Kids these days...
I'm 20 years old, but most people who don't know me would think I'm still 14 or 16. Maybe because I'm petite, and i don't really act my age.
I still like playing games with my younger neighbors such as "step-in", "tigso" and "lady look", and I still sport that typical short hair with bangs. I'm a kid at heart and i like it but there is a big difference between acting like a kid and actually being a kid.
I've been there, and you may still call me trying hard to play the part..but i can't help it, I'm surrounded with kids; screaming kids, shy kids, kids who think and act like adults, cute kids, neat kids, dirty kids, bullies, bullied kids, kids you know would be heartthrobs or losers one day...but i don't run a daycare, if you ask. Our house is like their "tambayan", it's an internet cafe/gaming area/park. Being with them is really one heck of a day.I'm constantly surrounded by screams of "ate, si ano oh!", or "aray, wag ba!", You know, one moment their fighting over a piece of banana cue or green mango, then their fussing over who gets to play counter strike next, they scream at each other like there's no tomorrow, but another minute, there they are, best buddies, playing "bahay-bahayan", "luto-lutoan"...biking around together, joking, laughing. And you'll never miss the occasional cries of pain brought about by their superb bicycle exhibitions and unprofessional brawling matches. They're so full of energy, you can't keep up with a game of tigso, and you'll be amazed at how kids respond to your questions, much more with the questions they ask you. They have a certain wit in them, sometimes, they'll make you feel they know everything...(but you know they don't'). They also have a certain issue about crushes, and the little girls whisper about it all the time...the boys always pick on the girl they like, and the girls respond with their expressions of "yuck!, eewwww! excuse me!"...a kids life is like an entire day of sugar rush... In the end, it's always full of laughs and then there's tomorrow to do it all over again.
We know that there's nothing serious going on for them for now, no responsibilities, no deadlines... We adults, as we've been there already, always think that certain experiences they have might scar them for a lifetime...maybe that's why we tend to be so negative towards kids, making them avoid things that we weren't able to when we we were young. Indeed, childhood is a crucial moment, but still i miss it, and would trade a fortune to get it back. Now that I'm grown, everything seems so distant, the whole world seems so real and sad...when i was a kid, it seems like friendship, happiness, high hopes and happily ever afters are truly forever. I may not be able to go back to truly being a kid, but i surely wouldn't say no to things that would make me remind of how wonderful it is to be one.
