Happy Easter!!!

This celebration of Faith is alive and it reached this blog. Little girls who were to play the angels during the first easter mass of the day have been roused from sleep as early as 4 am so as not to be late. Month-long after school singing practices ended today, when these girls donned handcrafted feather wings with rubber band straps. They sang this song. I know this by heart until now, although in my mind, I still sing it in my little girl voice as I did years ago.

• Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia!
  Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia!.
  Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia!
  Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia!

(the exact melody you can listen to here)

I was a part of the little angel choir during easter for 8 years until I got too old to play cherubim. And then, starting at around 12 years old, it was the Virgin Mother roles for me during Christmas and Lent. The latter role was more challenging because I had to act it out: a suffering pregnant woman during Christmas plays in our local Catholic church, and a bereaved Mary during Lent at Church-sponsored plays. Quite ironic really, considering the way I turned out, and how I developed my personal principles and opinions.

I have always been told that there’s a child-like, purely innocent quality to the way I look. It took a while before I figured out why some guys always laughed out loud and pinched my face when I’d tell them “I’m an egoistic b**** and I will only hurt you”. Kindly view this photo and tell me if this was taken during my college graduation or my gradeschool graduation…