Triple Shots Photography: Jana Janica: This Afternoon Is Mine

I've known Jana since she was a little girl, fair skinned, short hair and hard to put to sleep. She was about 4 years old then. She loved dancing and often gyrated to the tune of a Christmas song even with a little persuasion. And she never got tired. When visitors came, she danced and danced.

I saw her again when she was 8. She just woke up and surprised me when she greeted me by my name. I couldn't believe she could still remember me. Wow. Really.

Now that she's 19, some things are still the same. She still acts like a kid with a loud voice. In fact when she's telling me stories I am often asking her to mellow it down as others could hear her too. But she loves make up. I am no expert with it and she's the total opposite. Once, she asked me to buy her different kinds of brush as my Christmas gift for her. I was shocked. That time I still hadn't pictured her as a grown up. To me, she was still that little girl I often bring to Glorietta for a movie treat.

But time does change a girl and she's now a beautiful lady who loves baking and cooking. She's a culinary arts student in Lyceum. I can't wait for her to graduate soon so I'll be able to eat in the restaurant she works for or her own restaurant at some point.