The Transferee

Chapter 2

Summer in Toronto starts from mid-June to mid-September. We came here in July, so it is boiling hot right now. Usually, my summers in the Philippines would always be outing with my family and chilling with my friends. Since I am not in the Philippines anymore, my sumer right now is as boring and as hot as hell. I brought my laptop here than my mom bought for me before we left Manila. That's basically the entertainment I have these past one to two weeks since I came here. We didn't have our own wifi yet because everyone is busy unpacking and fixing our apartment. Our landlord lets us use his wifi si I get the chance to talk to my friends in the Philippines. I haven't adjusted with Canada's timezone so,  I am up until 5 in the morning and I sleep during the day. It was very hard to fix my sleeping pattern because I am not that used to it. My routing for the past few weeks were: wake up, brush my teeth, tie my hair, eat if there's food, turn on my laptop, go on facebook and twitter,log off after three hours, takea shower,eat again, log back on facebook and twitter until i fall asleep. I thought it wouldn't be that bad communicating with friends, but my only problem was, again the timezone difference. They log out the moment I log in because they have to go to bed and can't stay up all night because of school. We only talk for 30 mins to an hour at most. I can't blame them. School should be their top  priority.

"Maligo na kayo at magbihis, may pupuntahan tayo." -sabi ng mommy ko

"Saan tayo pupunta mommy?" - padabog na sabi ni Rachelle

"Wala ng tanung tanun basta maligo na at magbihis" - mommy

Agad-agad naman akong naligo at nagbihis. Bahala mga kapatid ko. Gusto kong lumabas ng bahay. Bagot na ako dito kasi para akong preso na nakakulong sa presinto. 

"Oh buti pa ate niyo bihis na. Dali na at may appointment tayo dun sa government services. Para yun sa health card niyo para di na tayo magbabayad kapag nagkasakit kayo." -pagpapaliwanag ni mommy sa mga kapatid ko at nagbihis naman sila na may halong konting dabog.

Kapag resident ka kasi dito sa Ontario, meron kang tinatawag na Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP). Para  yun kapag nagpacheck up kami sa doctor o kaya naman naospital kami, wala kaming babayaran na bill. Gamot nalang babayaran namin pag nagkasakit kami.

Maya-maya dumating ang ninang ko. Siya ang nakakaalam kung nasaan yung government office kaya sasamahan daw niya kami. Pati may kotse siya kami wala at pa kami marunong gumamit ng public transit dito. Pagdating naman niya ay lumapit kaming magkakapatid sakanya at saka nagmano.

Pagkaandar ng kotse ay may nakita akong dalawang babae na nakasuot lang ng swim wear. Baliw lang asan ang dagat dito? Bakit nila ineexpose ang mga sarili nila. Baka pagtinginan sila ng mga manyak na lalaki dito. Baka naman nangaakit mga to. Libreng stripper ata.

"Mommy tingnan mo yun oh. Mga nakabikini lang. Mga magfafashion show ata eh." -biglang sabi ni Roy. Baliw talaga tong batang to.

"Tingnan mo yun oh. Labas bilbil. Tigas ng mukang magtwo piece." -biglang singit ni Rachelle

"Inggit ka naman. Palibhasa mataba ka din tapos di mo keri mag two piece." - biglang sabi sakanya ni Raisa

"Ako inggit? eh mas maganda pa nga pwet ko diyan eh. Woo maputi lang yan. Naging espasol dahil sa snow pero mas maganda ako jan." -sagot naman ni Rachelle sakanya.

Dumating kami sa isang building na hindi kataasan. Pumasok kami sa loob at sinundan si ninang na pumasok sa isang office. 

"Take a number and have a seat please." -sabi nung secretary na mukang masungit.