Makahiya

This morning, while Franz, Kim and I were going to the shop, I felt like walking really slow without any reason at all and even it's really hot and sunny. Franz keep on looking at the roadside to the plants. And then he stopped and shouted "Makahiya!" then bent down to touch the plant. It didn't closed like what it's supposed to do when touched. And he said "Sampalok yan nay, di yan makahiya. Pag malaki ang dahon, Sampalok yun". And we walked again looking for makahiya but we didn't found any. I remember when we first arrived here and we were waiting for a bus to Kalibo, we saw lots of Makahiya plants and Franz had so much fun touching them. Again, I felt really happy seeing Franz appreciate a simple thing.

Then when we reached the market, he said "Nanay, don't walk too close to me, you don't have to because there isn't any vehicle around". Then I felt sad at how fast he is growing up.

Now he's here playing Computer games after eating some jellies.

And here's how the lot looks like now. They took down the building that was there before:

We talked to Ryan Masula, who's going to make the plan of the house and the shop. He's going to prepare a sketch and we can tell him if we want anything on that sketch to be changed.

*Posted on March 30, 2007