24...

well...lets just say...thats how long i was up last nyt and the previous night just because of a little show called 24. i watched the 1st season from 12mn...to 12mn...just like the timeline of the 1st season

and i watched the 2nd season...8 hours after the 1st season...(tulog eh) and started the 2nd season at 8am...like the show. i did this well...1st because my mom dared me to...(she regreted it now) 2nd i wanted to be emotionaly involved with the program.

there was one thing that the show had that caught my attention. it was mainly about family.

even behind the conspiracies and the terrorist attacks...the family is an evident thing. Senator Palmer(1st season) got a call. he was told that they had found evidence linking his son to a murder. the murder of the rapist of his daughter. 2nd family was of Special Agent Jack Bauer. his family was broken for quite some time but after a while they got together again...but their happiness wasnt there for long. his wife and daughter get kidnapped because of one of his black ops missions in belgrade.

one thing they both did and that made me think was to do anything and everything for their families.

that made me think. both of them were model fathers and model husbands. and..to be honest...will i be like them someday?...not necessarily heroes to their countries but heroes in their own families. willing to sacrifice everything they had just for them.

it got me thinking...what makes a good husband and father?...i'm not sure if i said something before but...ive wanted a kid for quite some time now. i dont know why but after seeing my uncle(10 years older than me...i think) with his daughter...and the way he shows much care and love for her(tricie) well...it got me thinking if i was even capable of a fraction of what he is doing. my dad...he's another story altogether. he was a deprived child. helearned everything he knows now on his own. he doesnt like his parents and he didnt want us to have the same life he had when he was young. i know he screams at me...even hits me sometimes but i know that he does it for me.

i dont know why people keep on makingmovies about superheroes like kapitan barbel...gagamboy...spiderman...daredevil and the such...maybe its because in a chaotic time like ours...we need heroes. and well...thats wrong...we shouldnt look to them for inspiration. you hear kids around saying "pag laki ko gusto ko magin parang si superman" or something like "i want to be just like spiderman"...they dont stop saying these stuff...but unkown to them...there are heroes with them everyday. their dads.

i know na pang fathers day to but...dont blame me..i still think its saturday