Bad Boy, Good Lips

Chapter 4

Guest speaker

I was preoccupied the whole day because of my projects. Hindi ko na alam kung ano ang uunahin ko, ngayon ako nagsisisi kung bakit nag procrastinate ako sa pag gawa ng mga to.

"S, baka nakalimutan mo we have a seminar tomorrow." Paalala ni Grace. Kung hindi pa nga niya sinabi ay di ko maalala. Maghapon na akong gumagawa ng mga projects kaya di ko na nakuhang tumingin pa sa planner ko.

"Buti pinaalala mo. Di pa ako nakakapag alarm." Ganti kong sagot

"Don't forget 7am yon kaya matulog ka na it's past 11 already." Naghihikab niyang paalala

"Sobrang aga naman niyan!" Reklamo ko

"Wag ka sakin mag reklamo, matulog ka nalang nang magising ka nang maaga." Sabi niya. "Sige na, matutulog na ko ulit, Ciao!" Iniwan na niya akong muling mag isa sa sala.

Napag desisyunan kong bukas nalang tapusin yung iba ko pang projects it's 12 am already at alam ko sa sarili kong matakaw ako sa tulog kaya kailangan ko na din magpahinga.

Kinabukasan nagising ako sa katok ni Graciella. Kinusot kusot ko pa ang mata ko at napabaling sa alarm clock ko.

Sht! It's 6:30 in the morning! Napabangon ako bigla at kumuha ng twalya at pumasok sa banyo. Hindi ko na pinansin si Graciella na hanggang ngayon siguro ay kumakatok pa rin.

"Oo na! Nasa shower ako! Mauna ka na mag cocommute nalang ako!" Sigaw ko na sana ay narinig niya

Hindi ko manlang narinig na tumutunog na pala ang alarm ko. Bat ba kasi ako nagpuyat pa kahit alam kong mahina ako sa ganito.

Pagkatapos kong maligo ay nagbihis na ako agad. Di ko na nakuhang mag make up dahil nagmamadali ako. I don't have my car with me kaya mas nagmadali ako dahil alam kong mahirap mag commute lalo na at umaga.

Lumabas ako ng condo habang nag susuklay. Tiwala naman ako sa sarili kong maayos akong tingnan kahit di ako mag make up. I don't need it actually lol but seriously nasanay lang kasi ako na nag aapply ng light make up everytime I go out.

7:30 nang makarating ako sa venue, mabuti na lamang at sa auditorium lang ng school namin ang venue kung hindi isa pang problema yon.

At dahil nga filipino tayo, dumating ako don nang di pa nag sisimula ang seminar pero halos nandito na siguro ang lahat ng marketing students dahil marami rami na ring tao.

8:00 na ay di pa rin nagsisimula ang seminar. Nagsisimula na akong mainis dahil nagmamadali pa akong gumising kanina para umabot pero mas late pa pala sakin yung speaker.

"Huy lipat ka sa table namin." Nagulat ako ng may bumulong sa likod ko. "Pinag save kita ng upuan." Dagdag pa ni Graciella

"Kagulat to, wala manlang pasintabi." Reklamo ko

"Wag ka nga jan, tara na hanggat di pa nagsisimula." Tumayo na ako at sumunod sa kanya

"Late ka nanaman no?" Sabi ni Renz pagkaupo ko pa lang

"Ano ka ba, magulat ka kung maaga yan. Haha" dagdag naman ni Ina

My classmates knows me so well, alam nilang whatever happens I'll always be the last one to arrive. Haha. Atleast I left an impression to them

"Nagmamadali pa nga ako, tapos mas late pa pala sakin yung speaker. Wow lang." I said in an irritated tone

"Businessmen what do you expect? You know that time is not on their hand always." Ina said

"I heard sikat daw na businessmen ang speaker eh, di manlang nila sinabi para surprise daw. I hope di pa masyadong matanda para di ako makatulog." Graciella said

"Okay lang na matanda basta hindi boring. Naku lalayasan ko yan pag ganyan." Renz added

"Okay guys, I'm sorry medyo late na tayo mag sstart" our prof in marketing apologized. "But I want to thank our speaker for today for lending us some of his precious time for this seminar. Let me introduce to you the young but successful businessman, non other that Mr. Luke Martin Griffin." Nagsimula nang umingay ang paligid nang banggitin ni Sir Duke ang pangalan ng speaker namin.

Biglang bumilis ang tibok ng puso ko nang makita kong naglalakad patungo sa stage si Luke. Mabilis silang nagkamay ni Sir Duke at humarap na agad siya sa amin. His every move is shouting power. He's wearing a three piece suit na hapit sa bawat parte ng kanyang katawan. He looks like he can get everything by just snapping his fingers, that's how strong his aura is.

"I'm sorry for coming this late guys, I have some emergency meeting earlier so shall we start this seminar?" Bungad niya matapos tumingin sa paligid. Nakatitig lang ako sa kanya. What's with this guy? Why is he affecting me this much? I picked up my pen and notes to distract my self. This is not good.

"So first of all for those who doesn't know me, of course not all of you knows me I'm not an artist to be that famous." Nagtawanan ang ilang nasa paligid iniwasan ko pa ring tumingin sa kanya. "I'm Luke Martin Griffin of LMG Industry and I'm glad that you chose me as your speaker for today, so shall we start?" Dagdag pa niya. Tiningnan ko ang ilang babae sa paligid ko. They are all looking at Luke like he is some kind of god. They are shrieking, hindi ko alam kung maiihi ba sila o ano.

"Girl, Luke is looking at your direction." Graciella bumped my shoulder.

Napatingin naman ako kay Luke. He's really looking at my direction, a smile formed at the side of his lips.

"Medyo ginaganahan akong mag discuss." Sabi nya habang naka tingin pa rin sa akin "Let me first give you some back ground of my company." He said and looked away

"I was 18 when I handled my dad's company, if your familiar its a real estate company named Apollo Land. It was named after my mom by the way, we own some building around Manila like Serenity Heights." Muling nagbalik ang tingin niya sakin matapos niyang sabihin iyon. Maging si Graciella ay di napigilang mapasinghap

"So I'm 18 and was so young back then, I have no interest in business but at the process I begin to like what I'm doing. Can you imagine that I first took up psychology?" Napatingin ako sa kanya nang marinig yon, nagulat ako nang nakatingin pa rin siya sa akin umangat ang isang sulok ng labi niya

"But I decided to shift in Marketing. I fell in love with business. So at the age of 20 I asked my dad to lend me some money, I told him that I want to build my own empire, that's the start. At first some of the investors are still not convinced with my ability but that's how marketing goes, it's on how you can gain their trust to invest or buy something from you." He's speaking seriously, parang hindi siya ang Luke na nakilala ko noong isang araw. This type of Luke is a guy that you can bring home to introduce to your parents

Oh god! What am I saying?!

"It's all in the right words guys, how can you convince someone if even you is not convinced with yourself? You have to build an authority, a power. Hindi pwedeng basta basta ka susugod sa presentation without making sure that everything is perfect." He continued. "You need to do something to caught their attention, you have to be unique, unique na tatak sa isip nila, yung mahirap kalimutan. You have to dominate their mind that's how you get someone's approval." His every word is giving me chills dagdagan mo pa ng tila may sinasabi niyang titig

"So if I am to caught someone's attention? I would first do something that no one can ever think of, that's how you make a move to get them." He didn't look away from me and I'm wondering what he is thinking