STATUS: SINGLE

Mr. Aspiring Architect

Chapter 1

2001

hindi na naman pumasok ang teacher namin ng hapon na yun. sobrang ingay namin sa loob ng classroom. i can even hear that yung katabing classroom namin, the teacher was starting her lesson. minsan the teacher will knock on the wall pa para patigilin kami na mag.ingay pero no epek parin.

and my classmates? walang pakialam and nag.iingay parin. the boys were at the back singing and playing guitar while yung ibang girls on the other side were playing snake sa 3210 cellphone ng isang classmate namin.

may other group of girls rin outside the classroom na busy na magpa.cute. alam ko even i am inside the classroom na may cute na dumaan kasi nagsisigawan sila and shout their names para mapansin sila nun guys.

all were enjoying and ako nandun lang sa seat ko reading a newspaper. out of 60 pupils sa section namin 4 lang kami na may cellphone that time.pero i kept my phone in my pocket.. hindi naman sa pagiging selfish pero ayaw ko masira yung bagong cellphone ko, bigay pa yun ng lola ko to me so i really have to take care of it.

i had no plan reading the whole newspaper but i am interested of knowing my horoscope. wala naman akong pakialam sa mga news dun mas gusto ko pa malaman if i will do good today based on that horoscope. but before ko napansin yung horoscope ko, i saw a section sa newspaper that you can post a joke in there.

yung aralin panlipunan teacher ko may joke kanina during class and medyo na.excite ako to share it sa newspaper. so i got my cellphone on my pocket and starting texting the joke...

i texted...

"In the park, may isang pinoy and amerikano.. the pinoy eats apple while the american eats banana..

amerikano: in america, only ordinary people eats apple.

pinoy:here in the philippines, only monkey eats banana."

Message sent

so yun na.send ko na yung joke sa newspaper so since then everyday na ako naghihintay na ma.publish ung joke together with my name. everyday ko na hinihiram sa guard yung newspaper.

oo nga pala, i am alexa a hopeless romantic na until now still looking for the right guy. i started my story when i was in 2nd year high school. ung year na sikat ka if may nokia 3210 kasi sobrang mahal ng cellphone that time and the sim? 300 pesos lang naman ung presyo. pero hanggang ngayon, wala ka ng makitang nokia 3210 and you can buy sim for 10 pesos hindi ko parin na.meet si mr. right.

i waited for a week and at last nakita ko yung joke ko na.published sa newspaper together with my name and number. sobrang tuwa ko na parang gusto ko ipa.laminate yung section nga newspaper even ang liit nun part na un.

before the day ended daming nagtetext sa akin. naghahanap ng textmate daw. but one message caught my attention among those people na nagtetext sa akin.

textmate: hi ang funny naman ng joke mo. ako nga pala si nonie from laguna... ikaw?

me: i am alexa from cebu..how old are you? thanks for liking my joke... are you working or studying... :)

textmate: i am 18 years old na...ikaw? i am working na sa company ng tito ko.... pero plan ko next year mag-aaral ako. student ka pa?

medyo na.discourage ako ayaw ko kahit makipag.textmate sa mga out of school youth (nag.iinarte lang minsan). pero naisip ko baka mayaman itong si nonie kasi mga middle class or rich kids lang may cellphone nung time na yun. baka he stopped lang muna baka tinamad lang mag.aral.

me: i am second year high school pa. ano plan mo kunin sa college? ano business ng tito mo?

textmate: gusto ko mag.architecture kaya dito ako sa company ng tito na gumagawa ng furnitures.

sa isip ko... ok to big timer so yun araw-araw na kami nagtetext and a few weeks he courted me. ako naman sobrang excited magka.first boyfriend then go agad. proud pa ako na sabihin sa mga classmates ko na may boyfriend na ako na studying architecture. feeling ko ang sosyal ko kasi aspiring architect boyfriend ko while mga classmates ko wala silang boyfriend and until now papansin parin sila sa mga so called crush nila na CAT officers.

everytime i stared sa mga crushes nila hindi ko talaga makita ung sinasabi nilang gwapo daw. mga sunog na feeler lang nakikita ko sa mga guys na gusto nila. sunog because of the training sa CAT.

so everytime i have a artwork sa school, i always consult nonie for ideas kasi he must be artistic since he wanted to be an architect. sa kamalditahan ko iniinggit ko mga classmates ko that may artworks were contributed with my boyfriend na ever since hindi ko pa nakikita.

one day, i asked nonie his address.. i wanted to surprise him. i was so happy naman that he really gave his address to me.

what's my surprise? ah... my one and only prettiest picture taken during my elementary graduation and of course a love letter. telling him how much i love him kuno and i was asking his picture too. ciempre pinadala ko yung sa address na ibinigay nia na hindi nia alam that i did. hindi pa kasi uso ang friendster that time kaya snail mail gamit ko.

finally, he texted me that he got may letter... i was excited and thrilled and i thought he was. pero unfortunately parang nagbago yata si nonie after i sent the letter and the pic!

wtf naman....akala ko i am so pretty in that picture ung pala eventually mawawala rin ang boyfriend ko na aspiring architect!!! so yung hindi pa natapos ang second year high school wala na akong boyfriend sa text.

pahamak na picture yun! sinira love life ko!