Kapatid

annie: ay, oo nga pala bibili tayo ng frame
liezl: ano? frame nanaman, angdami dami mo ng frame ah, para saan nanaman?
annie: may bago akong dalawa dyan eh, wala pang frame
liezl: ok, so kelan ka ga-graduate?
annie: 2009
papa elner: talaga?
annie: gagraduate ng cum laude, aba 28 lang kami dati, ngayon 21 na lang.

Ayun ang aking kapatid malakas ang fighting-pilit, hahaha. She will kill me if she happens to read this one. Anyways, among the three of us, she's really the achiever since kinder. She's kinda OC when it comes to her academics, but one things that I always tell her, "ano agen, please pakihinaan naman ang pagbabasa mo. Pati ako narereview mo na." Few weeks ago she opened up to me, ranting about her two subjects. She's afraid that her prof would flunk her on those subjects. Ayun, ako naman grab the opportunity ate ken (me) to be able to give some pat on her shoulder. Sabi ko sa kanya, ako nga naranasan ko ng mag-flunk (hahaha, guess what? resto! ughhh!) Yes I flunked once, because of being late. Its a 7 am class, and I only got 1 quiz in pelims and 2 during midterms. Three out of six quizzes lang nakuha ko! Yung finals halos i-perfect ko, kaso ayun tinabla ako ng prof ko, tinawanan pa ako nung nagbibigay ng strip of paper with my grades. Seriously, after that I've learned my lesson! Masakit bumagsak at sa totoo lang ah nakakahiya sa mga magulang ko. For the record, more than one month lang po ako nakatungo at di makatingin sa magulang ko. Gracie, knows this and she was my partner during my summer class. Nag-resurrect ang grades ko sabi pa ni Mommy, "anak, magsummer ka na lang ulit ang taas ng grades mo." Nakakatawa pero tagos sa akin yun! But infairness naman sa akin ah. Kina-reer ko ang reporting kaya ayun bawing bawi! hahahaha! Ayan dyan ka magaling.

Back to my sister, she even cried and rant over her situation that day. She was aking me something in favor. I did. hahaha, konsintidor. Hindi naman, i understand her situation that time. Naalala ko lang lgi, tuwing nag-aask sila ng favor sa akin, dapat tulungan. Sabi nga ni Pastor Ed, hindi sa lahat ng pagkakataon hihingi ng tulong ang mga kapatid mo kaya, pagmay pagkakataon tulungan mo agad ng walang pasubali." I may not be able to attend to their needs all the time, and I'm not even a perfect BIG SIS figure for them, I still do my best to be one. Hindi man ngayon, may tamang panahon! Ayun ko po ang drama! Btw, she got her grades already and answered prayer tumaas pa ang grades niya. Masaya ako para sa kanya. I just hoe she remember what i told her. "Agen, para saan ba ang kagustuhan mo mag-excel?" "Kasi kung dahil lamang yan sa mga tao, sa mga magulang natin, may higit pang dahilan kung bakit ka dapat mag-excel." "We can't please everybody, I've tried that and i got hurt so badly." "Hanggang saan dadalhin ng sarili mong diskarte?" "Remember His words, not by might, not by power but by the Spirit of God." Afternoon, hala bumaha na ng luha. Hehehehe. Alam nyo naman ako, critic ako ng kapatid ko, kasi mas masasaktan sila kung sa iba pa nila maririnig. Thank God for His grace, hindi naman din ako extreme.

Our bunso is in Zambales right now with her friends. I just hope she'll enjoy her vacation and when she comes back, she'll be charged and be able to speak to my parents about her course! Com'on sissy!

All of us have his/her own broken grades stories. Hahaha, hindi ako nagiisa. But whatever brokeness that we have, even its not about our grade. There is someone above us who will be there to pick us up and say, "Oh anak, temporary setback lang yan, hindi pa tapos ang laban. My child, my grace is enough." Ayun! Thank you Lord!

Now, grace to study hard for the upcoming board exam. Mga friends pasama sa prayers!