Cool.” He then proceeded to one of the most remarkable scenes for me where he proved he is on his path of realizing and developing his principles.
In heaven there will be no law… in hell there will be nothing but law, and due process will be meticulously observed.” Following this quote was a line of, “Hell ang high school. He ended the passage with a note from Grant Gilmore, “The better the society, the less law there will be. There are certain rules to follow-like having your hair cut in 2 by 3, many things are prohibited, these rules should be followed, etc. Here, he discovered that high school was way different from elementary. It was the point of pimples, first crushes, first fallouts-everything firsts, you’ll have it in high school. Later, he also discussed his Cathay Pacific backpack and compared it to the big trolleys that children use nowadays, saying that he doesn’t know if the new generation only have much more subjects to learn, or we’re just becoming dumber as time goes by. It was the first time he noticed what it felt like to be on top, but no one’s there for you. One scene that strike me the most is when he had his recognition, and his mother came late. In here he experienced everything a typical kid goes through-buying from the infamous “tray” loaded with snacks from the school canteen, games that included SOS, and many more.
In his anecdote, Bob Ong was on the path of discovering himself in his early years as an elementary student in a public school. It also didn’t leave out his adult stage wherein he faced what reality really is. It included the famous FLAMES game, crushes, and the let downs of university life told in the funniest and most witty way possible. It follows the story of the author’s journey from elementary, high school and college, recounting all of his pranks and childhood memories, up to the confused teenage phase, while not leaving out the times where he was in the lowest of the lows. ABNKKBSNPLAKo could be treated as one of classic Filipino book staple because of its humorous narration of what school life is for an ordinary Filipino student.
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