“Aaaaahh!” I did some stretching when I felt my nape is already hurting. I looked at my wall clock and cursed as I saw the time. 1:38 am. DAMN. Kanina pa pala ako subsob sa ginagawa ko. I’m doing my research paper. Kanina pang alas-otso ng gabi kong ginagawa ang introductory part ng research paper pero di ko matapos-tapos. Ang dami kasi at ang hirap hirap pa. Sa dinami-dami ba naman ng pwedeng kong gawing research study ang napili ko pa ay ang mahirap.
“Effectiveness of the Third Generation of antibiotics for Microbial Susceptibility Testing”
“Kailangan ko nang matapos to.” Deadline of submission na kasi on Friday. It’s Tuesday already. She only have three days left. Buti sana kung by group ang research paper nila e hindi naman.
NARRATOR’s PV
Itutuloy sana niya ang pageencode ng napadako ang tingin niya sa kanyang cellphone nasa kama niya.
It came out like whoosh ng maalala niyang tatawagan pala siya ni Russel ngayon. Dalidali siyang tumayo at dinampot ang kanyang cellphone. She scanned it and saw 5 missed call and 11 new messages. All from the guy named Russel whose supposed to be his boyfriend…
“OH!!!!! I hate myself!” nilakumos niya ang kanyang mukha. At nagpagulong-gulong siya sa kanyang kama. She lost track of time…. Yan tuloy nakalimutan niyang tatawag pala si Russel.
Tatawagan sana niya ito pero naalala niyang baka tulog na ito. She just sent him a message saying ‘I’m so sorry, babe.’ “
Hinarap niya ang kanyang laptop at minura ito na animung may buhay itong tulad niya. “Buwisit ka talaga.”
PAg gising ni Raine, agad na ang cellphone niya ang kanyang hinarap nagbabaka-sakaling nagreply sa kanya si Russel. And just like God must have heard her prayer, nagreply nga si Russel.
IT’S OKAY, BABE. :) I miss you.
Pagkabasang-pagkabasa niya ng reply nito ay tumalon-talon siya na parang nanalo siya ng lotto. OOHA! MY GOD! AIN’T HE THE SWEETEST.
I’LL CALL YOU LATER TONIGHT, pahabol pa nito.
She replied at him and said she’ll be waiting. “Thank you, Lord! You’re the best”
What a way to start her day right!
“Ms. Ellamil!” agaw pansin ng instructor ni Rain. She was really feeling sleepy. She stayed up all night to finish her research paper and thinking of Russel. And now her eyes are dropping. Tapos, isa pa tong instructor niyang to. “Will you show us the proper aseptic technique, missy.”
“Right away, Ma’am.” OOHA, ANG KAPAL KO NO. LORD!!!! HELP ME!
She stood in front of the class and started performing the aseptic technique. She’s performing the aseptic technique with matching explanation. She finished the aseptic technique well. “Thank you, Raine. Next…”
“Mother! What the hell happened to your face!? Why are there two teabags right under your eyes?” puna ni mavs sa kanya.
“Wala kang pakialam!” singhal niya kay Mavs.
“Sungit! Why are you so grumpy?!”
“Like I said, wala kang pakialam. Mag-streak ka na nga lang jan.”
“So grumpy.”
Busy na silang nagstreak ng marinig nilang nag-uusap ang mga lower years. “Ang gwapo naman ni Jev. Sino yang nasa tabi niya?! Echosera namang babaeng yan. Kung makalingkis naman parang…hmm… what do you call that again?”
“Whatever. Hindi ko rin alam e. wait lang! Who’s that bitch?” turo ng isang estudyante sa may iPad. They were obviously looking at the pictures of some guys. And those guys are “lintik naman na mga basketball players! Papicture ng papicture sa mga lintik na babaeng to.”
