Martin, the Charmer

If there was one Prince Charming in this batch of graduates, it would be the fair Martin.

Martin is one of the members of the Debating Club. He is a distant relative of our family (the father side) and a very nice and well-brought up young man.

At sixteen (are you sixteen, Mart?), Martin has shown signs of the responsible adult that he could turn out to be.

At first, I despaired of Martin’s performance in the club. Everytime I called out a meeting back then, Martin would always be begging me to let him off the hook since he had something quite important to do.

This would frustrate me and somehow, it sort of painted a negative image of what Martin is.

However, recent activities in the club showed me this other side of Martin.

Martin is not only the charmer I saw him at first. Well, yes, he is a charmer and yes, I was totally bowled over those early weeks of being in his presence.

Martin’s charm was quite lethal (hehe, what am I saying?). To be really honest, I had this little crush on Martin because he was so adorable and so absolutely charming… (hello, vocabulary brain portion, I need another word for charm here).

I found his smile really appealing and his strange and odd ways of speaking and doing things (hehe, shocking!). I used to think that of there is a Prince here, he would look like Martin.

The only problem with him is that he is sort of pa-cute. And when I told him that, he said that was not true. Well, maybe it was unintentional…or maybe I just find him really cute (note, define cute).

Another problem is, when he grows up, I have this feeling that he is the type who just might grow a sizeable pot belly, if he is not conscious of his health (yeah, yeah, I know I am fat and this is just a case of the pot calling the kettle black or the pther way around).

Anyway, Martin is a nice lad and while working with him at the D’club, I realized that Martin is not the type who would say a lot of things just to make you feel a little better.

No. He does not say much but he does a lot. He does not make empty promises. Instead, he performs.

He promised to do something and yes, he does live to deliver it.

I have come to trust this little fellow a lot.

I used to think that Martin is the one with a lesser sense of commitment to the club but I was wrong. He is a very busy kid because he is involved in a lot of organizations in the school but he always tries his best to do his part no matter how difficult they are.

Martin is also a serious guy and yes, I did witness an almost effeminate aspect of himself but that does not make him gay.

Martin is definitely a Prince Charming. He can be trusted, in more ways than one and he has sense. He also has a healthy confidence in himself. Not too much to make him arrogant and boastful and definitely very irritating, not too little to make him boring and tiresome and very defensive. He has a healthy enough dose, enough for him to develop a healthy perspective of the things around him.

There is more to Martin than meets the eyes. What I fancied to be a perfectly normal kid actually has an unplumbed inner core that signifies strength and dependability.

He is a good young man and I do hope and pray that God would guide him along his path and make sure that he grows up to be what he was intended to be.

Go, Martin!