Childhood Recollection

My teammates and I had a great time talking about our childhood memories. My childhood is one of the best chapters in my life and since these memories are still fresh in my mind, I decided to write about it. This childhood recollection made me realize how rambunctious, defiant and mischievous I was during my younger years. Seemed like I was a bit similar to "Denise the Menace".

1. Sinister Me - This was the wicked thing I ever did against mama and my older sister. When I was 7 years old, I punched my older sister on her back when she changed the channel from Popeye to a sappy ABS-CBN teenshow. Mama scolded me vehemently as punishment. Enraged, I went to my room sobbing and then prayed to the Lord to bring mama to heaven. When my anger trickled away and I started to realize my fault, I prayed back earnestly and revoked what I prayed earlier.

2. Frustrated Cook - Mama came from the grocery store and left the plastic bag chockful of groceries in our kitchen. While she was resting, I sneaked in the kitchen and took the Maggi Soy Sauce and brought it to our playhouse. When she knew about it, the bottle was already half empty. Good thing mama was in good mood so I didn't taste her fury again. That was my first attempt in cooking. My ingredients were dragonflies, butterflies and grasshoppers mixed with gumamela flowers and leaves. Of course my playmates and I didn't eat it.

3. Demanding Me - I abhored going to church but mama forced me to do so. Since my playmates had been forced by their mama too, going there wasn't bad at all. One time during the month of May, Flores de Mayo, I refused to go to church for the reason that I was envious with my playmates as they had beautiful and freshly picked flowers. So I demanded my mama to buy me fresh flowers sold at the store near our house. Mama did it without complaints.

4. Gambler, Not Quite - I've learned how to play Tong-its and Chikicha at the age of 10. At that time, I already played it with money involved at school. One day after class, I threw my bag in the couch and rushed to the vacant lot upon seeing my playmates there playing patentero. My mama took my bag as she was suppose to place it at the study room but to my misfortune, the coins inside it made a noice. Out of curiousity, she opened it and to her astonishment, a purse chockful of coins and playing cards greeted her. Mama went ballistic and I ended up being spanked 5 times. Beside that I was given an award. And that award was a week of no TV and no playing outside the house.

5. Duckling Killer - One of our neighbors raised ducks and had them colored flamboyantly. One day, the owner forgot to lock their gate so the fancy ducklings escaped and intruded our backyard. Their cuteness and charming colors piqued my curiosity so I approached them and held one of them in my hands. Oblivious of her presence, the mother duck came rushing towards my back and poked my leg with her beak. Out of surprise, my grip lossened up and the little duck fell to the ground which slightly maimed him. To retaliate, I hurled a small wooden box towards them. The mother duck and the rest of the ducklings managed to dodge the box but one of them, unfortunately, failed to evade and was crushed to death.

6. Wrestler - Me and my younger sister were best of enemies when we were still young. We were extremely opposite in almost everything. One time, we wrestled over the remote control and we never seemed to stop. So my uncle came to intercept and separate us. Unfortunately, my uncle suffered as we bit and clawed him on his hands and face. My mama was furious at what we did to uncle. She took 2 knives and gave us one each and said "galit na galit talaga kayo sa isa't isa ha, ayan yong kutsilyo, mag patayan kayo." That ended the bullfight. I was 12 then and she was 11.