Dad Chatter

My dad learned how to use Yahoo Messenger and got so addicted to it that whenever I stood up to leave my desk, he’d take my place and log on to his Yahoo account.

A Rat in A Yellow See-Through Trash Bag

I was in an office building and I knew I had to get away, yet make it NOT look like an escape. I know I was with someone, but I don’t remember who he is. We were like, together, and we had to escape. Then I ended up in one of the rooms, and there was a big wooden drawer, and a rat went in from the back, and I knew that the rat would be in the first drawer because suddenly it was deja vu. The guy tried to shake the drawer to make the rat come out because it’s not supposed to be in it. Next thing I remember, the rat was lured into a trap and it was suddenly inside huge yellow see-through trash bag, placed on the huge wooden table in the room. The trash bag was also filled with crumpled pieces of paper and then a knot was tightly made to make sure the rat doesn’t get out. I looked and saw the rat frantically trying to get out and get some air. I was then suddenly filled with pity and just looked away because I know I can’t let it out because it’s a rat.

Next scenario, my parents were in the room and it no longer seemed like an office building from which I was trying to escape, but I still had to get out, though no longer urgently. I’m not sure if the guy was still there but I had vague memories of him by then. Then my dad saw the trash bag and took it out to some backyard or garage, and he was so excited, because he was going to torment it or something. I wanted to stop him but decided against it because I knew he wasn’t going to listen. I looked away and didn’t want to see the rat being taken away, and I walked out of the room.

Black Plane

I was in a small black plane being flown by my dad. We were all going to some kind of family vacation. However, later on, the plane was flying lower and I started seeing vehicles on the streets more clearly and I was scared we might hit the buses below. Some people in nearby vans were also sort of panicking. However, we never really touched the other vehicles. I kept thinking we’ll be safe and then the next phase was that we were already in some kind of bigger plane or a ship which was the next part of our trip. There were several people I supposedly know and I felt that everyone there are quite okay to have around, and I felt so comfortable and content about everything. 

Square Parking

Sims Lightning? And My Gramma with The Speed of Lightning :D

Okay, so I was walking on a well-lit sidewalk late at night, I think that was around 11:40 PM. It was a small, quiet town, and the streets were empty. All houses were square and looked alike and I noticed that all were in pastel colors. I passed some houses with their front doors open, or with screen doors which allowed me to see inside. There was a family with a messy living room, and the daughter was lying down lazily on a sofa, and the son was somewhere on the floor. I’m not sure if he was playing with the toys scattered around. The mom was in the kitchen or dining area, and I think she was saying something about the mess. 

Suddenly it started to rain and I heard the distant sound of thunder so I wasn’t afraid. The sidewalk I was on, right outside the homes, had a roof over it, but I was nearing the corner, which was no longer well-lit and had no roof. So I stopped walking and looked up to see how heavy the rain is, because I might need to stay in one of the houses. I stopped in front of the house of an old woman who lives alone. I think she was preparing dinner or cleaning up after it or something. I hesitated knocking on her door because I know I had to go to the grocery before it closes, and that is the reason why I needed to turn left at the corner, because straight ahead after turning left, is the back or side entrance of the grocery. 

So I paused and pondered, and looked up. A tall and thin tree stood next to a lamppost, and suddenly, lightnight strikes it. Briefly there was a tiny explosion, and the center of the tree starting burning.I looked around to ask for help to put out the fire, but I was totally alone and the people in the houses didn’t seem to care whatever happened outside. I ran back and tried to look for someone who might seem to want to help but found that only a small portion of the sidewalk is well-lit; I don’t know what happened to the rest where I came from. When I ran back to the front of the old lady’s house where I could see the tree, I noticed that the fire has died down, and vaguely, I remembered that in Sims 2, lightning occasionally strikes trees and outdoor furniture and they burn but they instantly die down too. 

Since the rain was still pouring, I knocked on the old lady’s door and asked if I can just sit down at the living room and promised not to bother her. (I remember her as one of our neighbors in our old home when I was a kid, and when I didn’t feel like staying at home I’d go to her house, to her annoyance, but of course I didn’t know that back then.) Suddenly, there was some kind of shift, and my mother’s mother, my grandma, came by, driving a small blue car and she told me to hop right in and we would go to the grocery to meet my parents. I did and she drove so fast that I thought we were both going to die. We turned left at the corner and I saw the double doors of the grocery, but my grandma isn’t stopping! We sped through the doors while IN the car and the security guard stepped back to save himself from being run over or dragged. 

Next scenario my mom and my grandma were putting things inside a push cart, and I noticed that my grandma bought huge bottles of shampoo and conditioner and I realized that she and my mom are very similar in that way and how they like to take care of their looks and how they like buying beauty products in huge amounts. Then I noticed a shelf featuring new products from a familiar brand, and I noticed a huge purple glossy bottle of something which I don’t remember now, and I was so taken by the packaging and the color and I think how it smelled, that I was already starting to think that I might need it. Suddenly my sister was there, and I was telling her about it, and she was also quite amazed but then changed her mind and felt lazy to go to the counter and have to pay for it. I wanted to buy it but suddenly I felt the same way and wondered if I really do need it. But the purple color and the glossy packaging was very attractive. I’m not sure if I bought it but later on, I had to line up for the counter. My parents and my grandma were in a separate line because there was a faster, separate section for senior citizens. As I fell in line, I noticed that the counter looked like it was meat shop counter because it was all messy and the light was orange like in local meat shops. I made a comment that something didn’t match and one or two people laughed and agreed with me. 

Fragments

In Bacolod, with friends from the club. (I realize that this is my second remembered dream involving Bacolod. The first one was about the possibility of moving there with my then-boyfriend.)

• We were all having lunch. I remember seeing rice in front of me. I was at the head of the table, and on my right was Mr. Perfect Skin. I was trying to talk to him or catch his attention but he always turned away. Apparently, there was some things and plans in his mind about us which he didn’t want to talk about yet until it was all final. Throughout the dream he wore a yellow shirt.
  
• The girl with us, whom we will call Ururu-chan, came and sat beside me. She said we will order another type of food, and we will have the same one, because we were best friends. She was younger in the dream than she is in real life. She was more child-like and carefree. Later on, we started eating, and her attention drifted to a nearby store. She said we should go there. As we waited outside the store (people had to take turns because there were rituals held inside for each customer), I sat on a bench. I looked at the table where all our friends were eating, and Mr. Perfect Skin was still turning away. Then Ururu-chan, kissed me on the face twice and hugged me and said I’m her favorite person and she really likes me to be her friend. I just tapped her arm to show her I’m glad to be her friend too. Inside the store were many Buddha figurines. Then she sat us down by a nearby low table, so we had to be in seiza to do the ritual. We sat across each other and she laid out a square piece of ceramic and she put 4 or 5 pieces of rubbery material in them. She then covered it with a hollow figure of a Buddha-like being with a small hole on top of its head. Then she said to me, don’t be afraid, for now you will see my magic. Then she tapped the figure and from the hole, squeezed out a balloon in the image of a dog. It’s like those things you see being sold by churches where smaller pieces of balloons are tied together to form an image. This one is a dog.
  
• My parents were looking at a house for sale. It was nighttime. Ururu-chan was still with me. Then I said, hey, we never paid for our food. And that’s the only time we remembered that we never actually finished lunch. Then she said, the person selling this house also runs the restaurant so we can pay her then. We went inside the house. 
• Inside the house, there was some kind of serious, grown-up gathering, and I was bored to my skull. Ururu-chan has rejoined the group, and they were somewhere outside. I was stuck in the house beecause I had to attend to something. Then a couple with a baby turned to me and asked me to look after their child for a while. I held the very tiny baby and I was a bit afraid that I might break its neck unintentionally. When I was already holding it, the parents stepped out. The mom carried a bright purple shiny bag. The dad went someplace else. After what seemed to be a long time, I got agitated because I was thinking it was nighttime and I hardly spent time with Mr. Perfect Skin. Frantically, I looked for the mom of the baby.I asked my mom and she said they stepped out and that I should keep quiet because it was a serious gathering. I stepped out and saw my dad, and I said, where’s the mom of this child? And he pointed to the women a few feet away, and he said she was making a phonecall. I was slightly annoyed because she was really just chatting over the phone and it was nothing urgent. The dad was nowhere to be found. Then the mom held out her hand, asking for a few more minutes. I got so impatient and asked my dad where my sister is. He said she’s over some other part of the garden with the group (it was a HUGE garden). As I walked, I came by another area in the garden where a friend (Raz) was, and he was supposed to be the next person to the parents who should be taking care of the baby. At the same time, I saw where the group was, because I saw Mr. Perfect Skin’s yellow shirt. I hurriedly handed over the baby to Raz and was hoping Mr. Perfect Skin saw it so he would think that I look great with a baby in my arms. 

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