this afternoon i spent time with jose, it was like 3 months since we talked. he is an 8 year old tutee in our little prep school. he finished early in his summer class and passed by my unit. he knocked and shouted: kuya jason, si jose ito. i was super engrossed in watching one tree hill, but i could never ever resist a child calling for me, so i opened the door. he quickly jumped all over the place, literally. i didn’t know how to make him stop, then i saw the watch. jose, tignan mo, anong oras na? it was six o’clock, and every six o’clock, i told him to pray the angelus. so yes, just as always, god was my escape goat, hehehe, joke. so there we were, praying the angelus. actually i’m pretty proud that he momorized the whole prayer already. so cut to the chase… why am i blogging about it??
because jose is one of the people who i really think, believed in me. he is one of those people who see special things inside of me. i know i don’t deserve it, and i know, his childishness clouds his perspective of me, but still, it feels good having someone really believing in me. there was this one time when he came running to me, i still clearly remember it. i was changing in my unit, just from school when he barged in and happily hugged me. he told me that he reached top 15. yah, you may think its not much of a feat, but for him, its really a big leap. of course i was happy for him, so i searched my bag for any left over treats like chocolates or stuff, and while i was searching he was doing what he does best, jumping all around. but while he was bouncing in my bed (which is now officially my cousin’s bed) he spoke words that shall always replay in my head forever: ang galing noh kuya? parehas na tayo, kahit loko-loko ako at magulo, matalino narin ako! parehas na tayo, hindi mabait pero magaling!!!
shit. it really bangs me hard everytime it replays in my head. the kid looks up to me, or so i feel. am i a good example? i don’t know, but hell, i love the kid, and i promise to be the best friend i could be to him.
so what did we talk about today while we were hanging? he was so happy! he told me that he did what i advised him once. there was this time when he came to me and told me that he was called to guidance office. he punched his classmate for teasing him to be gay. of course, because i was such a good older friend, i told him not to do it again, i told him that its really bad to hit people and just let the guy teasing him be. but he quickly knocked sense in me in his answer: eh kuya, kung hayaan ko lang sila, mas lalo nila akong aasarin. of course, shit heads are shit heads until you knock the shit out of them. so i told him: sa susunod kasi, kung mananapak ka, pag wala na yung titser, para hindi ka mahuli. he immediately answered that it was difficult because he was angry, but i told him to keep his cool because its the only way he could take revenge or stick out for himself. that was our last conversation, so this afternoon, he happily told me that he was able to that. he was able to keep his cool: alam mo kuya, hindi agad ako nagalit, ang galing ko noh? sinapak ko nung nasa service na kami. hehehe. hindi ko agad nasabi kasi hindi na kita nakikita. i was so proud of him. he is indeed a man.
we chatted more, about star craft, battle realms, not watching porn, listening to parents and normal stuff. well, i enjoyed this afternoon. i really enjoy chatting with children. 
