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Bosch: you okay?
Ace: are you sure?
Bosch: yeah, why? Do you know him?
Anong ginagawa niya dito? Diba may bago na siyang buhay? Bakit siya bumabalik? Bakit siya mag aaply dito?
Ace: no. no. I just.......let's go.
Binuksan ko ang pinto para lumabas. At paglabas ko nakikita ko si Gio na nakatayo sa harapan ng team ko. anong ginagawa niya dito? Ace, tandaan mo, may bagong buhay na siya, wala na kayo. Ace, hayaan mo lang siya. umupo ako sa upuan ko;kaharap sa kanya. Tumigin ako sakanya na para bang hindi ko siya kilala. Masakit man sakin, kailagan kong gawin.
Ace: what's your name?
Ang sakit sakit nang binigkas ko ang mga salitang iyon.
Gio: my name is Gio Caturan.
Ang sakit sakit. Binigay sakin ni Adelaide ang resume niya. Tinignan ko ang bawat detalye. Pero bakit yung spouse at number of children, wala? At single ang status niya.
Ace: what exactly are you doing here?
Tumigin sakin sina Bosch, Adelaide, Sam at Calgor pero di ako humarap sakanila, napakapersonal naman kasi ng tanong ko.
Gio: I am here to apply to be part of your growing company-
Ace: why?
Gio: it is because like everyone else in this country, people like me needs to work for a living. and I am here applying in Keaton Watches because I want to learn new things. Things that you already have learned like the importance of time, how to discipline myself in doing my obligations and responsibilities.
Ace: what makes you think that you fit here in this company?
Gio: as I can see, all of you here in this company are hardworking and so am i. I am sure of myself as a quick learner and a responsible man. And I am an optimistic person that's why I was thinking a while ago that I will be hired. And if not, I'm not going to be sad. Simply I'm going to tell myself that there are more opportunities in my life to come.
Matibay ka ha? Tignan lang natin. Tumigin ako sa resume at humarap sakanya.
Ace: you're still single?
Gio: I am.
Ace: you still have no.......wife and.....children?
Gio: nope.
Ace: how can we make sure that here in this resume is true?
Gio: for me I believe that no one last in their job if they're not showing their real selves. and as early as now, I am honest in every words I say and wrote in that resume so that I can be hired. I'm the one who needs the job right? Then why do I cheat if I'm desperate?
Ace: you're desperate for this job?
Gio: not quite.
Ace: Cagor, I need coffee.
Adelaide: yeah me too.
Sam: ditto!
Bosch: why don't you get coffee for everyone?
Calgor: okay.
Umalis si Calgor. Humarap ulit ako kay Gio. Ano pa bang tanong?
Adelaide: if were going to hire you, what's the first thing that you're gonna do?
