“Wait, is that your phone?”
Tumango ako. “Yes. The old phone ang nawala. Iyon ang nadala ko that day. Buti na lang walang masyadong files doon.”
“I see. What do you want to eat?”
“Pizza!”
“You have an oven here, right?”
“Yeah.”
“Come, let’s cook our pizza.”
“There’s no ingredients.”
“Ah right. Do you wanna buy ingredients or?”
“Bili na tayo pizza.”
“Okay.”
I’m happy he’s with me today.
* * *
“Wala ka ba talagang sasalihang organisation bukod sa organisation ng department natin?” tanong ni Kreenly.
“I don’t know. I don’t have the intention to join other organisations yet.”
“Ano ‘yang sinusulat mo?” tanong ni Cyndia.
“A poem.”
“For him ba ulit?”
“No, Cyndia. I will join the poem writing contest of our college. I didn’t win last year on my first try, so I’ll try joining this kind of contest again.”
“Good luck, Zen.”
Nang matapos ko na ay ready na para i-submit sa email ng college namin. After ma-send ay ang isang essay naman ang tinutukan ko. Marami akong sasalihang writing contest ngayon. Nag-search talaga ako sa mga page ng bawat department at colleges ng university namin and all other pages na related sa university. May mga writing contest ang ibang departments and colleges that are open to all. Hindi lang dito sa university writing contest ang sinalihan ko, pati sa labas. I hope I’ll win. Ngayon lang ako naglakas loob na sumali sa maraming writing contest. The announcement of most of the results is next month, December. Iyong iba, ngayong month din.
After doing all the entries and submitting it, masaya akong napahiga sa kama ko. Hindi ako masyado nakausap ng mga friends ko sa school kanina dahil alam nilang nagsusulat ako.
Mayamaya pa ay nag-ring ang phone ko. Tumatawag pala si Yuhan.
“Hello.”
“Ida, I won!” masayang sabi niya.
“Saan?”
“Sa talent showcase ng university namin.”
“Wow! Congratulations!”
“I’ll send you the video now.”
“Okay.”
Mayamaya pa ay may na-receive akong video sa messenger. It’s him singing while doing a sculpture! The sculptures are two people in love.
“Cool! You’re so amazingly talented!”
“Thank you, Ida. By the way, when will be your vacation?”
“On the second week of December. Why?”
“Wanna come here?”
BINABASA MO ANG
My Happiness
RomanceHappiness is a choice. If you want to be happy, do what makes you happy. She is Zenaida Alonzo who is addicted to poetry. Every poetry of her contains pieces of her life story... sooner or later, she will be crafting poems that contains pieces of h...
