my new friend

this is my new friend, angelica :p she's quirky, wacky, kinda weird (haha.. just see the picture!) and speaks her "slang" english in a sing-song voice :) hahaha. we hit it off quite well yesterday at the prayer meeting. towards the end of the meeting, she was hugging me, asking me to bounce her up and down on my knee (though she is quite heavy!) and giving me loud kisses on the cheek :p ahhhh.. the sweet innocence of children.. :p

i suppose that's the reason why kids can get away with practically anything. they're honest and have little or no inhibitions. what you see is what you get. no ulterior motives. it's easy to accept affection from them 'coz you know that there are no strings attached. you know that when they're sweet to you, it's because they *like* you. not because they're asking for something in return. not because they're going to need you to do them a favor.

when kids ignore you, it isn't such a big deal, either. you *know* that when they don't pay attention to you, it's nothing personal. you can ask them outright if they like you and they'll answer truthfully (ok, sometimes you don't even need to ask at all). by their brutal frankness, you'll know if you're too loud, too corny, too boring or too smelly. yep.. as generous as they are with their affection, kids dish out *lots* of truths that at times we don't want to admit.. but are better of hearing anyway.

*sigh* i need to be around kids more often..