Lens of the Afternoon

They say, birds on the wire has its own symbolism. I guess it is, whatever the symbolism is, they’re the cues to my routine. The afternoon routine.

Some days, my day is out of whack, I slept a little too late and woke up late too but rather than feeling upset, I went by with the routine I created for myself. In the past though, I’d get upset if everything wasn't perfect.

I can also see the moon from inside my room even at 4PM and it’s such a beautiful sight to see and something I never got to see back in my previous place. That's another part of my SDH and in the past, I would get so excited seeing the moon with my mom. Whenever there's new moon phase,we'd wait at the balcony and gaze at it.

Since lately I love using max zoom with my camera, that afternoon, I was taking some pictures of my neighbor trees. He is apparently been growing it for more than 30 years. He is a bonsai enthusiast and they all cost above $1000.

All of these plants are unprotected and nobody really seemed to care despite these things cost so much.

Fun story, because of these plants, my moral compass was tested back in the day. My mom told me when I was a kid someone tried to steal this uncle plants and I caught the thief red handed. I brought older friends of mine and an adult and the thief was brought to the police office.

That was my damn lesson to keep my mouth shut because I noticed someone stealing, caught them red handed with other adults but as a result a few months after, I lost my cycle and it was stolen, possibly from the same person 🤣who got angry that I snitched on them.

Apparently,my neighbor saw a person who dressed up as I did and that's why they raised no suspicion. They really thought it was me. That was the second lesson to not create some type of common habit, the way we dressed can be used to impersonate us. I was around 12ish at the time.

Though my place is really close to the slum-like neighborhood, these areas actually have so much to see. Honestly, more than what my previous place of living would be. But I guess I was never really appreciative of it because it wasn't about the place but the people that live in it.

Last but not least, once again the moon picture capture from my balcony has always been the highlight of my afternoon. They're some of the delights in my afternoon.