How Great Is Our Love

Kabanata 36

Christmas and New Year's vacation is already done and that means it's time to go back to school.

Maingay ang buong silid nang pumasok ako. Iba't iba ang pwesto ng bawat isa, may nakaupo sa teacher's table, sa arm chair at maging sa platform sa unahan. Abala ang lahat sa pagkukuwento ng kani-kanilang bakasyon, ni hindi namalayan ang pagdating ko. Well as if they will stop from shouting onto each other's face once they saw me. I may be the President of the student council but that isn't an enough reason to cut their conversations.

I went straight to my designated chair where my girl friends are. Like most of my classmates they are also sharing how beautiful their vacations went and as always I would just sit in my chair and listen to them, act like I'm so interested and enjoying their chitchat even I am already dying in jealousy.

Simula noong bata ako wala na kaming ibang pinupuntahan tuwing bakasyon, it would always be Capiz, the birthplace of my father and the hometown of my grandparents kaya hindi ako nakikisali sa kuwentuhan nila, ako kasi mismo nasasawa na sa kakakuwento ng paulit ulit iyong mga nakikinig pa kaya?

But do you know what is the advantage of going to the same places every vacation? You will not be having a hard time on thinking what would you write if your teacher will ask you to write something about your vacation because you already memorized what you had written since God knows when.

"Ikaw Mi? Nag out of the country kayo diba?" Tanong ni Irah kay Mimi na kumakain ng chocolate coated biscuit na pinamimigay ng libre sa eroplano.

Sobrang saya niya dahil marami siyang nakuhang libre sa eroplano na sinakyan nila. Would you believe if I say that she handed us men facial washes and facial creams that was given for free by the airlines instead of some souvenirs from the country she had visited?

"Uh huh. Korea." Sagot niya at nagbukas muli ng biskwit na pareho sa kinakain niya kanina.

"Oh, kamusta?" Chelsea gawked while waiting attentively for Mimi's answer. Well just to inform you, this chic is a K-Pop slash K- Drama addict.

"Grabe guys!" Inubos ni Mimi ang natirang biskwit, it was supposed to be three bites for a normal person but Mimi is an......extraordinary being when it comes to food she does a lot of things a normal person can't do in the name of food."Ang daming singkit sa Korea, as in ganito talaga yung mga mata nila o." She stretched the very tips of her eyes to imitate Korean people's eyes. Chelsea made a deep, deep sigh, made a thin line on her lip and shook her head.

Well I guess we are left with no choice but to accept the fact that we will always have this one friend who top the insanity award in the circle. What a punishment we have to suffer forever.

The whole morning went like this, our English subject obliged us to write something about our vacation, as what I am expecting while the other teachers entered late, sat on their chairs, waited until 30 minutes before the time before going out.

"Wooooh!" Itinaas ko ang dalawang kamay upang mas madama ang malakas na ihip ng hangin. Ang nakalugay kong buhok at above the knee na palda ay sumasayaw at nakikisabay din sa ihip ng hangin.

It's almost 2 o'clock in the afternoon and the sun isn't shining brightly, a perfect day for a road trip. Gamit ang itim na big bike ni Keith napagdesisyunan naming pumunta sa Victorias, a town next to ours going north. First day of class after vacation, hindi kami pumasok ngayong hapon. We are cutting classes, this is really the first time I did this since I was enrolled to school.

When Keith invited me to join him in strolling the province, I was first hesitant because I've never done this before kahit kasi wala ang guro namin I will always be staying at school but the boredom earlier encouraged me to do something new today.