It finally came. The day that everybody feared. Some call
it 122112, or for more drama, the “end of the world”. As for me, I’d like to
call it “Doomsday” because it sounds like a holiday of some sort. Personally, I
didn’t believe that the world would end today. But I guess there is an
itsy-bitsy part of me which kind of believes it. I was eager to have a great
day yesterday because I wouldn’t want to be my typical lonely self by the end
of the world.
I had lunch with my friend-slash-orgmate together
with her boyfriend. It was the day she introduced us to each other since we’ve
only been seeing each other through video calls. At least I met someone new
before the world ceased to exist. After our lunch I watched a good film,
Rurouni Kenshin. Although I was alone, it felt really great to see that film. It
was very nostalgic. Certain familiar scenes from the animé flashed in my mind
as the movie progresses. I was happy that it was the last movie I watched
before the world ends. Finally, I wrapped up my Doomsday Eve with a dinner
bonding with my kpop friends. We haven’t been complete on get-togethers for a
long time that’s why we took our time together even though some of us still had
to go to work today. Dinner was awesome – we were really, and I mean REALLY,
full – although dessert was not, but you know, we can’t have it all even if it’s
almost the end of the world. Perfection is too fickle to achieve.
We were still together when the clock struck twelve,
opening the doors to Doomsday. I was just happy that I did not have to spend
this day alone. I guess that time, I felt really grateful for spending the
not-really last few minutes of our lives together. At least I know I would end
my life happy.
… … …
I woke up with 11 hours gone since Doomsday began. I was
alone at home but I wasn’t lonely. I had the most extraordinary Doomsday Eve
celebration so I had no worries whatever is to come this day. Even though the
weather was weird today (it was warm and sunny then suddenly it rained then it
stopped and it was cool and windy in just about three hours) and the moonrise
was early (fifteen minutes before three in the afternoon and I can already see
the moon clearly) it just dawned on me that maybe, just maybe, the world has
ended already and a new world has come.
I might have slept through the end-of-the-world
happenings but I guess I woke up to a new world now. Maybe it’s time for us to
shift our paradigms and look at things differently. Just like an ellipsis,
which may mean an end or a start of something new, Doomsday is just preparing
us for a better story plot in this book called Life.
