Kid Kuneho

You would easily know if Pao is sleeping when the car is quiet. What does that tell you? Well, just imagine the Energizer rabbit.

When Paolo wakes up in the morning it's either he snaps at you with "cookies and milk!" with his eyes still closed, or greet you with an energetic "good morning!"or, like when it's a school day, he would lazily get up, drag his feet to the living room, fall into the sofa and idle some minutes away until it's really time to prepare for school. Either ways, not more than one hour or maybe a minimum of 30 minutes after getting up Paolo will be flowing with energy he will begin to talk and that wouldn't stop until the evening when he falls asleep. And I'm not kidding!

One time I asked who's the noisiest one in his class. He suddenly laughed. It was a forced laugh but amused nonetheless. I asked him half jokingly, half knowing my suspicion is correct, "Maybe you're the one."

"Yes! That's why I don't want to tell you," he answered, still maintaining the laugh.

He knows it! He acknowledges and admits to the fact that he talks a lot. Oh well, at least he tells us that in class he doesn't talk at the same as his teacher. He says he doesn't disturb his seatmates during lectures, and that he raises his hand when he wants to share his thoughts with the class. Good job. Better is that he makes sense when he opens his mouth. Well, most of the time. But wait, that's just talking about his uhh.. talking...

When we got his grades for the 1st quarter grading period we got a chance to talk to his teachers and his adviser, Teacher Cecil. She told us that being the youngest in Grade 1, she has referred to Pao as his "Bunsoy". She told the story that during a break in class while she was talking to someone, a co-teacher I think it was, Pao came up behind her and slapped her at the back, but only to get her attention. She continued that when she turned around and saw him, he made face and said "bunsoy.. bunsoy.. bunsoy", and then he took off obviously wanting to play tag.

When it came down to talking about his performance in class, his was acceptable and may be said to be even more than what can be expected of him being a year younger in age for his class level. I was of the impression even that he did better in other areas/ subjects than his other classmates. I was shy to ask about class rankings and wary also because I didn't want to plant seeds of stress in me which later on I might unknowingly vent out in Pao for not being at the top of his class. What should be more important is that he is understanding what is being taught in class, and that he is developing discipline and other skills for learning. Which brings me back to the topic...

One of Paolo's teachers told on him that sometimes he stops and just refuses to continue writing and copying things on the blackboard because he is so sleepy. And that would explain why his other notebooks still don't have any writings on them. Naturally, being a concern about Paolo we then talked about how he is at home, what time he goes to sleep, and basically, why he doesn't seem to be getting enough sleep. Well, we told him that it was his fault. I mean, what can we do? Even if we make him go to bed early, say 8:00 o'clock in the evening he still keeps on turning about, asking questions and telling stories that you'd just realize it's close to midnight already and he's still awake. And that's not even considering that he did not take a mid-day nap. He is an Energizer bunny, I tell you.

After a couple months since then, when I see his teachers it's not a question anymore, it's also a proven fact for them already that Pao can just keep going on and on and on and on and on.....