"I'm eighteen years old and haven't done anything with my life... I don't have someone who I can make happy every day,"
"Jay-ah, you don't need to worry about that stuff yet," Heeseung comforted. He threw an arm over my shoulder with a reassuring sm...
"Is it just me or has the Philippines gotten hotter in the past six years?"
Sunoo broke a sweat as he dragged his suitcase out of the airport. The rest of us waited for our luggage on the conveyer and hauled them off one by one.
"That's just global warming," Jake answered. Sunoo was quite clueless of what 'global warming' really meant and had Jake explain all the science to him. After all, it was his favourite thing to do.
"There's a layer of gases surrounding the Earth that is keeping sun rays in and that warms up the earth," Jake went on - even using hands to further explain.
"I still don't get it?"
"I really can't make it any more simpler than that," Jake sighed as he rubbed his eyes.
"Okay! Enough of the science talk, we need to find my grandfather's van," I interrupted. At this point, everyone was outside and under the Philippine sun.
My grandmother remarried ten years ago to a Filipino man and moved herself to live with him in his estate. Little did she mention that he lived in an expensive beach villa with a sea front and miles of clear blue water.
My mother was furious when she found out, but eventually settled when she knew how well he treated her. I was just happy my grandmother had found someone to be happy with, no matter where she stayed.
The eight of us walked our cases around the car park looking out for our ride to paradise. I stayed at the back making sure our entourage didn't get lost. I chuckled at the sight of Ni-ki and Heeseung bickering. Ni-ki had packed quite heavily for one week's stay and Heeseung offered to take both of their cases as a respectful hyung. Amusingly, he did not anticipate the combined weight.
"Can't you just take it for two seconds?" Heeseung whined. He had both arms lugging a case. His right arm lagged behind due to the extremely heavy contents of Ni-ki's bag.
"You offered, hyung," Ni-ki cheekily grinned. He walked freely, soaking up the golden rays.
We circled the carpark twice before a white van pulled up next to us. It was very long and the sliding windows had been pulled open. In the front seat wee my grandparents who were delighted to see us.
"Is that my daughter?!" My grandmother wailed as she got out the van. My mother greeted her and made all sorts of small talk whilst the rest of us packed the luggage into the van.
The actual main body of the van was quite hollow, with seats lining the walls. It reminded me of the interior of a party limousine, only less luxurious. The eight of us fit snuggly in the bag with the luggage piled by our feet.
