Love At First Heard

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Sabi nila 'It takes approximately 5 seconds to fall in love'

But for me?

It only takes 1 second to feel that feeling since that day I heard your voice.

Imagine, hindi ko pa nakikita yung mukha mo but I already fell in love just by hearing your voice? What would happen? Especially if nakikita ko na yung mukha mo?

And what makes me think na magugustuhan mo rin ako pabalik despite of what's happening?

That's a lot of questions para sa isang araw na nadinig ko lang ang boses mo.

Damn bro!

Halos dalawang taon na rin ang lumipas mula nung araw na magkaroon ng pandemic.

I'm just a junior high school when Covid 19 occurred. Since that day, hindi ko na alam kung anong susunod kong gagawin.

Nahirapan ako mag adjust, lalo na nung umakyat pa ako ng isa pang baitang. It's different from what I've known. Everything has changed.

In that school year, I chose to be a modular student at hindi ko inaasahang mahirap pero nakayanan ko, kinaya ko.

"Marem, someone's calling you!" My mother shouted while looking at my phone.

I sighed when I saw who's calling. It's Dustine, my long time friend.

Agad kong tinignan ang messenger ko saka ako nag message sa kaniya na gising na ako. Few seconds later, pinatay niya na din ang tawag.

"Rem, modular ka ba ulit?" He asked through chat.

"Undecided,"

"Mag-online ka na lang para parehas tayo!" Suggested niya, but I told him that I'll still think about it and he said okay.

It's been 3 years since then, and I'm turning grade 11 student just a few days. I'm still undecided about what type of learning should I use this year, but my friends keep telling me to select Online Learning.

At first, natakot ako na magdesisyon basta-basta. Being a student is hard, pero mas mahirap kung student ka pero hindi mo alam kung saan papunta ang buhay mo.

That time, I think that being a STEM student isn't bad. Matagal bago ako nakapag desisyon tungkol sa strand na kukunin ko but I ended up choosing this strand because it has something to do with my dream.

"Marem, are you done?" Tanong ni Dustine matapos kong sagutan ang survey na pinapasagutan sa amin.

"Oum, kayo?" Pagbabalik ko ng tanong sa kanila.

Ang bilis lang ng panahon, hindi ko namalayan na tatlong araw na lang ay magsisimula na ang klase sa pamamagitan ng online class, iba sa nakasanayan ko.

"Rem, tignan mo yung messenger mo. Naggagawa na sila ng gc. Oh my gash hindi pa ako ready!" I laughed when my other friend, Nj, told me that.

I replied to his message telling that I'm not yet ready.

"Pwede bang huwag na mag-aral?" Pagbibiro ni Dustine.

"Kung pwede lang, edi sana nakatapos na ako ng series ng anime at k-drama." Sagot ko naman na tinawanan nila ni Dustine.

"Nj! Rem! Lagyan niyo ng name yung gc!"

"Bakit mo pa sinabi kung pwede namang ikaw na lang yung gumawa?" Pamimilosopo ko.

"Bakit mo pa tinatanong kung pwede namang gawin na lang?"

"Ay sige, mag bardagulan kayo diyan ng hindi kayo makapag sagot sa gc!" Pagsingit sa usapan ni Nj.