1. when i was 8, i fell from a cradle at a friend's house, and my left arm was almost broken, fortunately it was just a simple sprain and the only remedy was to bring me to my lola who happened to be a "manghihilot". It was really a very painful experience and i could still even remember how loud i cried then. That was the first time i realized, am not really a superman. 2. i used to buy baby ducks (itik) in schools way back elementary days; making them as pets, one morning i found 3 of them headless ambushed and eaten by rats! awwts! i wondered why they only took their head, then it turned out that the suspects (hehe) were on a hurry performing the gruesome acts, they just took what they could easily get and cut off. i first experienced the feeling of loosing something. this is so important to me, realizing that no matter how careful we are, things will not always work on the way we wanted them to be. and right then, i became more prepared..i learned from it, i grew...