on the afternoon of may 15, after the election frenzy has settled down and everybody in lazi were busy preparing for the fiesta, didit, toni and i walked to downtown to check on the ukay-ukay and have dinner at aunt maritess' house. they are having a double celebration as uncle buddy has just been proclaimed the no.1 councilor. before that, we headed to lazi's sea wall and just "chill." the town was noiser and busier than ordinary. everybody is home, including me. 
at the sea wall, we talked of random things in life. grandpa. our days with grandpa. grandma. our days with grandma, which weren't as fun as our days with grandpa. we kept slapping the top of our heads for mosquitos and talked of the many times we have swam in the beach near the cemetery (the water there is delicious, kidding). There isn't much to do in our little town, if you are someone like me..a sloth when at home.. but there is much to explore if you're as adventurous as my creeker gang were.
so while talking a lot and laughing a lot at a neighbor who just turned gay, along with his twin brother, er sister.. i did not realize that the sky has turned a beautiful red violet.
no, lazi is not the best place for sunsets. the town is in an awkward location. it is facing mindanao and in all my life there, i have never seen the sun set from there. and i just blurted out to my "chill"mates..why do we have this kind of sunset here? now? i guess i've been far away for too long that this kind of sunsets may have been seen in lazi but that i was always away from home that i never did see it until that afternoon.
sometimes i think lazi is cursed. and some lazihanons may agree to that..somehow. but that day, it was just the way i have always loved it.
