GO MANG JANI GO

“GO MANG JANI GO”

“GO MANG JANI GO”

I WOKE UP VERY EARLY THIS DAY, I DON’T KNOW WHY?? I HEARD A VOICE WITHIN ME TELLING TO DO SOMETHING … I FINISHED MY CHORES, I PREPARED MY “BAON” FOR SCHOOL, I ALREADY LISTENED TO MY FAVORITE MORNING SHOW IN THE “RADIO VERITAS” (am band), I EVEN SAW MY FACE IN THE MIRROR (AND I WAS SHOCKED NOT BECAUSE I SAW A GREMLIN HE3..BECAUSE I SAW A POTENTIAL NEXT BIG THING ACTOR IN T.V. (WHO IS LOOK A LIKE OF JOMARI YLLANA, MARK HERRAS AND STAR STRUCK SURVIVOR (ALJUR OF PAMPANGA)..HE3.

SUDDENLY I GLANCE AGAIN AND (HOOO LALAH) IT WAS JUST ME....HE3. (AND I SAID TO MYSELF “ANG GUWAPO TALAGA NI LORD” KASING GUWAPO KO HE3, THEN I REMEMBERED AN (OLDY BUT GOODY FRIEND) HIS NAME IS “MANG JANI”.

HE WAS MANG JANI THAT I USED T0 SEE EVERY MORNING IN OUR (LIBRARY) THAT WELCOMES ME WITH A HUGE BARITONE VOICE AND SAYS “WAJE KUMUSTA NA”?? AND I WILL REPLY IN A SOFT MODULATING VOICE SOMEWHAT LIKE A VOICE OF A RADIO ANNOUNCER, LIKE THIS (O.K. LANG

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NEARRRRR!!!!)HE3... MANG JANI WAS A JANITOR BEFORE DURING MY FIRST YEAR IN OUR SCHOOL, I USED TO SEE HIM WITH A (WALIS TING-TING) IN HIS RIGHT HAND, AND ON HIS LEFT HAND A DUST PAN..I DIDN’T KNOW HIM YET THAT TIME BUT I CAN SEE IN HIS EYES THE DEDICATION TO GROW...AS THE TIME PASSED I’M ALREADY ON MY FOURTH YEAR ONE MORNING WITH A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY AND THE WINDS IS BLEWING ON MY FACE, I SAW “MANG JANI” IS IN THE FRONT DESK OF OUR LIBRARY. I SAID TO MYSELF (aba okie to ha?? kilala ko to e,, janitor to dati?!!) WHEN I’D FINISHED SIGNING IN TO THE LOG BOOK.. MANG JANI ASKED ME A QUESTION “taga saan yung mga WAJE??” and I REPLIED (taga PAMPANGA PO). AND I ADDED (actually po may lahi kaming “JAPANESE”) then I SAW HIS FOREHEAD WRINKLED AND LAUGHS…(ha ha ha.. ganun ba??). THAT IS THE START OF OUR FRIENDSHIP ALMOST EVERDAY WE CHIT-CHAT, I’M ASKING HIM TO HELP ME FIND THE BOOKS I NEED, HE WAS SUCH A GREAT HELP FOR ME BECAUSE HE WAS TALL, HE CAN REACH ALL THE BOOKS FROM THE BOOKSHELVES..I ENJOYED GOING TO THE LIBRARY BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE A FRIEND THAT CAN GIVE ME A HAND.IT WAS SUCH A GREAT TIME, I EVEN KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO SCHOOL TAKING-UP (BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION)… AND ATTENDING AS AN ASSISTANT IN THE LIBRARY WAS HIS PART-TIME JOB, HE SAID TO ME THE WORDS THAT I CAN’T FORGET (YUNG PAG-AARAL WALA SA EDAD YAN NASA DETERMINASYON MONG MATUTO). MANG JANI WAS IN HIS LATE 50’S BUT THIS OLD FOLK IS CHARGED WITH EXTRA MEGA SUPER DUPER ULTRAMAGNETIC (DETERMINATION AND PASSION). HE EVEN SAYS TO ME EVERYDAY AND REMINDING ME…

(waje!! Kelangan ko Makita pangalan mo sa BANNER..NA ISA KA SA MGA NAKAPASA SA BOARD EXAM…). I WISH YOU CAN SEE MY NAME IN A HUGE BANNER “MANG JANI”…IN THE YEAR 2008..I KNOW WHEREVER YOU ARE RIGHT NOW YOU ARE IN GOOD CONDITION.

“MANG JANI” IS ALREADY GONE. HE DIED…

I’M HAPPY FOR YOU “MANG JANI” THAT YOU FULFILLED YOUR DREAMS AND MISSIONS IN YOUR LIFE. I KNOW YOU ARE IN HEAVEN RIGHT NOW. I’M GLAD THAT I CAME TO KNOW YOU AND THE WORDS AND TEACHINGS THAT YOU IMPARTED TO ME WILL REMAIN IN ME FOREVER..

I AM CONFIDENT THAT I WILL PASS THE BOARD EXAM, BECAUSE I KNOW A GUY UP THERE WHO IS PRAYING FOR ME…

I’M DEDICATING THE BOARD EXAMINATION IN THE YEAR 2008 FOR YOU “MANG JANI”..PLEASE ASK GOD TO WRITE MY NAME IN THE BANNER….HA???

TO “MANG JANI” MAY THE FOR BE WITH YOU..!! “GO MANG JANI GO”...