I was damn clever, had always the top grades always on time and never missed a class and was really seldom sick, but I had one weakness and that would be that I was fucking naughty, if the devil had a son then I would be that son reincarnated.
Once the lady in my kindergarten went outside to fix something and when she came back she saw that the whole bunch of kids were lined against the wall next to each other,facing the wall with their backs to me and me standing over them with a stick in my hand waving it at them and threaten anyone who would say a word would get hit from me, the lady asked me what I was doing and I answered casually that they were talking so I stepped in to hold order in this chaos !!!
Don’t have the wrong idea boys and girls cause I never was a bully, In fact I was always the one who helped the guys or girls who were the victims of bullies, I remember once Alijandro asked me why I love martial arts, I answered directly to kick ass those who deserve an ass kicking, who deserves an ass kicking he asked and I would answer him those who torment the weak and those who take advantage of the poor , (that’s my boy) he would answer .
I was active and full of energy to an unbelievable limit, I remember once we were training me and Alijandro and we were doing sit ups and then I reached 378 sit ups and stopped not because of tiredness but because I had a cramp in my stomach and I turned to see my brother was watching me with an astonished look trying to figure out how is it possible for a 6 years old with no prior training can do so much sit ups in one sitting , in sport I was really skilled and could with no hard efforts outrun and outclass anybody who challenged me in anything even though I was a bit overweight.
My idols at that time and still until now were three persons who had the most impact on my life emotionally and physically and mentally and they are these people; Bruce Lee for his unbelievable swiftness and incredible moves in martial arts, Michael Jackson for his music lyrics and his amazing dancing moves and his ability to entertain people and the last and not least would be my brother Alijandro for his good hearted character and for his gentle wise advises that he gave through my life with him and for his ultimate sacrifice that he did which you will learn about it in the future.
I grew up in the 80s in Amsterdam which I would never change it with anything else, I love the 80s I love the music I love the movies but I didn’t like the mode and trends at that time they were horrible, that’s why when anybody asks me what kind a music you like, I would say am an old school guy who loves the 80s music but I also love everything that got beat.
The 80s flew by like a lonesome wind blowing through endless fields but one thing is worth mentioning which marked a dramatic change in my life and its future would be when I was 8 years old that’s when Netherlands football team won the European championship and also the beginning of the end of my relationship with my older brother Alijandro, my brother went to a championship held in Paris France and he lost and came third in the European totals and that broke him down to a level was beyond any repair, he was so devastated that he quit his training with me begun to drink heavily and joined the wrong type of guys(gang).
Soon enough he became their leader and not long after he was a big boss in Amsterdam who calls the shots over his and other people´s gangs.
The business seemed to work well and good for Alijandro and not so long after he bought a Mercedes and got married with Sally a girl from our neighborhood and an old time lover to Alijandro, after a while she got pregnant and gave birth to Sonya my first niece ever.
Not so long after that the fate played it´s wildest card on us and twisted our lives in a miserable way that until this day I feel and taste the bitterness of it!!!