BEATS OF LOVE

9TTH BEAT: BAKIT BINANGGIT MO PA YUNG BUONG ENCYCLOPEDIA?

KENJI's POINT OF VIEW

"were going to have class activity. Required to sa lahat ng section sa fourth year. Each section will compete and ang mananalo ay ilalaban sa buong school district. i hope everyone in this class will participate. And to make you all guys hammer away, Youre section will be excempted to our incoming periodical test. In all my subjects. that is..kung mananalo kayo."

Naghiyawan ang mga classmates ko. Pano, three subjects din yun.

"Sir" Claire raised her hand. "What do you mean by hammer away?"

toinkz! naturingang section C hindi alam? Nagtawanan tuloy ang buong klase.

"bakit kayo, alam nyo meaning nun?" No one answered. ayun! tsk! alam na. thats why she smirked while stating, "kala nyo huh?"

"Ms. Ferrer. Kindly explain to youre dear classmates what hammer away means." everytime na may magtatanong, laging si Sheryll ang pinapasagot nya. Minsan tuloy nagdududa ako baka hindi nya lang talaga alam ang sagot.

Sheryll stand up confidently then start answering. The same aura when i first saw her three years ago. yes. three years ago.

"Hammer away." she started. "its a fixed, distinctive, and colorful expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the combined meaning of its individual word which is hammer and away. Its special meaninslg is to work hard, determinedly, and steadily atbsomething."

all of my classmates gasped. including me ofcourse. Gerald clap his hands. As usual, The number one fan. Then my classmates followed.

"wooh! nosebleed."

"go sheryll!"

"i love you sheryll."

"galing mo talaga."

Sheryll is a quite type of person. Pero kapag kinausap mo, willing syang sumagot. And when she speaks, You cant help it but to give youre all ears to her.

she's amazing!

"Nag chi-cheer kayo, naintindihan nyo ba?" natigilan ang mga classmates ko sa tanong ni sir. "see?" then mister crossed her arms on his chest. "Ms. Ferrer!" My prof nods his head and Sheryll continue what she needs to say.

She smile a little and "to make my description simple and short, Hammer away is a idiomatic expressions which means to work hard."

"anak ka ng.." sigaw ng isa sa mga classmates naming lalaki.

natawa bigla ang teacher namin. kumunot naman ang noo ni Sheryll. parang nagtataka.

"yun lang pala meaning nun pinasakit mo pa ulo namin."

"hindi na kayo nasanay ms. ferrer." our teacher said while laughing.

"what? why?" Nagtataka pa ring tanong ni Sheyll

isa sa mga classmate namin ang sumagot. "work hard lang pala meaning ng hammer away bakit binanggit mo pa yung buong encyclopedia?"

"if i answer it as it is, are you not going to ask me how come hammer away is synonyms to work hard? we all know that section C is very intelligent in sarcastic speaking, right? thats why i 'states the encyclopedia' to get rid of further questions from youre smart mouth." She emphasize the -states the encyclopedia- to get back what my classmates said.

Naiiling na naupo si Sheryll. She take a glance kay Vash.

Shes always like that. Alam ko yun dahil lagi akong nakatingin sa kanya. and to be honest?

masakit! dahil obvious na may gusto sya kay Vash.

*(aYoeMi)*