The Case of the First Born

If I’m not that, I won’t be in such a sentiment.

The perks of being the ‘Ate’ almost always connote authority over the youngsters, well, that meant fun in some instance. I mean, being deputy to your parents and experiencing everything firsthand before everybody else does, nothing beats it. But as they say, what comes along this so-called ‘privilege’ is responsibility.

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I never had any legit trouble being one. I mean for the longest time, it has only been me and Sai back in our growing years. And it’s pretty apparent that her personality is stronger than mine—that oftentimes she’s more ate-ish than I was. Well now that made me realize that bully-ish could actually qualify. And yes, she beat me off my feet. Almost always. Brusko yan e.

Everything changed when Gabriel came. Talk about being hands on, that was me. And if anybody would even wonder how inherent my fondness for my brother is, you got to be kidding. You have got to wonder no more. Things notched up since then and I was entirely a revamped ate. Total overhaul.

And then there were three of us. Instances proved that we could have really been a crowd. Well, that makes me a referee, the man in the middle to meddle up with any possible collision. A situation that I don’t like being in to—in as much as I don’t want to take sides, somebody’s always got to give in, somebody’s got to give way.  Ikaw ang nakakaintindi, kaya ikaw nalang. Something that Sai has always negated from. And I couldn’t be any more loud-mouthed about the idea. I suppose now, she’s seeing some light in it. Goodness grief, what took you so long?

Now does pressure make any sense? I mean about having to enter the picture?

My siblings bring about a lot of promise, and I couldn’t be but a proud ate. Sai, being back to school alongside her thrills and frills and Gabriel in his smart- prente ways are always first-rate sights to see. I could not hope anything but the best for them both and I wish to be their backbone every step of the way. Well, having mentioned that, that’s a whole lot of other things I ought to be pondering.

The ‘lift’ I had just recently has got to be the start of this good streak plus the career prop up Jef has been giving me.

And yes, the ‘responsibility’ part transpires right here, coming full throttle.



I should be burning some rubber now.

I got to be starting somewhere.