Jezreel

Jezreel is the eldest of the three, born September 21, 1999... I do not like it but Jezreel has fascination for everything about soldiers (guns, etc). It must be the machine. Anyway, he likes to to go to Chinese school. And at one time, he actually believed the children's park near our municipal hall is actually the best place on earth (well, next to the river near our kalapaw back in Ilocos)...

One time when we (Jun & I) fetch him at school, of which he was not aware, we saw him leap like a kung fu artist (or warrior?) amidst school children, then, stopped by two stranger schoolmates playing with a handy helicopter toy. He discussed with them what had been going on (with the toy), then, he climbed the wire fench separating the parking space from the children's park.

After finding a vacant concrete bench to land his bag, he leaped to the nearest slide, and from one bar to another, sampling the see-saw, swing, and slide and mignling children older or younger.

The complete joy of childhood personified.

One afternoon, he came home with smooth pebbles, saying, "Ingga, adda pasalubong ko kenka," (I have something for you.) And that's it for Jezreel's innocence...