The sound of Grant starting to play and sing just outside reached the ears of many, despite the doors and windows being shut to accommodate the air conditioning.
Alipang, hustling from place to place as work demanded, thought to himself, If Kim likes singing, Grant's got her now. Alipang loved Grant like a brother, for they WERE brothers in Jesus Christ; but he would have been happier, just now, NOT to have his nose rubbed in the fact that so many other guys were more cool and slick than he.