alarm ringing!
The loud ringing has been blaring for five minutes. i still don’t stir. The snooze function turns itself on automatically – and rings again on cue.
WAKE UP!!!!!!, the alarm bellows. still nothing. it quits – disgusted that it failed.
a full hour and a half later, my mobile rings – echoing through my senses. still half-awake, i reach for the loud-ringing contraption. my eyes falls on the time – 3:35 am. i suddenly become very awake – like i was doused with freezing-cold water. i’m more than 30 minutes late for my trip. and my colleague is calling – possibly pissed to the brink of an explosion. my worries reached new heights but knowing there is no escape, i finally press the answer button.
expecting to hear an angry voice saying “where are you?”, i cringe as bring the receiver to my ear. when i heard her say my name, i instantly replied “san na po kayo?” (where are you now?), the first sentence that popped into my head. why that question, i do not know.
“Still in the office,” she said, to my relief. “there was a slip-up in the dispatch. the driver was not informed of the change of the time of departure.” (we were originally set to leave at 5 am but the schedule was bumped up to 3 am at the last minute.)
“Ok,” i answered. ” I’ll just wait for the vehicle to come and pick me up.”
I hung up and got myself ready for the trip.
with the unexpected turn of events, another alarm loudly echoed through my mind.
“the Lord is still in full control of everything.”
you might find it a bit pompous that such a small insignificant event in the order of the universe would merit such a grand conclusion. but if He can take time to notice the small details, imagine what He has in store in His grand scheme.
This was actually the first time i didn’t wake for an alarm i set. Usually, i am up and about even before the ring starts. my body clock adjusted itself since i moved out of my parents’ house. before, i usually set the alarm at my parents’ room so they would come and wake me up. a fail-safe system, right?
but this time, i didn’t even hear a thing. but i didn’t have to pay the consequence, this time. have to rethink my approach to early trips next time though.
although God has His hand on everything, we can’t expect everything to go our way each and every time. we can just rest on the fact that everything happens according to His plan. “He knows all our desires but grants only what is best for you.”
as i prepare to take on another adventure, i hope all goes well, according to MY plan. but again, i never know what He has in-store for me. I can just do what i can and try enjoy the ride. 
ano daw fren?
im bleeding… (nose ha… hehehe)