A Teacher's Diary

Distance

July 12, 2014

Saturday

Expectation:

EJ arrives after lunch time, greets me with a kiss. I lead him to our veranda. I'll start conversation while I prepare the laundry. Have him help me by teaching him how to do it. When done, we will go to my room. Talk and make up for the days and time we missed each other. Then we will order pizza for our merienda and we will laugh and we'll say, "Let's grow fat together" to each other.

Reality:

While waiting, I busied myself watching Catching Fire and reading it at the same time. I am trying to compare if the story matches well.

EJ arrives after sundown. He left home at 1:30 but arrived quarter to 5. We kissed and hugged each other. He noticed what I was actually doing before he arrives and commented, "Imbalogs! Nagbabasa habang nanonood ng movie adaptation." I just laughed and defended myself. I told him I'm done with the laundry because he made me wait too long. We lie down for a while. He was teasing me having a dark skin. And I teased him about wearing glasses. Trying to be Daniel Padilla or Clark Kent. I asked him if he wants to go and eat out. He said he wants pizza. And I told him that it was actually what I intended to eat, too.

***Some parts missing***

I showered and dressed. Kuya Godi arrived to park his car. EJ and I decided to go hunt a pizza parlor. We went to Mom's shop at Talipapa just so she knows EJ was at home and we went out for a while. Mom told him about my grumpy face whenever I arrive home from school. When we left, EJ told me, "Ang cute ni mama mo. Parang ikaw lang. Minsan nilalaglag mo din ako."

The problem with our place is not the distance but the hellish traffic we are experiencing when we go to each others house. The hours spent in the journey is similar when you're going to a province. So yes, we imagine Teleportation being invented.

He said today is better despite of the long journey he had because at least I am not having my usual tantrums.

Don Vicente's Pizza Parlor is closed. So the only option we have was to walk to Bayan and decide from there.

We bought one box of large pepperoni mushrooms pizza with 8 slices from Lots-A-Pizza. We decided to go to Pure Gold 3rd Floor to share and eat it with each other. EJ bought us Royal in can for our drinks. While eating, he showed me pictures and video while he's riding with a long board. He told me stories I've already heard from him before. He told me I'm beautiful. And I'm happy because he still thinks I'm beautiful. I let him read one of my entries here. The one entitled 'Hungry Me'. Maybe, he would understand why am I being complicated sometimes. He was telling me, "Grabe ka, eto siguro lagi mong iniisip ano? Ikaw kasi napakaseryoso mong tao. Antahi-tahimik mo pa. Ang weird mo talaga. Hindi kita maintindihan minsan talaga." He said, in a nice way. I was not offended by this. I just laughed and asked him, "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" For him, it's still a good thing.

We stayed there until 7:30.

I haven't told him yet about me going to Disneyland in December. I don't know why. I actually want him to be with me there. But I know he doesn't have a passport yet. And I am only relying to Ate Wina for the trip since it's out of the country. I feel guilty but we're okay now and I don't want to ruin our moment. I just need a perfect timing.

We decided to walk back to Plaza Quezon. So, he can just ride the Deretso Pasig jeep. We passed by Jollibee and he asked me if we already ate there. I laughed. "Yes. One night when we had a fight", I replied. He laughed as well at the memory. He told me, he ran that day until he reached San Joaquin and it was raining hard. I was too complicated back then.

When he boarded the jeep and it's ready to leave, I decided to start walking towards home.

I was determined to go to a salon before going home. I'll have my hair rebonded next time. I handed 40 pesos to Kuya (who said I looked 16 and a student) for having my hair trimmed.