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Bonding Day

What seems to be the start of a perfect night can go haywire.

To celebrate Famealy Day, the office declared that employees can go home as early as 5:00pm. I have not been able to do so in a long time, this was my time!

Despite the heavy traffic that welcomed me as I approached EDSA, I was not to be fazed, I was determined to have dinner with my family.

An hour later, I was driving up to our house, an hour of traffic all behind me, excited to have dinner. I was welcomed by the sound of frying garlic inside a hot pan and the scent of Sinigang (Sinigang is a Filipino soup or stew characterized by its sour flavor traditionally with tamarind).

Things are looking better and better I must say!

Menu for tonight's dinner consisted of Stuffed Ampalaya (Bitter Melon), Sinigang, Stir Fried Kang Kong (Water Spinach) and Liempo (Grilled Pork Belly)

The meal ended with local fruits Rambutan and Lansones (Langsat).

Blissfully full, I was not ready to let this long night go to waste. I plan to organize my room starting with the accessories.

Halfway through the organization and deciding what should go together, I head my car honk, my brother is home awfully early from his usual monday night basketball game.

It turns out that he fell during the game and landed on his elbow, me- having the weakest stomach in the family, I felt faint and woozy but I had to snap out of it to take my brother to the ER.

We took my brother to Orthopedic Center in Banawe (a government hospital) and while the hospital fees were minimal, the treatment could have been better. 

Needless to say it was a long night for my family but the best thing about this is, we actually did achieve Famealy day, we had dinner together, talked together and had the unfortunate time to spend at the ER together.

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