Almost ran over a kid today. It happened while I was driving out of the gate of the office. Since the surrounding brick wall made blind corners I drove slowly in case someone walks by the sidewalk abruptly. Unfortunately in this case, it was a kid roughly about 7 to 8 years old, walking all alone towards the wet market. I could barely see an inch of his head bopping up and down in front of the hood. (thank God I wasn’t driving the SUV) I was so startled that I honked the horn, only then did the kid realize he was inches towards being a bloody pancake! I stopped the car and went down to check on him, and told him not to walk around like that without an adult. But alas, his answer was, “Putang ina mo! Inutosan lang ako pumunta sa palengke na nanay ko” (you son of a bitch! my mom just asked me to run an errand at the wet market) then ran away. I would have slapped the kid on the head and washed his mouth with windex if I wasn’t so bewildered by his answer. But then again I shouldn’t expect much from a kid raised by a mother who carelessly makes him run errands without adult supervision.