"Para kanino ka bumabangon?"
Napangiti si Ella habang nakatingin sa billboard na iyon. She was in the middle of the foot bridge looking up at that coffee advertisment. Noon ay hindi naman niya iniisip ang bagay na iyon. Alam niyang bumabangon at nabubuhay lamang siya dahil buhay siya at normal sa isang tao ang bumangin sa umaga. But right now, she knew that she had to find the answer to that question.
Para kanino nga ba siya bumabangon? She sighed. Wala pa sa ngayon. Pero alam niyang darating ang araw na masasagot niya ang tanong niya.
"Miss lakad na nag-ta-traffic dahil sa'yo." napatingin siya sa kanyang likuran at nakita niya ang isang malaking babaeng nakasimangot sa kanya. She just smiled at her at saka siya nagsimulang lumakad. She didn't know what she should do today so she took out her list.
She has a list of the things she wanted to do because she believed in that internet saying that YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE. She wanted to sieze the day para naman kung sakaling mamatay siya, masasabi niya na nagawa niya ang mga bagay na gusto niyang gawin sa buhay. No regrets kumbaga.
"What should I do today?" she was biting her lip habang binabasa ang nakasulat sa listahan niya. Napangiti siya nang mapili niya kung ano ang dapat niyang gawin. She wanted to ride all the rides in Star City pero wala naman siyang kasama. Naisip niyang tawagan ang best friend niya. She took out her phone and dialled her number.
"Hello?" sabi sa kabilang line.
"Jenny!" she greeted her. Jenny is her best friend. Matagal na silang magkasama. Since college ay ito na ang partner in crime niya. They've been through so much together. Jenny was there when she entered the lowest and the darkest moment of her life. Jenny was also there when she was shattered, rejected and she was also there for her whenever she was feeling so alone.
"Oh, nasaan ka?" tanong nito.
"Dito sa ilalim ng foot bridge. Punta tayo ng star city." aya niya dito.
"Saang foot bridge at bakit ka pupunta ng star city?"
"Gusto kong mag-rides. Punta tayo!"
"Ano? Hindi ako pwede. Lunes ngayon may pasok kaya ako." sagot nito. Napalabi naman siya. Nakalimutan niya na may trabaho nga pala ang kaibigan niya, hindi tulad niya na nakabakasyon na -- habambuhay.
"Ah... s-sige next time na lang..." tinapos niya ang tawag. Nakadama siya ng lungkot. So, to do number 14 is cancelled. Naghanap na lamang siya ng ibang gagawin. She chose to do number 17, to visit the national museum and look at the claasic paintings.
Agad siyang pumara ng taxi at nagpahatid sa national museum. Nang makarating siya doon ay wala namang gaanong tao. She wondered kung nagkakaroon ng tao doon. People now a days, chooses to go to the mall rather than visit meaningful places like this.
Nakita niya ang isang babaeng nakatayo sa may reception area. Binati siya nito.
"Good morning." she greeted her back. The woman asked her to sign in the guest list. Dalawang tao lang ang nakapirma doon. Nakakailang tao kaya ang museum sa isang araw? Matapos niyang mag-sign ay agad siyang pumasok. She was greeted by an early age atmosphere -- iyong tipo ng hangin na alam mong kapag naamoy mo ay puro luma ang nasa loob. Ganoon ang hangin na naamoy niya. She walked around the museum. Magaan ang pakiramdam niya nang araw na iyon. She saw a couple of Amorsolos, Libertads and one of the most beautiful and yet intriguing painting --- the painting she came to see - The girl underneath the moonlight.
She took out her camera ang took a picture of it.
Hindi niya alam kung anong meron sa painting na iyon but everytime she looks at it she felt like she wasn't really alone.
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