Reminiscing In A Sentence Novels & Stories

"But what happened?" Napakagat ako sa aking labi at nagpatuloy. "I think about you all the time. I remember the wonderful times that we shared. And honestly, I miss everything about being with you. It's more than just reminiscing about our happy memories in the past, it's a yearning to create more of them in the future," sabay tanggal ng mga natuyong bulaklak sa puntod niya. "And my heart breaks all over again..."

Those places felt surreal. “I wonder what will happen after this,” wika niya na siyang bumasag sa kanilang katahimikan. “What do you mean?” “You know, kapag nakaalala na ako.” Tipid siyang ngumiti sa kawalan. “I’m always wondering about the memories I lost. Kasi pakiramdam ko ay may nakalimutan akong sobrang mahalaga sa ‘kin. Something is forgotten that I know once I’ll remember, I will regret it my whole life.”

I was silently gazing out the window, reminiscing about the moments in the past that we spent between me and Logan. I glanced up at the gray skies, the clouds heavy with the promise of rain. The memories flooded in like a tide I couldn't stop. How his presence could light up even in my darkest days, it all felt so vivid as if it had just happened yesterday. Yet, those memories, no matter how beautiful, were now nothing more than fragments of a time I could never return to.

I even asked him about the lost memory of mine kay Hermina. Inamin naman niya na he did it. Ayaw niya raw na mag self pity ako at mas lalong mabaliw na nga kaiisip tungkol doon. Kaya naman pala hindi na talaga sumagi sa isipan ko nag tungkol sa insidente na 'yon. All I just remembered is about Tenement Uno's mystery at ang mga kakaibang tenants.

Kung may award sa pag-lunok ng laway, baka Hall of Famer na ako. Sure, nag-usap kami dati—pormal pa nga—na we’d let the past stay in the past. Pero excuse me, s’ya kaya ang una’ng nag-reminisce! Ako ba? Wala! I was minding my own business, pretending my life was trauma-free and emotionally stable!

Ngumiti siya panandalian na tila may binabalikang memory from the past. "Do you remember our first meeting?" Sa hallway ng Samson University. "Yeah. Binangga mo lang naman ako." Sabi ko na ikinatawa niya ng bahagya. Nakita ko pa ang makinis, maputi at mahaba niyang leeg. Napalunok ako. "Nag sorry naman ako." Ganti niya. Salubong na ngayon ang mga titig namin. "What about that?" I didn't get her point, kasi, for reminiscing about that old day.

Moments from the past flashes back. Those moments were my happy memories before. Pero ngayon ay naging parte na 'yon ng mga masasakit na alaala. When I try to recall those memories, I will only remember him. Napalunok ako at sinubukang pirmihin ang sarili. Naiilang at maliit na ngiti ang iginawad ko bago tumango. "Abegail," I said. "It's... nice to see you, again."

I would often find myself reliving the memories of that day and feeling the same pain and sadness that I felt that day. Ang mga mata nilang nangungusap at ang mga bibig nilang nakabuka na parang may gusto sabihin ay paulit-ulit nag-rerewind sa utak ko. Lumuluha sila, nakita ko ang mga luhang iyon at hindi ko mapigilang makaramdam ng sakit sa tuwing ipapaalala ‘nun ang pagkamatay nila. Ayoko pa rin tanggapin na sila rin ang pumatay sa isa’t-isa. Mag-isa akong bumalik ng Maynila dahil ang sabi ko kay Ninang at Ninong, gusto ko muna mapag-isa rito sa bahay namin kaya tinanggihan ko ang sinabi nilang isama ko si Aragon.

Memories after memories are keep on flashing after my eyes. I know that what I was reminiscing right now are the things that I'd been praying to experience again--memories I have with him, with Michael. But fate was just too cruel to me, it was as if telling me that I need to stop grasping something that keeps on slipping away. If I just can return the time, I would with all my heart. I gaped my mouth open. I was too overwhelm by my surrounding, and my mind wasn't helping.

Pagkatapos, lumitaw sa isipan niya ang imahe ng araw na iyon. Dahil matagal na siyang pulis, sinanay niya ang kanyang memorya na maging malakas. Marahil ay may makaligtaan siyang maliit na detalye sa eksena, pero nandoon na ang memorya sa isipan niya na parang isang makina o video recorder. Nang inalala niya ang memorya na ito, para bang nag-rewind siya ng isang video at pinanood ito ulit para alalahanin ang maraming detalye ng panahon na iyon.