Some time ago  I asked four people to try and get me someone who could help around the house. I wasn't expecting any quick response from them. Yet, Grace, who used to work for my father in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, sent me her 16-year-old grandnephew, Jaymark. I've been teaching him how to maintain the house and cook dishes. So far, so good.

I considered the possibility that Mongkut sent me Jaymark. I look beyond the tangible whenever I can. Is Jaymark what Mongkut would have looked like as a boy? Is Mongkut 16 years old to date? Do Mongkut and Jaymark share the same personality and the same preferences?