Free Essay

Dark Summer

In: English and Literature

Submitted By christley
Words 903
Pages 4
DARK SUMMER
(a true story that happened 2 months ago)

It was past midnight, I was in the ICU, watching over my father who was in coma since yesterday morning when we came here. I was beside him, in a darker area, gripping a book to cast the time. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and saw me reading. He moved. He wants to say something to me, but he can hardly speak. I can't decipher what he was saying. Then he spoke, and it was clear, the words I will never ever forget.

Summer times are barren days waiting for you to fill it in. You may fill it in with amusement that you cannot carry out on school days, such as going on vacation to the beach, playing or surfing in the computer all day, watch movies or even sleep the whole day. Oh summer, you are such lovely days, you could do anything you want and whenever you want. Summer, when boredom is your worst enemy. But last summer, boredom was not my enemy. It was worse than an enemy. It was one of the time I most feared.

Days before that time, my days were so typical, when I suppose to fill those with what enjoys me the most, like reading a book, surfing the internet, studying for a college entrance exam and sleeping. But my sleeping isn't so typical, I am up all night and sleeping almost the whole day. Since me and my family sleeps in a one big room, I lay awake until they're all asleep. Read, study, internet, that would keep me up until 4 to 5 AM in the morning. My father would wake up and scolds me, "Hoy! Tug na! Di na na mao imong gibuhat oy! Madaut na imong mata!"/"Hoy! Matulog ka na! Hindi na tama yang ginagawa mo ha! Lalabo yang mata mo.” And I would finally sleep and wakes up at late noon.

The next night, I would still do my routine, until I reach another peak time when my father would reprimand me. It was about 4 in the midnight and I wasn't still sleeping and I would watch my father if he wakes up so that I wouldn't be scolded again. I was so busy with what I was doing when he noticed that I wasn't still sleeping yet, "Hoy! Nabuang naka? Na mura naman kag mangawk! Di na man ka matug! Unsaon na man lang na nimo inag klase? Wa na ma lay tug-tug!"/"Hoy! Nababaliw ka na ba? Para ka nang multo! Di ka natutulog! Panu na yan kapag pasukan na?" He yells at me until my mother and siblings would be awaken from the noise.

Then another night, it was already 4 am and I was still awake. I was cautious if my would wake up because he would shout at me again for sure. Suddenly, he got up. I thought he would throw words at me again. But he didn't, and I wonder why. He only said that it's so cold, even if I think it's not. Later that morning, he had a very high fever and we immediately brought him to the hospital. When he reached there, he was in critical condition and was in coma.

It was past midnight, I was in the ICU, watching over my father who was in coma since yesterday morning when we came here. I was beside him, gripping a book to cast the time. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and saw me reading. He moved. He wants to say something to me, but he can hardly speak. I can't decipher what he was saying. Then he spoke, and it was clear, the words I will never ever forget. "Adto pagbasa sa landag,"/"Dun ka sa maliwanag magbasa" Then, I went to the more illuminated area and read, my anxiety faded away and was confident enough that my father would be okay.

Until the morning came, I slept less, the doctor frankly told my mother that my father is already so weak and the machine is the only thing that works for his heart. An hour later, the doctor went out from the ICU, and he told us that my father has just died. Seeing and hearing your mother cry is like a hundred knife stabbed directly in your heart.
"Adto pagbasa sa landag"/"Dun ka sa maliwanag magbasa." Those were the last words of him. Even if he's already struggling to fight for his life, love and care still come out from his mouth. And I know for sure, he is the best father I ever know.

There is one song I will really love forever, "93 Million Miles" by Jason Mraz. One of it's lyric: ["Oh my irrefutable father, he told me, "Son in your life it may seem dark, but the abscence of the light is a necessary part."]This line strikes me really hard. Tell me how it contradicts my father's last words. Maybe my father wants me to go into the light, because he knows that I will be in the dark so soon.

My father's death may have left a huge and painful hole in my heart. But that doesn't mean that I would forget that there is God, and that I have hope and I still have my dreams. Life goes on. I will make my papa proud.

Similar Documents

Free Essay

Sound

...me, I hear a lot of sounds in my whole life. Some of the sounds I hear can make me think back of my childhood’s memories. Summer season almost approach to us. Sound that most reminds me of the summer are related to insect, weather, and natural. Surprisingly enough, insect is the most annoying bugs at night in the summer. They are everywhere, from the grass to the trees. One night in summer day, I was sitting outside in the balcony in the dark and couldn’t see things well because I lit the candles. I heard the “buzz, zee” sound around my ear; I knew some kind of bee around me. I was terrified that night because I would look horrible if I got stung. I immediately blew the candle so the bee couldn’t see me. Lucky me, it flew away after a few minutes. Bumble bees are a big nightmare to me. So every time I see bees, I remember that night. It was a scary night but also a memory in summer. Bumble bees are friendly to some people but it is my enemy. Summer is the season of rain, thunderstorm and lightning. Everyone likes rain because it cleans out all the dirt and pollen from the trees. When I see rain, I remember my six- grade school year in my country. Back then, we wore uniform when we went to school with a white top, blue bottom and a tie. I didn’t know it will rain that day, and I rode a bike to school. When I rode back home, on the way I started to see dark cloud and hear “boom, boom, bang” from thunderstorm, “hu, hu, hu’” from the wind. Also, the moment I started to shiver because...

Words: 643 - Pages: 3

Premium Essay

Summer Season

...The summer season is one of the main seasons of India. It starts from the month of April and lasts up to the end of June. There is intense heat during these months. The sun shines perpendicularly causing numerous difficulties for the people. They want to stay indoors, especially during mid-day. They get tired very soon and feel lethargic. Summer mornings are little bit pleasant and so are the summer evenings. Hence people look busy during these times. They try to finish all their work as quickly as possible because they know that a long hot day is waiting for them. At noon the heat is at its peak. The towns and cities look deserted. There are few people on the road. Sometimes it is too hot to continue the work. Everything is paralysed. People go inside their houses in the darkest room. They drink cold water again and again just to quench their thirst but they never feel satisfied. During summer we eat little food. We do not feel healthy and sometimes develop many complications regarding health. Any irregularity in food-habit leads to sickness. Hot wind called loo' blow throughout the day and many die of heat stroke. The rich people do not have much problem because they have electric fans, coolers and air conditioners. But the poor people have to face hardships. They go on with their work in the open under hot sun. The season is lazy one. People do not feel active and only want to sit under fan in the cold dark room. It is therefore all schools and colleges are...

Words: 560 - Pages: 3

Free Essay

Eng 102

...smell the smoke from a chimney or fresh baked cookies and it takes me back home. The heat of summer gives you the feeling after baking something when you put your face in front of the oven as you open the door. That blast of hot, dry air sucking all the moisture from your lungs. It has always made me chuckle when I hear people say, “But it is a dry heat”. The summer time also brings the monsoon season toward July and August. Watching the clouds cross the sky like big balls of cotton, you can make out different shapes if you look at them with the open mind of childhood. As the day wares on they begin collecting, growing into to a huge darkening mass. With the inevitable rain creatures from the hairy tarantula scurrying across the roads, to the local rancher’s cattle chewing her cud, all have a sense of the storm and begin looking for shelter. When the rains does come it is fast and furious, many of the creeks filled with fast moving water, carrying whatever debris along with it. Fall is always a latecomer to my corner of New Mexico, but when it does arrive, it comes in with all colors a-blaze. Brown, reds, yellows, russets, and burgundies vie with each other for places of honor in forest and field. A small orchard of apricot and apple trees my parents have always seems to be ablaze like a formation of match sticks. The mornings are crisp; the afternoons warm with a hint of summer past.  Fall insects - great big, beautiful butterflies and long-legged, big-eyed grasshoppers...

Words: 612 - Pages: 3

Premium Essay

Humanity Service Trip

...You would expect a normal sophomore high school student like me to enjoy the week leading to the 4th of July weekend by lounging in a beach chair, swimming in the ocean, eating funnel cakes on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, or building formidable sand castles. That was not the case for the summer of my sophomore year. In the summer of my sophomore year, I joined eleven other students on a Habitat for Humanity service trip in Wilmington, Delaware as a volunteer to build and repair houses ready for families in need of shelter. I can remember this service trip with much clarity for three reasons: it was the first trip out-of-state without my family, it taught me that hard work for building houses began with determined physical labor, and it changed me as a person....

Words: 566 - Pages: 3

Premium Essay

Week 5 Assignment

...writing services throughout their education. WritePointSM will automatically review your paper for common errors in writing. The Plagiarism Checker will inform you of any content that may be plagiarized. This free service will also let you know what percentage of your paper has been cited. I hope that these tools will assist you throughout your education. Throughout your paper, you will see feedback from WritePointSM highlighted in blue while my specific comments are highlighted in yellow. Please let me know if you have questions! Dark Knight (Include a header) The Dark Knight Andy Axia Student COM/156 April 15, 2010 Axia Faculty [Please make sure to apply double spacing to follow APA guidelines] The Dark Knight was the most popular film of 2008. [Stating it was the most popular film of 2008 is a big statement that needs supporting documentation. Also be sure to indent the first line of each paragraph] Unlike most popular summer movies it was also considered to be a quality film and was thought to be a contender to earn an academy award nomination. Ultimately that honor was not bestowed on the film, but it’s [Contractions should not be used in academic writing. Also in this case “its” rather than “it’s” should have been used. It’s = it is, while its is possessive.] popularity and [Insert a comma before "and" if the following (1) is the last in a series of more than two, OR (2) it begins a new clause (could be a sentence by itself)] ability to elevate the comic...

Words: 1680 - Pages: 7

Premium Essay

The Tudor Wars: Should The Middle Ages Really Be Considered The Dark Ages

...There is a dispute that has gone on for years. The dispute concerning whether or not the “Dark Ages” should really be considered the dark ages. The era in question has been considered dark, because it’s been said that it was a period of time where people were unable to make any decisive advancements, in technology, literature, economy, or order. A period of disuse, illiteracy, war, plague, chaos and panic. Estimated to be between the years 410 – the late 1300s. “Of all the factors that affected England, The Tudor Wars, the Hundred Year’s War, and the The Great Famine were the most severe.” The Hundred Years' War was a long struggle between England and France over succession to the French throne. It lasted from 1337 to 1453, so in reality it was a little longer than one hundred years, but one hundred sounds cooler. The war started off with several stunning victories on Britain's part,...

Words: 1090 - Pages: 5

Free Essay

The Dark Knight

...had to do some research on this film because I never seen the whole thing and it also has been a long time since I saw the parts that I did. I needed to brush up on the film so that I could make sure I knew what I was speaking of. After I had reviewed the research I have done, it turns out that Andy was right about The Dark Knight being the most popular film in the summer of 2008. It turns out that the film was first released in Australia, on July 16, 2008; it was two days later July 18, 2008 that it was released in North America. It wasn’t till July 24, 2008 when it was released in the United Kingdom. With over $1 billion in revenue worldwide and it is the seventh highest- grossing film of all time. I found that he was also correct when he stated that the film was a continuation from Batman Begins. The Dark Knight was filmed in many different places but the main filming took place in Chicago. The other parts took place in several parts of the United States, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. The Dark Knight is a film about a superhero, which was directed and co- written by Christopher Nolan. The film was also produced by Charles Roven and Emma Thomas. The Dark Knight was based on the DC Comics and is part of Nolan’s Batman film series. Christian Bale played the lead character (Batman/Bruce Wayne). Some other main characters that played in the movie are Heath Ledger (joker), Gary Oldman (James Gorden), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Rachel Dawes) and Aaron Eckhart (Harvey Dent). Each and...

Words: 638 - Pages: 3

Free Essay

Clouds

...North America all experienced the most peculiar July afternoon. It had started off a normal enough day: with wives drinking coffee and husbands reading newspapers; young children eating cereal and watching morning cartoons, while teenagers still sleeping in warm beds, with the stale smells of the previous night's party hanging in the air. All was normal and in order and as was to be expected. In the Midwest a farmer looked across his fields, with delight and anticipation. It hadn't rained in a day over a week and he thought to himself, they were due for a storm or at least a small cloud of liquid gold. In the Southwest, the city streets were all covered in a thin layer of dirty sand. The windows of buildings went unwashed throughout the dry summer months. The mayors of the towns long ago deciding not to waste the energy or time to clean off the dirt and sand which returned overnight, settling in the same cracks and surfaces as the previous day. Meteorologist couldn't explain the phenomena of a cross continental rain storm that was so quick moving and unexpected. Most people though, didn't want or need an explanation. For hours after the climax and thunder had ender, when all the streets and houses were clean and the deserts refreshed the rain remained as a thin mist all the way across the plains, fields, mountains, hills, deserts and coasts, catching each bit of light skewing the air into magnificent colors, no matter where the people...

Words: 262 - Pages: 2

Free Essay

End of Summer

...Steph wrote a while back that she was sad to see summer going. For me, especially the way this summer has gone, I can’t agree. Yes, I’ll definitely miss the Saints games. I’ll miss the nice days, but for me, this is the time of year when I’m looking ahead. I’m getting closer to finishing up the software I’ve been working on all summer long. I may actually even get to take a real vacation in a month or two. Plus, with the advent of cooler evenings, I’m actually able to open the windows at home and avoid the noise of the air-conditioner and fans once in a while. And I’ve got a hope that with cooler weather, a break in the work (at least temporarily), and no Saints games taking up my my evenings, I’ll find more time to get out and ride my trike. And it’s been this way since I started my business. I’ve always tried to take on less work over the summers, but every year but one I’ve been working on a project that was originally supposed to be done in May, and ended up finishing around September. It’s a chronic problem in the software field, but being an outsider on these projects, I wonder why companies don’t bite off smaller chunks so they can let their employees take some time off during the summer when the ankle-biters are home from school, and families want to take vacations. And just for completeness’ sake, I should note that the one summer I had off, I was working on a project that was running late, and when hit with completely unreasonable demands on my time in May, I left...

Words: 667 - Pages: 3

Premium Essay

Esol Level 2

...Spring time and warm Autumn.. If we look to Rainfall diagram we can see that in Belfast raining every moth, most rain falls in July, so we can say it’s constantly raining. We can see in Belfast most of the time is cloudy, just in June and July it’s sunny, but rest of the months is cloudy. Second city Mexico, like we can see Mexico doesn’t have winter or Autumn ,as it is warm all year round, coldest temperature is in December which is +8 and anyway it’s quit warm if we compare with coldest Belfast temperature. Warmest temperature is +27 in May, so it’s really warm comparing with warmest Belfast temperature. In Mexico rains falls not all year round like in Belfast, it’s not raining at all or very little from December until April, but in Summer months June, July and August raining a lot., if we compare with Belfast it’s none month in the year in Belfast without rain. Another big difference between Belfast and Mexico is sun. In Mexico it’s lot of sun nearly every month in the year and just few months of Cloud and rain, which in Belfast it is cloudy most...

Words: 464 - Pages: 2

Premium Essay

Doc, Pdf , Docs

...It was a month of june , and weather in the north of india was hot like anything , my kids were free from school for their summer vacations and we deceived to take a leave from our hectic schedule . We and one of my friend decided to visit Some hill station . Since it was a peak summer and vacations were on almost all Hotels and guest houses of hill were full to their capacity . As we were working on different options one of the destinations we were considering was Palampur . A quite and less commercial destination in foothills of dholadhar range . On discussing with one of my clients I got reference of Norwood greens a residential stay next to tea estate . We contacted there and we got a accommodation reserved . Next day early morning we started for our destination . By 9 am we reached chintpurni . There we had our breakfast and visited the temple shrine and by 10:30 we left for Palampur As we crossed chintpurni weather start changing as there was sudden change in temperature . Roads was full of sharp turns with hills on one side and valleys on others . There were lots of monkeys on the road. At 1:30 pm when we reached Palampur . As we entered Norwood greens We were tired of the long hectic journey but the moment we crossed living area and reached in rear lawn all our fatigue vanished . It was beautiful view of a tea estate and trees were full of parrots , suddenly cool breeze start blowing and as Palampur is famous for having highest rainfall...

Words: 358 - Pages: 2

Free Essay

Summer Vacation

...My Ideal Summer Vacation A warm and sunny afternoon last day, I was in a deep thought. I was thinking, if I would be given a chance to have a summer vacation without worrying about the expenses, maybe it could be my ideal one. This thought triggered me to ask myself, “What would be my ideal summer vacation looks like?” To start my visualization, I would like to spend it in a place afar from the noisy streets of the city. A place where the only sounds I can hear are the chirping of the birds, the waves crashing on the shore and the laughter of my family. In that place, the trees are dancing gracefully and flowers are waving gently with the wind. In the distance, the shore is filled with sand so white, crystal clear water and with porpoises on the sea side. On the top of the hill resides our home, a small bungalow type but filled with so much contentment and joy. Inside of it are simple things to suffice our needs. Upon entering the entrance door, you will see the clean and tidy living room, with a window on the right that offers a beautiful sight of the blue ocean. Beside our home, there stood a tall and old narra tree that gives us shade during the day. Flowers of different kinds and varieties grows around the yard abundantly. Then, I can see the endless sky above with shiny shimmering stars blinking at night and in the water, it seems the unreachable stars are within my grasp. In a distance, I can see the fire keeps burning from the bonfire we have made, and beside it,...

Words: 323 - Pages: 2

Free Essay

As the West Goes Dry

...In the article As the West Goes Dry, Service uses melting snow on the West and Northwest mountains to exemplify the effects of global warming. The western side of the country uses snow packs from the mountains for its reservoirs during the spring and summer months. 75% of water in Western streams is attributed to melted snow. Even with only a slight increase in temperature overtime (0.8’C), the snow packs have decreased significantly and the summertime flow of water from the melted snowpack is expected to be 20-50% less this year. Some climatologists believe these increases in temperature can be explained by the warming and cooling trends in the 1900s, where temperature increased during 1920s-1940s and decreased during 1950s-1960s, however that trend theory does not explain the largest loses of snowpack are at the lowest elevations. Even if we are currently in a warming trend, temperatures are only predicted to increase further and faster, leaving us with the same issues. The decrease in snow packs will impact where the limited water will be dispersed in the warmer months. This will especially affect farmers and agriculture. It will also increase the risk for natural disasters such as forest fires. The author offers unbiased information for the reader on the current melting snow in the West, why it is increasing, and what the potential outcomes could be. Service uses multiple academic sources, including reputable climatologists who oppose Service's explanation to further delve...

Words: 319 - Pages: 2

Free Essay

English Summer Vacation

...My summer expectationLærke Emig Bloch Hansen | Engelsk Essay Sønderborg Statsskole 2.J | My summer expectationLærke Emig Bloch Hansen | Engelsk Essay Sønderborg Statsskole 2.J | Summer, Out of all the season's I can think of, there is only one that comes to mind. Summer, the best season of them all. I am that kind of person there have a plan for my summer vacation. I am looking forward to summer in months, and I always have an idea of what a fantastic summer it is going to be. There are many reasons to why I think summer is the best, I mean, with winter, spring, and the fall. They are all great seasons too, but summer blows them all out of the way. The days are getting longer and the nights getting shorter. School is over, so you have the freedom and time, to do anything you want. No more nerve-wrecking testes, homework, or projects. Summer is just the time for fun and relaxing. That is the way I always look at my summer. It was the first day in my summer vacation. I had promised myself, that this summer was going to be crazy. I would do something that no one ever could exceed. My summer would be a whole history of action, activity and excitement, my summer was going to be the one that, everybody would like to hear about. What I did, was I jumped out of.... No wait, more like trying to get up in a slow motion kind of way. Anyway, I was going to have an astonishing day, the first day of ‘Lærkes crazy summer’ could now start. What I did after being...

Words: 662 - Pages: 3

Free Essay

Year Round School

...traditional calendar is divided into nine months of instruction and three of vacation during the summer. Year-round calendars break these long instructional/ vacation blocks into a pattern of sixty days of instruction followed by twenty days of vacation.” (CA Dept of Education). Students who receive more frequent breaks don't receive a customary ten to twelve-week summer break. Removing any kind of long break from school can enhance a child’s educational accomplishment. Long summers are known for "summer slide," or the decay of cerebral abilities and loss of information throughout the longer break. Summer-slide is different across grade levels, subject matter and family income, according to the National Summer Learning Association. However, it still affects all children in some way. If a student does not have a long break, it helps prevent summer learning loss. Summer learning loss is a significant issue for children. All children – rich or poor - experience a slide in math over the summer. The slide is different for everyone. Despite the fact that it may appear fun, an extended summer break can frequently prompt weariness. Year-round school wipes out the need to fill the twelve weeks of summer break with exercises to keep children intrigued and locked in. If the summer break is not organized, then it seems too long. Great deals of children don’t have enough to do in the summer. However with the pros, come the cons? The most evident disadvantage of year-round school is the...

Words: 715 - Pages: 3