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I take pleasure in introducing my most famous brother, Nicholas Pacheco. He is a man who delights in making other people feel happy about themselves. In other words he is a very giving person. That's probably what attracted his beautiful wife Susan to him. Did you read that Susan? So about this interesting character, this brother of mine...Let me go back a long long time ago. We were very little kids and we did not have a pet or anything and brother Nicky was so thoughtful so whenever we had chicken drumsticks for dinner, Nicky would oblige everybody, go under the table and eat his drumstick.
One day I asked him why he did this ritual. And his answer was short and to the point. "Why, we don't have a dog so I am volunteering as your pet dog."
I was amazed at this show of generosity on Nicky's part. Long live Nicky!
I remember a story long long time ago when Nicky was about five years old. He was busy digging a hole in our garden when suddenly he leapt out of the hole and started running as fast as he could. I asked him why the panic and he replied.
"They're here! They're here!"
I did not see anything so with a question mark above my head much like that of the comic books I asked him. "Who are they?"
And with all the honesty and candour written all over his panic stricken face he shouted pointing to the hole. The devils are coming! The devils are coming!"
I just bent over and laughed and laughed for a long time.
By the way I also have another brother named Jaime but we have always called him Jimmy. He is the smart one in the family. He has managed to spend most of his school life on scholarships and is now a successful professor of business in one of the prominent business schools. He introduced me to the world of computers and ever since I have been fascinated and even captivated by the sheer convenience and usefulness of this technology.
We used to have a lot of sibling rivalry but I tell you he always managed to outgun me outwit me so that I would be walking upside down whenever he was around.
I remember one day long time ago when we were about nine years old. I was nine and Jimmy was ten. We had a knack for gathering empty bottles and going into town and selling them. I remember a particular day when we had a sackful of empty bottles. We called on a certain friend of ours, a tiny little dwarf of a kid and convinced him that if he carried the sack to town he would have part of the proceeds so we could go and watch a movie. He gleefully consented and off we went to town.
In my Jimmy the Horrible story I mentioned Goyon. By the way Goyon is no relative of mine but he stands out as a giant in my past and I shall never forget him as long as I live. This is what happened.
One day a group of my friends dropped by my house and invited me to go with them. They excitedly told stories about the new place they found. I wanted to know what it was but they said I had to wait until we reached the place. So I went with them thinking that it would be a nice place where
