It's Mama's last night tonight. People are pouring in so hard, and a lot would be staying till the wee hours in the morning.

Flowers have poured in too. Some are outside the house and some around Mama's coffin. Mom also bought this garland made of orchids, which I placed along the coffin cover. My titas adorned the whole thing with sampaguita garland as well.


As I sit in front of Mama, I realized how much people loved her, that up to the last minute, they want to send their love. Throngs have looked at her, but the thing is, no one is crying tonight. I guess we are all holding it back for tomorrow.

To hide the sadness, I went into this photo shoot with Ate Ricca and Joreen using my fone.


You see that fancy cam Joreen is holding? She's becoming more like her Tita Dorx. Harhar.


My cousin Jobelle also joined our so-called shoot.


Yeah, you can see we're all smiles now. Tear off our masks and you will see that behind those smiles are mournful faces.

God, I can't believe it. It's Mama's last day in this house. It's our last moment with her physically. I'm fooling people with my smile because deep inside I'm really, really gloomy.

I'm going to be up all night. My "being-sleepless" skills, in fact, are so handy for tonight. After all, I don't have much time with Mama so I might as well make use of what's left.

I'm really going to miss you, Ma. No worries. We'll see each other soon.