The Bookkeeper is a Beekeeper Too

 I was always aware, even as a child, that I do not exist in a vacuum. I always knew that my life is a dynamic, constantly changing system even though back then I didn't know I could describe it that way. But what I think was remarkable back then is that I had no fear that I couldn't accomplish anything I set my mind to. A good example of this is my decision to use my school allowance to pay for jeepney rides from the apartment my parents were renting, without telling my family or the helpers I was going exploring. If the community I was living in back then in Malate was dangerous, I don't think I would have survived that decision. I would tell the people in our house that I was going out to play. But instead of playing, I would go on jeeps and pay for a round-trip ride. That meant I would ride the jeep up to its end destination - then I would pay for another ride back to our street. No one knew that I was doing this on my own. Nowadays, I don't know anyone in our commu...