365 Days with an Angel

Silver-eyed Stalker

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, and wisdom is not putting that tomato in a fruit salad.

Now that I think about it, wala ngang kamatis sa fruit salad. Parati kasi siyang pina-partner sa mga gulay kaya parang kinonsider na siya as a vegetable. Pero i-consider naman natin sana yung feeling ni kamatis. Prutas siya pero hindi niya makakasama yung mga ka-uri niya kasi papangit ang lasa ng fruit salad. Wini-welcome nga siya ng mga gulay pero totoo ba yung camaraderie ng mga gulay sa kanya? Kawawa naman si kamatis, it can be in both worlds, but can never truly belong in one.

"Hoy Sophia, kainin mo na yang kamatis."

I gasped at my mother in horror. "Don't you know that tomatoes have feelings too??"

"Wag mo akong artehan, kinain mo nga yang fried chicken eh. Don't you know na kinatay ang manok, minurder ang anak tsaka yung disconfigured membranes ng anak binalot sa ina at pinirito?"

The last bite of fried chicken fell from my mouth as my mouth grew wider. Wuuuuuut? Tiningnan ko ang fried chicken and I was enlightened. Oo nga no? Now that I think about it, ganun nga yung process ng paggawa ng fried chicken. I'm a murderer, a coldblooded murderer.

CHOMP! The guilty feeling faded away when the juices of the tender chicken leg reached my taste buds. Oh well, circle of life~ To eat is to be eaten. Mabuti nalang at pinanganak akong tao. It may be unfair now, but baka maka-revenge yung mga kinakain ko in my next life.

"How is school?"

Napatigil ako sa pag-kain nung nag-salita ang usually silent brother ko. I straightened my slumped posture, placed my hands atop each other over my lap in a sophisticated manner and squared my shoulders. Military lang?

"As of 1400 hours yesterday, I participated in a Dodgeball Deathmatch at school and lost," I stole a glance at my brother to see his reaction to the word 'lost'. He doesn't take nicely to that particular word and all of its synonyms. I thought his nose flared for a second, but other than that, it's the usual pokerfaced expression. Phew! "Aside from that, the time spent in the institution of learning was uneventful."

"Dodgeball Deathmatch, how primitive. It's understandable that you lost," he snorted in derision. Ay! Walang tiwala. I was about to defend my status pero tumunog na yung granddaddy clock namin, signalling the time of my departure for school. "Carry on. I expect a spotless attendance."

And thus I started my pilgrimage to the institution of learning. Like always, I took the longer route since wala akong pambayad sa bus. Kamusta naman diba? At least hindi umuulan. If umulan siguro—

CRAAAACK!!

Kumidlat bigla with matching kulog and rain fell down like some huge bucket of water from the heavens just poured directly onto the earth. Ano ba yan kalangitan?? Hindi yun suggestion! GAAAAAH!!! Bigla akong napa-100 meter run papuntang St. Anthony's. Mabuti nalang at medyo malapit na ako bago bumuhos talaga ng malakas. Ma...lapit.... na......

ARAAAAAOUCH!

Something very hard hit my head when I was just about to enter the gates, the impact sent me falling down face first onto the ground. At di lang yun, may sasakyan pang dumaan at timing naman na may pool of water sa dinaanan niya so instant mud bath ako!

GAAAAH!!!

May galit ba ang langit sa akin at parati nalang ako minamalas??? Huhuhuhu! When I stood up, I laughed bitterly when I saw the hard object that hit me in the head. An umbrella! I stooped down to get the darned thing from the muddy ground and attempted to open it. Somebody from that car must've thrown that umbrella for me. Sweet gesture pero 'di ba pwedeng ibigay lang like how normal people give things to each other? Anyway, when I finally got to open the umbrella, doon pa lang nag-umpisang tumila ang ulan.