Chapter 1: good bye sweet life

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This is where my life changed. For the very beginning.

“You need to make a love song Manuel!”

“But I don’t know a single thing about that crap!”

“You don’t know love because you never experienced it!”

“Why do you need; a love song anyway!?”

“Because, your songs always emphasizes break ups, pain, loneliness, and many more! Sometimes, rock songs. Now we want love songs!”

“What is it with love anyway? It’s just an emotion that some people feel!”

“Well that SOME people doesn’t feel it! Just like you”

Sige! Ako na ang guy na walang alam sa love. Ano ba yun? Emotion lang yun ah! And I don’t need love. I have money and fame! Ano pa ba ang kulang? Guwapo naman ako! madami akong fans! All girls!

Bakit pa love!?

“Sino ba ang may gusto ng love songs na yan?”

“yung producer! Alam mo, agent mo lang ako. And I’m just doing my job”

“sige. Ano ba dapat gawin?”

Sana naman hindi mahirap! Hhhmmm.. alam ko na. mag papa-gawa ako sa sister ko. Total, magaling yun na song-writer.

“I have an idea”

“And is that a crazy idea of yours?”

“Maybe, just hear me out”

“Ok. I’m listening”

“We are planning to send you to a special camp”

“What camp? And why is it special? I’m not crazy!”

“A special camp for singers like you”

“And…?”

“And I bet you can get an inspiration there”

“You mean a girl?”

Nag roll eyes siya. At nilagay ang arm niya sa shoulders ko.

“Yes. A girl is an inspiration. With that you can make a love song”

“Ok… ill do it. Guess I have no choice”

“Very good son”

“I’ll do my best father”

Yeah. My agent is my dad. Lucky am I? My dad was the one that made me do this crap. It’s just that I’m good in it. And I have no choice but to follow. The producer? Well, she’s my mom. My mom is the owner of this company. And I’m kinda her money maker. Haha!

Sometimes I want to feel what it’s like to fall in love. But sadly I’m just busy. Guess my plan won’t work after all. Will it be hard enough for me to find a perfect girl? At a place; like camp?

“By the way son, you’re going to camp tomorrow morning”

“What’s the name of the camp anyway?”

“It’s called camp sing-a-long”

“Camp sing-a-long? You’ve got to be kidding me”

“Well, no wonder that you grandparents made that name”

***Cause there old. Hehe

“Maybe it’s hard to make a name? For such; camp?”

“I don’t know. But that camp sure knows how to make you a happy camper”

My god. I don’t like that tone of his. It’s more like the 18 hundreds.

“You better rest. It’s going to be a busy day”

“Are you dead serious about that name?”

“NAH! I’m just messing with you.”

“Then what’s the name?”

“Rock on camp, that’s the name”

“Now are you sure?”

“Yes. Super deadly serious”

“Yeah funny”

Aalis na nga ako ditto sa office. Ayaw ko na.

“Wait. But first, you have to say goodbye to your eversweet life as a celebrity and all the fame”

“Why?” habang tinaas both of my arms

“Because where you’re heading? You’re going to be normal. Like a normal teenager”

“I can live with that”

“Yeah. For the rest of the summer”

“Ok. It’s just for mom.”

“Let’s see.”

Ooooooh, strict na ang father ko. Psh. Im a guy, I can live with it.

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