heya bro!

sept 13. whose birthday was it?
i remember. there was one kid then. i grew up him. we were playmates. he was very nice to his parents. he had a lot of friends but i remember his best friend was carlo. very smart. he was the teachers' favorite in pattao. he was my partner in dance contests at schools. when he was young, he was already cute. really. it's true. we went to school together in high school at st paul. at a young age, he was already helping his dad at work. he likes to fix broken electric fans, cd players, etc. he would go with his dad on his project ventures with bridges. he would watch how these were built. he would receive academic awards. he is proficient in math. blue card awardee. etc. when he graduated from high school, i was secretly crying in my room. my mom was the same. because he had chicken pox and he had very high fever that he wasn't able to march across the stage to accept his diploma. it's so sad because it was a big accomplishment in his life. when he got to college, we even shared the same house in manila. he was so good. he wouldn't go out when his friends would invite him. i remember he would sermon us because we would always go out and we wouldn't come home till really late.

who is this i'm talking about?
it's the brother i love so much.
Vito Jr.
Dong is what we call him. to us siblings, he would be called daddy dong because of his sermons. he is a very kind uncle "kuyang dong" to my baby frances. one really smart engineer. how many projects do you have now, bro? hehehe...bro, you're 23 now. he he he he.

you're old now too. but that's okay. i know that your love for us never changes. you always put us before yourself. thank you my dear brother. even though i couldn't come home on this special day of yours, i am always praying to jesus that you are always happy on your birthday.

my wish for your birthday is that i hope you are always happy with everything you do. hope lord will never leave you alone. hope lord will keep you away from sickness and accidents. i wish you all the wonderful things in life. don't forget to thank god for everything.

happy birthday!

ate loves you so MUCH bro! muah!