phone rings… who could be calling at this hour? i really had a hard time getting to sleep and could barely remember dozing off and now this! i need to be back at the laboratory at 8pm and it’s still 1pm. the person at the other end’s got to be ready for the brunt of my rising temper…
“hello..” i sleepily and grumpily answered… “hello mama!!!” was the rapturous reply.. i jumped awake! how could I forget? it was my jolo on the phone… “hello mama? natutulog kaw mama?” was the apologetic yet sweet pahabol after realizing that i must’ve been awakened by his call.. “okay lang baby…” was all I can say and i was fully awake by then.. it is 6pm, philippine time.. oh well, i can get back to sleep later. here is the only person in the world who has the ability to melt my icy moods and cool off my fiery temper in an instant. with a sigh of relief, he started his endless blab about how his first day back to school was, delighted to see his old classmates and be in the same class as his cousin joey. he is now in Prep 1 at Edna’s School in Dagupan City. my sister momentarily interrupts and takes the phone from an adamant jolo.. “hay alam mo yang anak mo napaka hyperactive sa klase! malikot pero attentive naman at nangongopya na ng assignments, pero lagi nagcocomplain bakit daw ang dami niyang assignments… hinahanap siya nung ibang kaklase niya kasi gustong gusto daw sya..” (naku mukhang mr. friendship ang anak ko ah!).. ate ko talaga.. couldn’t hide the pride sa boses nya.. kulang nalang siya ang nanganak hehehe… (hindi na kasi nag-asawa hay.. kaya iniispoil ang anak ko!) jolo back on the phone… “mama tapos ko na assignments ko… nuod na ko Enkantadia tsaka All About Ed.. (kapuso ang anak ko hehe.. addict sa tv at playstation!).. he continues to rumble on. galing daw sila sa birthday party pero nung lumapit si Hetty (jollibee mascot) itinago daw ang ulo sa ilalim ng mesa.. hehe.. duwag! having noticed him, nilapitan sya ng mascot at sinubuan ng spaghetti.. kumain naman sya but as Hetty left, ang lalim daw ng buntong-hininga! never na nasanay sa mascot hahaha even during his past birthdays.. now he was reminding me to send his rubber shoes.. yung may gulong na nakahiga was his fond description (well the story is he used to ask me to buy him this shoes with wheels kaso sabi ng tita nya wag daw at delikado, so i sent him this nike shox instead.. ayun explanation sa kanya eh may gulong din yun kaso nakahiga.. you could never fool a kid! hehe) tska yung another toy… i told him it was on the way. (actually as soon as he told me about this, i had to rush off somewhere para lang mabili yun.. bottomline is a colleague had to buy it in jeddah which is about 4 hours from here kasi wala nun dito..)… next he was telling me na showing na ang BATMAN BEGINS sa CSI Lucao and dahil pinangakuan ng ate ko manunuod sila the next day.. buti pa siya, ako i have to content myself with pirated CDs hehehe wala naman kasing original dito. I told him to make sure tapos lahat ng school work bago maglaro and that he has to behave always. it is such a relief to know that he is always at his best behavior, nun nga minsang napagbintangan sya na nanuntok na kaklase niyang babae eh umiyak daw ng pagkalakas lakas at hindi daw siya yun, buti nalang ganun din sinabi ng kaklase nya. he even consoles a new classmate dahil umiiyak sa klase at iniwan na ng guardian niya. my son is soooo sweet.. and i am such a proud mom.
Next i heard him saying kakantahan daw niya ako.. well i was expecting another jolo rendition of insy-winsy spider or ABC but i surprisingly listened to a high pitched kid singing ‘SASAKYAN KITA, SA LAHAT NG GUSTO MO, SASAKYAN KITA BASTA SASAKYAN MO RIN AKO…” whatever happened to my toes, my knees or twinkle, twinkle little star? yan na ba ang tinuturo sa Preparatory Class ngayon hehehe… i was laughing so hard but in fairness he has a good singing voice.. makes me proud even more.
actually, the conversation was mostly talking on his part and listening on mine.. but i didn’t mind a bit.. just hearing his voice was enough to make me forget what a tiring week i had and that another busy week is coming. as always, goodbyes were so difficult because i’ll be left with this void inside that’s been missing him for so long.. well, he has to sleep na daw but actually naiinip na yun at gusto na manuod ng tv.. my sweet baby.. after making bilin na "mag-iingat ikaw mama dyan" and repeated i love you mama with a thousand kisses over the phone the conversation ended. oh well, i guess i better get back to sleep. be back to work again in a couple of hours... ganito buhay dito.. work, eat, sleep - well barely! the sacrifices we have to make for the love of our lives.. it's all worth it... I will always thank God for the greatest gift that came into my life.. my jolo.. my everything! =)
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