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Several things happened last July. 

The major happening was, my grandmother in-law died. We spent the four weekends of that month in the island. Then the death gave way to the reunion. My mother in-law, who's residing in the other part of the world also came home, along with her sisters (who also live in that part of the world). The reunion in the wake was technically the second time I met her, my mother in-law. The first time was when her son invited me to the island for a family event (we were not even going out that time yet). Then she left the country and a lot of things happened. We met again a decade after, this time I'm with a son and married to her son, and she, on the other hand, missing a body part, and sadly, is already without a mother. 

The other happening was i brought a friend to my parents' farm to (re) acquaint him with the typical Filipino farm life. He's born a Filipino but lived in many elsewheres and he's returned to the Philippines to spend some good three months working with me (yes, i have a day job) and working out his appetite for Filipino food. He was also into film photography and i think it was one of the many reasons why we clicked, in addition to the fact that he knows and reads Granta (I have yet to meet somebody who likes Granta--and found one i did, but a citizen of another continent!). My mother fed him vegetable soup (star of the soup was the breadfruit) and little fried fishes (with heads, of course) and again he said that he's really close to deciding to permanently live in the Philippines. Alas, he had to leave a week after the visit to finish the remaining semester in the university, back in the place of four seasons and a good urban biking program. 

then i ran out of film.

FIN