Triumph over trauma

Having been injured by a motorcycle last week, its pretty strange for me to be in a motorbike show at #smxconventioncenter #smmallofasia #pasay. But the kid went all puppy eyed, and we did want to celebrate our birthdays together (which were a day apart). Sigh.

A post shared by Glenn Cruz (@glenncruz_ph) on May 19, 2018 at 5:23pm PDT

Dateline: 19 May 2018, SMX Convention Center, Pasay City

I should have mentally closed myself in at the mere suggestion of a motorbike show. But Randy, one of the boys who was once one of my transient residents, pleaded to accompany him at SMX Convention, complete with sad puppy eyes. Oh well, we did make an open promise to celebrate our birthdays together, his one day ahead of mine. While there, I realized I wasn't as traumatized as I thought. And the kid's enthusiasm and wonder somehow rubbed off on me. I would also have had a spring in my steps like him if I wasn't limping due to that first-degree burn on my leg.