The Day My Life Changed Forever

Chapter 6

July

Natapos yung performance namin na para bang nakikita ko pa rin yung mukha ng babae kanina na napatitig sa akin habang kumakanta. In my 16 years of experience (17 this coming July, yep, that's why July is my name, pangit di ba? Pero sino ako para tumutol? Anak lang ako ng parents ko, eh sa trip nila yung July eh) it was my first tume seeing a girl like that, so into the song. She was looking at me, but I know she's feeling the song so much that she need to focus on me just to really get the lyrics of the song. Who is she? I relly want to know. Sa kaiisip ko hindi ko namalayan, tapos na lahat ng banda magperform, 10 lang kami, since nagkaroon na ng 1st elimination nung nag join kami bilang contestants. Tinawag na kami sa stage. Excited yung mga kabanda ko at ako din. Sana kami ang manalo. Kinakabahan din kami. Hanggang sa ini-announce na nga nila ang nanalo.

"The winner of this battle of the bands 2017 is... the Patriots!" sobrang lakas ng pagkasabi at ang bilis din kaya akala ko Adriot yung banda namin. Hindi pala.

"Talo tayu guys!" sigaw sa amin ni Migz.

"Bawi na lang next time!" sabad naman ni Craig.

"Baka pasok tayo sa top 3!" sigaw naman ni Drew na halatang umaasa pa.

Ewan ko ba at hinuli pa talaga i aanounce ang top 2 and 3. Kung sino man ang organizer nito, isa siyang dakilang paasa.
Nakatingin lang ako sa crowd since wala na yung inaabangan ko, looking for that girl, with mysterious eyes but she's nowhere to be seen. With these sea of people I don't know why I am only looking for her. And then suddenly they announced the top 2 and it was us, the Adriot.

"Sayang!" malakas na sigaw ni Migz.

Sayang nga naman, we almost made it. But that's the thing about fighting, you win or lose but anyways, either of the two, you learn from it or get something from it.

Kinuha namin yung envelop ng cash na binigay sa amin. I can see on my band mates the mixture of happiness and sadness. Me? I don't know. But we need to accept it. Wala kaming outing.
We went downstairs and get out things then went outside the mall.

"Ikain na lang natin premyo natin." sabi ni Craig sabay labas ng sobre at binilang ang pera.

"10K guys! Ano na?" tanong niya nang mabilang niya ito.

"Kain na lang tayo tapos jamming sa videoke bar!" sabi ko dahil talaga namang gutom na ako at gusto ko rin magjamming.

"Ohryt! So dating gawi?" tanong ni Migz.

Ang ibig niyang sabihin ay mag-papanggap kami bilang mga 18 years old. Madali lang naman dahil hindi naman timitingi ng ID ang mga videoke bar dahil bawal doon ang 18 pababa. Nagbebenta kasi sila ng alak.

"Yep!" dabay na sagot ni Craig at Drew.

So we went to eat in a pizza house. After eating we went to videoke bar. It's a tiny room with videoke and a small table. We ordered drinks and we'll enjoy the rest of the night.