You may or may not know that where I work, there's a boy. He's 14 years old and in many ways I see myself having the same sort of characteristics that I have right now and that I had when I was a teenager.
It's a small world by the way. Before I started work in the particular take out, we've actually crossed paths in the past. I was doing the chinese school thing and he was once a pupil. I remember giving him into trouble for something he did. And when I walked into the take out for the first time and saw him, I almost immediately thought this is a familiar face. Anyways he was naughty then and that was that.
I hadn't seen him for maybe just over a year though it wasn't my intention to but it just so happens that I've been placed in his life again.
I don't have any blood siblings but this wee boy, I wouldn't say taken under my wings but it feels good when I can part with some of my wisdom if it were to the things I did and didn't when I was his age.
Being of a similar situation, both me and him were brought up going to our own take outs after school and remained there until closing time. And as we got older, we had to work there.
I hated having to go to the shop all the time but I guess there wasn't anything I could do. When I was older, I was allowed to stay home.. alone.. but with that, I had to work.
I guess I didn't mind the working as much.... really depends. But if life asked me what I would have preferred, then I would have preferred that my folks had a western job and I would come from school and go out to play afterwards instead of the life that I had.
But that's life, nothing is without its negatives.
But yeh, I didn't like it, but I lumped it.
And as I got older, I saw that I had to work and I guess as the older I got, the more responsibilities I got, and for a wee while, I played the boss which I liked. Haha.
But anyways me and this kid have something in common- we both don't like having to go to our respective shops.
Another thing which has endured on me is his dependance on me on certain things.
My chinese is bad at best but when it comes to explaining things, he rather I do it when he needs to explain something to his mother.
Sometimes when I was younger, I wish I had an older sibling to explain the things that were going through my head and life but being of our culture, I think we kinda like to keep the bad things within and let them lull.
Anything computer and internet related. I'm the savvy one.
Just the other day, I kinda had to tell him off for something.
Basically its a mistake which I guess, the young and naive him would make.
He went to Hong Kong with his parents during the easter and he took his iphone with him. Oblivious to him, roaming charges kick in once you leave the country and whenever you go, its really your responsibility to find out how much calls and data are for the country your heading to. If your staying within the EU, then the prices aren't bad as they are for Asia. Anyways naive him used his phone as normally and ran up a massive bill, thinking his free calls and unlimited data served here is also served in the other side of the world.
Not the one having to pay, I laughed at how this 14 year old can afford to pay the month's bill. I actually question how he even pays the monthly line rental never mind this particular month's bill.
But turns out his dad has bailed him out....
So I give him my words of wisdom and told him about the roaming charges and it was his own fault and not of o2's.
I told him, you've done it once, learn your lesson. Don't do it again.
I've never been in a position where I could do that with anyone really. I don't have any siblings. But this wee guy, I've kinda adopted as my own.
I may not have any blood siblings.
But I have tons of siblings in Christ.
And that's just as good or if not, even better.
I love being there for someone.
It gives me the thrill of knowing that because of what I've done, I've made you happy at that particular moment.
Sometimes this characteristic of mine makes people think does he (I) like that particular someone.
And more times than none, I do things for you because your my friend. I do it out of love.
And if I do something for you because I like you, then you'll know that I like you.
Sometimes I wonder if I compromise too much of myself for others.
But when I think about it, its what God does for us.
He puts us first.
And although I will never been on the same scale as God.
If I succeed in being a little bit like Him, then I'm doing something right.
I hope I am.
PS. I Love You.
