Day 2: The First Time My Heart Was Broke

Everything happens for a reason.

After I read this title, I paused for a minute. At first, I will deny that I don’t have any heartbreaks, disappointments and whatsoever. Actually, I don’t want to remember the pasts in my life because it was full of disappointments, drama, personal separation, stress, goodbyes, slight depression or state the saddest words in the world and you will find the old “Victor”.

It was normal for a six year old boy to cry for little things but can you imagine that a ten year old kid is still crying for that? For me yes. In my childhood life, I was crying often if I do not have what I want to have. Maybe, I was raised as a little spoiled child by my grandparents.

First Picture (Left): I was crying because I am very irritated or maybe “natatakot ako sa papa ko.”

Second Picture (Right): I want to get the baby rolling chair even if it was not mine. Spoiled brat alert. LOL.

So let’s back to the topic, I was very happy that day because that was the last day of our school as a Grade V student. Actually, my elementary school in San Mateo, Rizal was very near to us. Just walk straight ahead from our house for twenty seconds or less and you will find my school. (Tapat lang ng bahay naming yung school ko. XD)

First Picture (Left): That was my Grade V Class Picture. “Naka-indian sit ako sa harapan. Pang-anim ako simula sa kaliwa.”

Second Picture (Right): Actually you can see my house right there. Look at the upper left corner of the picture. You can see the Coca-cola label right? Yeah. So you can see my house. “Basta yung may madilim na part. LOL.”

I say goodbye to my classmates happily and having a plan to play in the playground next week. “Yung anim na picture sa baba, kinuhaan yan sa huling araw ng pasukan namin.”

The little girl followed me going to our house, actually she is my first crush since Grade two (iba ang section ko noong grade one), she gave me a DVD Movie entitled the “Disaster Movie”.

I remember that I want to borrow that movie from her but I bit shy to approach her. I say thank you to her and invite her to our house but she reject it. It’s fine with me because I am very shy and maybe I will not entertain her properly in our house.

As I enter our house, I saw that all of the stuffs are packed. At first, I thought that we will have long vacation but I saw that even the appliances where packed neither.

So I ask my parents even my grandparents what is happening but they ignore it and still packing their things in different boxes and labelling the boxes accordingly.

As a spoiled boy, I run towards the gate and spitefully leave our house and go to the playground but the gate was locked. I found a Jeepney inside of our house that is not ours.

In that moment, they putting all the things inside the Jeepney. My little brother “Jerome” is sleeping that time carried by my mother. I was still wearing my school uniform also.

After the things are all set inside the jeepney. My parents finally approach me and they said:

“Lilipat na tayo ng bahay. Hindi na tayo pwedeng tumira dito kasi nabenta na ang bahay na ito. Ang mga lola’t lolo mo kasama ang mga tita mo ay lilipat na sa Marikina. Tayo naman ay titira na sa Antipolo. Doon ka na rin mag-aaral ng Grade VI. Nakuha na rin naming yung school records mo para magtransfer ng ibang school.”

Napatulala nalang ako sa isang tabi. Biglang nagdilim ang paningin ko at kusang lumuha ang aking mga mata.

Naalala ko na dito kami tumira simula ng isinilang ako. Dito na ako lumaki at nagkaisip tapos sasabihing aalis na kami rito.

Naalala ko yung mga kaklase ko simula Grade one. Yung mga memories namin sa school, yung field demo, yung field trip at iba pang school activities, lahat yun sa picture ko nalang makikita.

Gumuho yung mundo ko sa oras na iyon.

Wala na akong nagawa habang umaandar na ang jeep papalayo sa bahay at school ko. Naiisip ko noon na hindi ako nakapagpaalam sa mga kaklase ko ng maayos.

Hindi ko makakalimutan yung sandaling iyon. Ang bilis ng pangyayari. Naiisip ko noon, wala na yung mga kaklase ko, hindi ko na sila mababalikan, yung bahay na kinamulatan ko nawala ng isang iglap.

Hindi ko namalayan at nakatulog na ako noon sa jeep kasama ang pamilya ko papunta sa Antipolo.

After that incident, I started to take a picture every single moment because nobody can tell if they will be with you tomorrow or in the future. You must be ready all the time.

PS: Napanood ko yung “Disaster Movie”. Hindi ko pa rin naisasauli yung DVD hanggang sa ngayon. I hope magkita kami sa personal uli. :)

Always remember. “Cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey. Sometimes the BEST MEMORIES are sad because you know they will never happen again.”

Thanks for reading folks. :) GOD BLESS.