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XLIV. Racquelita Yamamoto Grande (History; Part 2)

•XLIV. Racquelita Yamamoto Grande (History; Part 2)•

The Same Day (September 17, 2014) ...

"One of the girls

Pretty in pearls

And not one of the boys"

Yeah. That's my childhood theme song.

So ... growing up, I lived with my cousins. My Grande cousins.

Francis Gregory Grande

- the eldest of their family

- we call him Kuya Greg

- 4 years older than me

Kevin Ian Grande

- the 3rd child

- we call him Kevin

- 1 year younger than me

Giannini Miyako Grande

- the 4th child

- we call her Gianna, we would pronounce it as Giyanna or as Gi-anna or as Jannah, but Kuya usually calls her Miko or Miya

- 6 years younger than me

Jullienine Sakura Grande

- the youngest

- her parents call her Jullienne, her siblings call her Julie or Julz but John and I call her Sakura

- 9 years younger than me

John Giovanni Grande

- the 2nd child

- a year older than me but we are in the same grade level, in fact we're classmates

But I lived with them when they were only three siblings- Kuya Greg, John and Kevin. Miko and Sakura were born on the years that I was about to live with my parents again.

I'm sure you're thinking of these questions;

" But you said that you lived with your parents and older brother even though you were named as a Grande, why is this so?"

and ...

"Is life with boys easy?"

Well, I'll answer those questions by remembering everything memorable that had happened while I was living with the Grandes.

===Flashback===

*2002*

"Kamukha mo si Paraluman

Nung tayo ay bata pa"

This song was playing in the radio in the car while me and my mother arrived in the Philippines.

"Ang galing galing mong sumayaw

Mapa Boogie man o Cha Cha"

We arrived in Tacloban from Japan on March 30, 2002. I was 3 that time.

"Ngunit ang paborito

Ay ang pagsayaw mo ng El Bimbo"

I watched the buildings 'move' from the car.

"Roke wa, watashi wa anata ga hijō ni omoshiro gatte imasu sanshō shite kudasai. [Roque, I see you're very amused.]" Mama broked the silence.