Glad That You Exist

CHAPTER IX ⚜ Glimpse

Onyx POV

Its been two weeks since we got back here in Manila from our vacation in Pangasinan. Dahil napaaga ang balik namin mula sa bakasyon, halos nagkulong nalang din ako dito sa bahay. Minsan lang ako lumabas ng may dinaluhan kaming charity event nila Kuya at Ate na under ng Corp.

Sa loob ng dalawang linggo mula ng makabalik kami dito sa mansyon, halos ako na ang nag alaga kay Talc. Dahil na rin sa busy ang Kuya sa company, gabi nalang din niya ito nakakamusta, minsan nga ay tulog pa ito kung madadatnan niya, tulog rin ito minsan pagpapasok na ng opisina ang daddy niya.

At dahil sa wala pa namang pasok ay sinusulit ko nalang ang pamamalagi ko dito sa mansyon sa pagtugtog ng gitara, piano at violin. Minsan ay tinuturuan ko rin ang Biik kung paano gamitin ang piano,mula sa mga basic notes at sa mga ilang childrens song na alam niya. Which I find enjoyable.

Kung bibilangin, more or less two weeks from now will be the start of another school year. Though its not my first time going to school, malamang, ay hindi ko pari maiwasang maexcite. Am I going to have a lot of friends? Will I be okay? What life will I experience there? Or kung masarap ba yung mga pagkain sa canteen. Mga ganyang tanungan lang lagi.

Even my Lolo who always checked on me, was so excited everytime he call over the phone. It is because he wants me to experience being care free, again, being just a normal teenager like my other two older siblings.

We were raised in a simple way,just a simple way of living, no luxury things, just pure simplicity. If Im not mistaken, when I was in elementary my dad send me to school using just a bike, then he will fetch me using a bike again after my class. Lahat kaming magkakapatid ay nag aral sa public school during that time, just the school in front of the village where we used to lived.

Then when I enter Highschool, they send me into private school, same school with my older siblings. During those times, we were commuting to go to our school, we experienced riding on a bus, jeep, even in tricycle. They only send us to school using my Lolos' car if he was there to visit us. We used to lived in a simple life.

Actually hindi namin alam na magkakapatid na mayaman pala ang pamilya namin. Because of our life during that time, just simple. My mother is just a plain housewife, taking good care of us, while our father was working in the office, na kumpanya pala nila.

Our lolo wants to teach us a life lesson. That having a wealthy life is just a status, but having a simple life is the reality. Gusto niyang maranasan namin na maging simple at normal, malayo sa ibang mga mayayaman na angkan. Entitled for everything. Lahat kaming magpipinsan ay sa ganoong paraan na pinalaki. Well maliban kay Talc malamang.

Kaya hindi na nakakapagtaka na kaya naming makibagay at gumalaw base sa buhay na meron kami. We still managed to learn proper etiquette though, for being prim and proper sometimes is just a show, enjoyed by anyone.

Dahil na rin sa mga turo ng aming mga magulang at ng Lolo. Alam namin kung paano tratuhin ng tama ang mga taong naninilbihan sa amin. We treat them as one of our family, kaya hindi na nakakapagtaka kung bakit ganito kami umasta sa kanila, at kung bakit ganon nalang nila kami pahalagahan.

"Onyx ! Ang lolo mo tumatawag sa telepono, gusto ka daw kausapin!" Sigaw ni Nay Loida na nakadungaw sa may pintuan papunta dito sa Pavillion.

Agad agad naman akong pumasok sa bahay para kausapin si Lolo. Minsan lang to tumawag, depende sa trip niya at sa oras na free siya.

"Onyx, kamusta po Lo?" Pagbungad ko kay Lolo sa kabilang linya.

"Im okay Iho, kamusta ka dyan? Hindi ka ba nahihirapan mag alaga kay Talc?" Tanong nito sa akin.