It's Me, Budoy! Remember?

Since the boy became a sophomore in high school, he had been noticing a familiar face in the school hallways ! One time he asked his father if the son of his colleague, G-Clef (not his real name) is in high school already because he was convinced that it was him he'd been seeing in school for weeks already.

When they were younger, there were several times that they'd spent play time together---swam in our pool, went camping in Deep Creek Lake at one time, and in some occassions, met at Filipino picnics and parties. Both of them speak video games fluently, particularly Mario Bros.

Last week, the boy told his best friend, Christian about his childhood friend during class dismissal. It so happened that G-Clef was there too who was on his way home. You see, G-Clef lives near the school and he walks home after school, while the boy always waits for me to pick him up at the front of the school. To the boy's chagrin that day, Christian walked over to G-Clef and ...

"Hi! Remember Jason? He's Filipino too!", pointing to the boy a few feet behind him.

To Christian and the boy's embarassment, G-Clef answered a strong "No!"

Then Christian added, "He's also called Budoy!"

The boy is Budoy to family, close friends and Filipino friends, but his answer was still a no!

Ooops! The boy was delighted to see an old friend who also goes to the same high school as him, but sadly he doesn't recognize the boy at all. G-Clef only looked confused. 

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So, I just told the boy that, not all people have the same memory as sharp as ours. It happened to me many times too. It's okay. Some friends just come and go! And maybe, one of these days, he'll remember him---the Budoy he played video games with when they were kids.Well, only if G-Clef wants to be his friend, they can start all over again. According to the boys, he was kind of not friendly at all! The boy was so happy to find another Filipino in school, but it seemed like G-Clef's reaction was the opposite.

Oh well!