Parts Rene - not needing but still helping

I do not see him often. Since accepting a consultancy contract with the Asian Foundation, he is often out of town to other LGU's. And he has to go to Bulacan and Butuan monthly to honor his contracts there too. And he has weekend trips to Ozamis for his girlfriend.

We just keep in touch through email and text.

I do not also want to pester him anymore of requests, he has enough in his mind already. I go straight to his staff. So when I needed the precinct maps and the CVL from Comelec for my analysis in voting trends, I simply texted Harold for it. I've been informed that they're busy with resource mapping in other areas to prioritize my request. I didn't insist.

But I was surprised yesterday when he just texted me to ask if I already received the data I needed. When I told him that the data are not yet with me, he instructed Harold and Emar to take care of it immediately and asked me to give a blank CD for the data. I promised I'd hand the CD today.

Perhaps maybe because he know me well enough to know I forget easily (I forgot to greet him on his birthday even if I have a birthday alarm), he even called me up early morning today to remind me not to forget the CD.

I'll get the data tonight, just in time for my self-imposed deadline.

I believe he does not need me, not yet anyway. So that's why his help is all the more touching these days.