jay

This is Jay, a six year old kid from Bagong Silang, a slum area two blocks away from our house. The youngest of a family with six siblings, Jay is one of the students of the Church's free preschool. (I know. Ethics says I shouldn't be publishing pictures of children, but I really can't help it. I just simply adore this kid!)

This morning, I tagged along with my mom to the preschool.

I was sitted on one of the child-size chairs. Jay suddenly started climbing my back, jumping as if I was so tall that he couldn't reach my shoulders.

"Ate, ate, laro tayo," he kept saying as he was hanging from my shoulders. I stood up saying, "Hala." He kept jumping and reaching for my shoulders. I tried 'seemingly' running away from him, but he kept on grabbing my hand so that I couldn't get away.

At one time, as he was hanging from my shoulders, I held him tight, teasing him that I will be flushing him in the toilet. He kept breaking free, but still tried to jump and grab me.

In my head, I wasn't really playing with him. Quite amazing actually as he thought I was and he was actually enjoying whatever chasing we were doing.

When his mom came to fetch him, he grabbed my hand and said goodbye.