A not so Holy Week

The sun's blessing pierced through my room curtains as I open my eyes with the same glazed expression the night before. It had been days since my resignation from yet another company, and I haven't had any alternate schemes to finance my ever growing army of needs. The calendar says it's Maundy Thursday. Lent has started and my plans for spiritual growth has not been mapped out clearly. Time management has never been one of my defining attributes. Nevertheless, the Holy week shall not pass with me doing nothing... Or so I thought.

Fasting. In the past, I have been successful in this endeavor. This year, however, my older brother has acquired sufficient cooking abilities to actually prepare a meal for me and my siblings. In the past, we would have stared at each other and see who gives in first. I was able to fast only for a day and a half. I gave in to the barbecued pork. If I was tempted in the desert, Satan would have owned my soul right about now.

Tribute to the Ten Commandments. Every year, we watch Cecile B. De Mille's Ten Commandments. It's something we've been doing since the days of the Betamax. Ah, I sense the young ones are giving me the puzzled look. You might want to ask your daddy or grandpa on this. Although the movie is really old, it's still better than any locally produced film.

Prayer. I planned a whole day of prayer but, as it turned out, they were showing a rerun of the old shaider series. I couldn't pass up the chance to see one of my first crushes. If you grew up as a boy in the 80's, you would know Annie, shaider's cute helper. God bless her every time she would jump high places. That was the closest I got to a prayer.

Easter. I greeted my friends and offered a silent prayer for their safety and prosperity. I went out to meet my barkada from high school. As expected, none of them showed up except for one. We played Yuri's Revenge for a couple of hours and thereafter, I went home exhausted. Not the least bit productive and yet, not a second wasted.

This only goes to show that being evil is so much easier, hence the appeal of the sith lords and the dark side. Now that I'm stripped of cash, I can do nothing else but contemplate on these things and accomplish what I've failed to do this Lent season. The Israelites went in circles for 40 years in the desert so that God can reveal his purpose. Perhaps, this is the same path. Uh-oh, spongebob is on, 40 years in the desert it is.