A delivery guy on motorcycle honked his horn, and Rolly and I looked out the window to check if the package was meant for us or the next-door neighbor. It was for us, specifically me.
When he brought up the LBC page, he announced that it was from Joseph Uy and predicted that among the contents is a fountain pen.
I tried to raise my EQ a bit by delaying the opening of the thing and concentrated on the final touches on the first draft of a chapter going into a book. But I couldn't bear the wait any longer, and I ripped off the packaging, including the gift wrapper with musical notes as print.
Came the unboxing of the smallest gift--a Faber-Castell pen--that brought to mind all the music artists and friends whom Joseph "pen-abled" from sopranos Camille Lopez Molina and Myramae T. Meneses to pianists Gema Gonzales and Gabriel Allan Ferros Paguirigan. Our world became richer with the gliding of our pens on paper.
Speaking of paper, the second box revealed a small journal with the brand Chocolatier and the bookmark that read: "Life with chocolate. Comfort life with joy and peace."
The last was a Rhodia notepad made of ivory high grade vellum paper, just perfect for my handwritten letters and for doodles along the margins.
Thank you, Joseph, from Baguio to your home on the border of Pasig and Cainta. I'm not joking when I say that you sometimes are like God--you give my heart's desires.
