Chapter 7: Gifts

Two years before now, I couldn't imagine myself being in a peaceful place just watering colorful and lifeful flowers like I haven't killed multiple lives for my job.

Sana sa ganitong klase ng lugar nalang ako lumaki. Kahit ano yatang problema ang ibato sa akin makakaya ko dahil ang payapa ng lugar. Malayong-malayo ito sa lugar na kinamulatan ko.

I would love to wake up with the cold breeze of the wind every morning, to have my fresh fruit juice with the right warmth of the sun every afternoon, and to admire the constellations of stars in the sky while lying alone on the grass comfortably without worrying about the danger that might happen to me at night.

In this kind of place, it's like you are being hidden away from the wrath of life. You won't witness the bad sides of life here. Para kasing hindi ka dadapuan ng kamalasan sa lugar na 'to. Sa tingin ko, ang pinakamabigat na kamalasan na puwede mong maranasan dito ay ang mapatid sa mga bato o sa mga ugat ng puno na madaraanan mo.

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