Second, we must remember that we are replaceable at work. We must rest whenever we need to because we know and feel our own bodies. We are in charge with what we are feeling. Companies can replace us with other employees but our families can never have another us in another being.
Third, we must always prioritize our rest and our well-being. Go to places where you feel most alive and hang around in nature with the people who are closest to your heart and ones that matter to you. It is very important to spend time with friends and family members and have a vacation to ease your mind and remove stress.
Life is indeed too short. She died at age 32 which is too young. She could have achieved more in life only if she have the chance and the time to do so.
If you are in Bogo City, you might want to try it out here in Kapenarra, here is the menu.
Kapenarra offers a wide variety of coffee and non-coffee choices and also a lot of pastries. They also have rice meals.
It was an hour of "pag pag" that we did and then we finally decided to head home.
To our college classmate and friend, you will surely be missed. Life is indeed too short and needs to be enjoyed as much as possible.
To life and unpredictable circumstances. Ciao! ❤️
