XIII. Hector Garcia

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The class is still on going, it's a three hours class kaya medyo nakakabored but then I saw Walter is doing something, nagsusulat siya ng notes and naka shorthand, sobrang astig. He knows it din pala, I know some basic stenography pero di ko kayang iapply pag note taking, isa pa, di ko kaya magdouble tasking eh, kung makikinig ako, makikinig lang kasi mas mataas ang retention sa utak ko pag nakikinig kaya nevermind na ako sa pagsusulat. Halos mapudpod na yung ballpen niya, parang pati pag "uhmmm...ahhhh" ng professor namin sinusulat niya.

"Bakit ka ba sulat ng sulat?" I asked him

"I dont want to miss a part sa discussion, I need to take it down kasi mahina ako sa picking up ng information through discussion kaya I need to...." he paused dahil nagsalita yung professor namin at tiningnan kami dito sa likod

"You two, anong pinaguusapan niyo? At ano yang sinusulat ng katabi mo?" Sabi ng prof namin and the attention ng class namin is naka center lang samin.

"Uhmm.. sir, I was asking kung bakit siya nagsusulat, yun lang" sabi ko

"Bakit nga ba?" Sabi ng professor namin

Nakayuko lang si Walter, halos matakpan ng mahaba-habang buhok yung mukha niya

"Sabi niya po, gusto niya lang po isulat lahat" sabi ko, maybe Walter has an issue about speaking in front of the class

"I'm asking your seatmate, not you" reply sakin ng professor namin, medyo maattitude pala to

"I'm sorry sir, I won't let this happen again" sabi ni Walter

"Patingin nga ako" sabi ng professor namin

He handed the notebook, medyo nagaalangan pa siya ng konti

"Hmmm, maganda pala stroke mo sa steno, but I can't understand kasi it's been a two decades since I encountered that kind of writing system, I'm impressed" my professor gave a not so important opinion that nobody and no one cares

"Anyways, I was saying about sa topic natin...." he gave back the notebook ni Walter

we both take our seats and nakinig, hinayaan ko lang siyang magsulat dahil sa una lang yan magaling, for sure.

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It's really exhausting, 3 hrs na subject tapos nakakaurat pa yung katabi ko, sobrang information-conscious, di ko pa kasi alam kung Grade Conscious siya kaya information conscious muna siya, ayaw niya mahuli sa mga lectures ng malala.

I pack my things na and tatayo na sana, naglalabasan na yung ibang students.

"Thankyou pala kanina" Sabi ni Walter habang nagpapack ng mga gamit niya din

He looks so haggard, you know the definition naman siguro, yung sobrang oily ng skin, di man lang nakapaghilamos tapos halos matakpan na yung mukha niya ng buhok niya, which is kinda uncomfortable, kasi every second hinahawi niya buhok niya.

"You're welcome my seatmate" I said and akmang lalabas na kasi ayoko na makipagusap sakanya.

"Ahhhm, you have a class pa ba?" Tanong niya na tila nagpakaba sakin, it was like a question na kailangan kong sagutin ng tama kung gusto ko pang mabuhay lol

"Yeah pero 2 hrs pa vacant eh" I said

"What room is it?" He asked

"Culture and Arts Building" I said

"Hey same. Magclassmate pa ata tayo next subject" he said

Kung minamalas ka nga naman

"Ano bang program kinuha mo?" I asked

Him University (bxb)Tahanan ng mga kuwento. Tumuklas ngayon