LOVE AND LIMITATION

#2: Uno (oo-noh)

Authors Note:
The entire chapter will be written in Uno's POV and will mostly be in narrative.

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My name is JOSE LUIS GENEROSO CARLOS.  The first  son of Jose Carlos and Ramona Generoso.
I have 2 younger brothers, actually,  they were fraternal twins Jose Ramon, whom we call Dos because he was minutes older than the other and Jose Ricardo,  whom we call Third as he was a few minutes younger than Dos.  They're both 23 yrs old now.
I also have a  younger sister,  Maria Ramona, whom we call Mara and she just turned 18.

My father was an engineer and a developer and a  construction conglomerate while my mother, though she was a housewife, came from a family of gas suppliers,  Gen Oil Corp. 

In other words,  we were born with a silver spoon.
Unlike other rich kids we know from movies or novels,  we were different.
We were brought up in a way where we can only get what we want if we work hard on it.

It means,  hindi namin makukuha ang mga gusto namin,  unless na pagtatrabahuhan naming.  

My parents believed that hard work is akin to success. 

Like,

Gusto mo ng bagong sapatos?  Maglinis ka ng bahay ng isang buwan.

Gusto mo ng sariling kotse? Maglinis ka ng 3 kotse sa garage namin ng isang taon.

Gusto mong bumili ng bagong celphone? Manghugas ka ng pinggan every meal for a month.

Gusto mong mag travel abroad? Maging driver ka ni Mama hanggat sa gusto nya.

Si Mama, may batayan sa mga bagay na gusto namin. 
Parang reward system,  na sa bawat bagay na gagawin mong tama, makakahingi ka ng gusto mo.

It was her way of disciplining us, lalo na kaming mga lalaki.

Nothing comes for free,  ika nga. Lahat dapat pagsikapan, pagtatrabahuhan.

Mama was a strict mom. Sya ang pinaka OC.

Sya ang pinakamabusisi sa lahat ng bagay, kahit na sa mga kaibigan namin

Sya ang terror sa family.  

Lahat ng gusto nya,  dapat sundin.  Kahit si Papa,  sumusunod sa kanya.

Lets say na takot kami kay Mama, but then, we also knew na ginagawa nya lang yun kasi mahal nya kami at gusto nyang mapabuti kami. Her love and care for us were unquestionable.

At meron kaming takot sa kanya kasi malaki ang respeto namun sa aming magulang.

Papa, on the other hand,  is a lenient father.  

Sya yung cool dad, 

Sya yung spoiler especially sa akin at kay Mara. 

But because he loved my Mama so much,  he would always bend to Mama's wishes and demands.

It was not like "under de saya" si Papa.  Ayaw lang nya ng gulo and he would also agree that Mama was doing the right thing,  lalo na at 3 kaming lalaki.

But when it comes to important decisions, lalo na sa finances and business,  si Papa pa rin ang may last say.

That was how we were raised. 

I was a smart, responsible, serious kid,  a typical kuya to my younger siblings.

Opposite ang personality ko  sa kambal kong kapatid na ang tatamad sa pag aaral at may pagka pilyo.

Mula ng bata pa ako,  natanim na sa isip ko that I will be taking over our company someday.  Kung di man ang kabuuang management, I was pretty sure na ako ang magiging Chief Executive Officer ng CarGen Construction and Development Corporation.