Distance Is Just A Number [Taglish]

Chapter 5

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CHAPTER 5

I put down my phone and sighed.

Pagkatingin ko sa watch ko, two hours has passed! Well, ganun naman lagi tuwing kausap ko si Reeve. Time really flies. Sobrang dami niyang kwento today. He told me all about his work and his studies.

Business Major si Reeve pero at the same time, he's also learning from his father on how to manage yung napakalaki nilang wine business. I know Reeve didn't want that for his course but there was nothing he could do. Siya ang tagapagmana sa kayamanan ng pamilya nila. And their money? There was a lot of it. From what my dad told me, their family's net worth equalled billions.

As for my case, we were also very rich but not as much as Reeve and his family. Business course din ang kinuha ko. It was what my parents wanted for me pero okay na din siya sakin. Chinese kami and dapat marunong ka talaga sa business. Stereotypes, right? Besides, pwede ko namang gawin ung iba kong gusto during my spare time—writing. I loved to write pero not novels. I blog about life, love, fashion, food, my travels at kung ano-ano pa.

My last post on my blog was about my travel to Hawaii last Christmas break with my friends. Nagpunta kami sa napakaraming beach and stayed at five-star hotels. I blogged about everything from the place, the room, the food. Lahat talaga... down to the littlest detail.

Right now, meron na yatang almost 100,000 followers yung blog ko and I'm really proud of it. Eto ang pampatanggal ko ng stress. Maybe that's what Reeve should do. Maybe he has to de-stress by doing something he loves para hindi na sya sobrang mafrustrate sa course niya at sa napakarami niyang responsibilities.

Okay, time to relax.

I got the new earphones from Reeve and plugged it into my Iphone. Tapos I clicked Shuffle and just relaxed on my new pillow.

Akalain mo nga naman na yung unang song na nagplay ay yung cinompose ni Mike for me. Matagal na to. Back when we weren't officially a couple yet. Yung mga panahon na nangliligaw pa siya. Yung times na sweet pa siya. Yung times na medyo weird pa siya at baduy. Pero those were also the times that I knew he really loved me.

Ngayon... Ewan ko na.

I checked my watch and medyo maaga pa. Mamaya na lang ako magdidinner. Busog pa naman ako sa mga kinain namin ng mga friends ko kanina. I stood up and grabbed my laptop. Check ko muna blog ko. Medyo matagal tagal na din akong di nagpost. At sigurado napakarami ng naipon na emails.

Pagkaopen ng laptop ko, instead of going straight to my blog... I got distracted by Facebook. Hindi naman talaga ako masyadong nagFafacebook kasi ang OA minsan ng mga tao kung makapagpost. Minsan nakakairita lang. Mas gusto ko ang Twitter and Instagram kesa Facebook. Pero ang dami kong notifications and I needed to check them right away.

I just kept on scrolling through my newsfeed.

Puro about Rockfest yung post. Mga three days ago na 'yon pero eto pa din ang pinag-uusapan ng mga tao. I attended the Rockfest with my friends and we all watched Mike and his band. As usual, super galing nila. They went home with the first runner-up trophy. Sayang lang at hindi pa sila talaga naging first.

Well, maybe next year then?

I scrolled through the pictures some more and laughed at some of the wacky pics. There were also a lot of pics of me and my friends. I clicked the next button and did a double-take. Wait, tama ba yung nakita ko?

I moved closer to the screen and for the second time today, it was as if time stopped.

Suddenly, parang sobrang hirap huminga. Parang lahat ng hangin biglang nawala sa room. The screen before me blurred because of my tears until the point na wala na akong makita. My hands also started to shake kaya binitawan ko na lang yung Bluetooth na mouse. Baka maibato ko pa.