Isa sa karapatan natin ay ang pagkakaroon ng edukasyon.
It is part of our needs— in order to learn a lot of knowledge that will help us conquer our dreams. But in this generation, there are lots of reasons why education is sometimes inaccessible.
One of the reasons was financial constraints.
“Ma, may kailangan po akong bayaran.”
It has been two weeks already since my father was put in jail due to a case of theft. Nagnakaw siya ng pera ng mga kaibigan, kasimbahan, at katrabaho niya na naging dahilan kung bakit ito nakulong. I still can’t accept the fact that the money that was used to fund my education came from the money he stole from people who trusted him so much.
“T-tigilan mo ako kakahingi, tangina!” Saad ng nanay ko habang nag-iinom. Every night, I’m always seeing her in that state. She always wanted to get wasted, maybe to ease the pain she was feeling.
Tatayo sana ito nang muntik nang matumba, agad ko naman itong inalalayan pero bago ko pa man ito hawakan, agad nitong tinabig ang kamay ko.
“Puro kamalasan, putangina!” She screamed and cried hard.
She took the bottle of liquor and threw it to the floor where it became the reason why the glasses shattered on the floor.
Agad ko naman itong inakap para iparamdam na hindi ito nag-iisa subalit agad ako nitong tinulak.
“Layuan niyo ako! Tangina mga malas kayo!” Bulyaw nito.
Tears were forming in my eyes upon seeing her being broken like that. Wala na akong nagawa kundi ang lumayo at hayaan itong makatulog sa sofa.
After a moment, I saw my mother fall asleep on the sofa and I took it as a signal to clean the mess she created. I was picking up the broken glasses on the floor nang maramdaman ko ang hapdi sa mga daliri ko, I was staring at it while tears were dropping down from my eyes.
After that, I proceeded to my room since I still have a lot of lessons to study. I was absent for five days because I missed a lot of lessons. Sumakto pang midterms namin sa susunod na linggo kaya marami akong babalikang aralin.
Zane called me last night but I refused to answer him since I still have a lot of things to do. I messaged him the reason why, and he immediately said good luck to me for reviewing.
Supposedly, we’ll be reviewing together but I stopped him knowing the situation of him and tita Angelina. Mula noong nalaman daw nito na bisexual siya, hindi na sila nagkaroon ng maayos na usapan. Luckily, Ate Zab came home and talked to tita kaya parang nanunumbalik na raw ito.
I also stopped myself from frequently going on dates with him since I really want him to spend time with his family. I also have a lot of things to prioritize as of the moment.
“Let’s go?” Tanong ni Zane sa akin nang makalabas ako ng bahay.
Mood literally went lighter upon seeing my boyfriend. Nawala lahat ng iniisip ko at napalitan ng tuwa. Nagpasya kaming huminto at kumain muna sa paresan na paborito naming kainan para mag-almusal.
“Gusto mo pa ng kanin? Ito oh,” agad nitong inilagay ang kanin niya sa akin. Hindi na rin ako nakakain kagabi dahil sa rami ng iniisip ko kaya nawala na sa isip ko ang pagkain ng hapunan.
He was smiling at me the whole time. Napansin ko namang pawisan ito kaya kinuha ko ang panyo sa bulsa ko para punasan ang pawis nito sa noo.
“Sweet naman ng boyfriend ko!” He said happily at agad ko naman itong hinampas dahil nahihiya ako.
Matapos kumain ay nagpasya na rin kaming umalis at dumeretso na sa school dahil malapit na ang first subject namin. Agad kaming nagtungo sa room namin at swerte pang wala ang unang teacher namin.
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