Let's travel Palawan in Douglas' eyes.
Douglas Alejandria, a son of Cuyo's Vice Mayor, decided to leave their hometown and live alone and work his ass out to live in Coron. It was all good until one tourist came and changes the course of the world f...
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I woke up early, and that doesn't usually happen.
Maybe this day is a special one—I don't know why would I call it that. It's something far from what I usually do, and I'm excited about how this will go.
Will you marry me?
I thought I should keep that line at the end of the day, I could shoot my shot. Nothing to lose there. I've never thought about this before—it may be playful and fun as I don't want to make her feel uncomfortable. Well, I guess at this point I had to set it back.
For now. Yes.
While I'm showering, I received a few phone calls and when I checked them, it was all coming from Hayley. I wasn't able to ring her back but I left a quick message for her.
To Hayley: Good morning, Hay! Sorry, wasn't able to answer your call. Let's talk soon!
I thought I should wear something islandy outfit, but I just pulled out some faded blue jeans and a white T-shirt and didn't mind it. I wore it and took a few minutes before I left the house.
Correntienne and I set an arrangement, well, she was the one who had done it. Marami akong plano para sa kanya nang sabihin niya sa akin na gusto niyang i-tour ko siya around the city. The city's quite small to tour and that would only take us a day or so, but I think it would be enough for her, for whatever she was looking for.
I went out and hopped on my motorbike. I'm proud of this thing I have. For my life in Coron, this is one of my accomplishments and I wouldn't exchange it for anything. Living alone and living the best life I had right now is one of the best feelings in the world. Luckily I get to experience it all at once. People only would say, it would be much better if I'm riding it with someone else.
So, I'm taking it to see Corentienne and ride her through the city to see what wonders I could offer.
Hindi rin naman nagtagal nang marating ko ang kanyang hotel. Bago ako umalis kanina, tinext ko siya at muli ko siyang pinaldahan ng mensahe para ipaalam na nasa lobby na ko.
"Douglas, kaano-ano mo ba 'yon?" tanong ng staff sa akin.
Napangisi ako. "Bisita ko lang 'yon."
"Talaga ba?" May pagkataas pa ng kilay ang tanong niya sa akin. "Mukhang hindi, e? Kahapon may nakakita sa 'yo na pumasok ka tapos nahuli kayong magkausap no'ng babaeng guest. Aminin mo, girlfriend mo 'yon, 'no?"
"Sinong nagsabi na girlfriend ko 'yon?" Ngisi ko.
Muli siyang nagtaas ng kilay. "Hmm? Ikaw pa ba, Douglas? Matinik ka sa mga babae, e. Mabuti na lang may boyfriend na ako kung hindi—nako."
"Kung hindi ano?"
Natawa na lang din naman ito at hindi sinagot ang tanong ko. Saglit lang din naman ay nagpakita na si Corentienne. Hindi ko alam kung good mood ba siya o hindi, but I tried my best to put up a huge smile on my face just so she could see I'm excited to see her. I am. Sino bang nagsabihing hindi?
