Extraordinary You

Chapter 1

“Kuya! Saglit lang po please!” I said toward the fishermen who are currently lifting up their net with tons of fishes of different kinds.

I hate this, I really hate this but for the sake of grade, I will endure it. I am currently working on my research, sa totoo lang gustong gusto ko ang course na pinasok ko but because of this so-called “Curse” in the presence of my teacher, it gives me now the idea of giving up. Gayon paman, wala sa bokabularyo ko ang pagsuko kaya hanggat kaya, I will fight. So eto nanga, first research project ba naman na binigay sakin ay tungkol sa sistema ng pangisdaan dito sa lugar namin, napakapangit na research nakakainis.

“Ano ba miss? Kanina ka pa kuha ng kuha ng litrato, ngalay na ngalay na kami dito, sinasayang molang oras namin eh.” One of the fishermen said.

“Pasensya napo mga kuya, eh sobrang kailangan lang po, last na pong favour ‘to, iinterviewin ko nalang po kayo.”

“Hay nako hinde, napakadami pa naming gagawin, time is wealth, not just simply gold.” Another fisherman said.

Wow, naka-English si kuya.

“Hayss kuya sige napo please, kahit ilang minuto lang.”

Hindi nako pinansin nung mga lalakeng mangingisda at tinuloy na nila yung mga ginagawa nila. Bakit ba naman kasi sa lahat ng research topic ito pa napunta sakin, nakakaimbyerna jusme.

“Naku, sinasabi ko sa inyong lahat, One day I will become a renowned journalist, ‘Who you?’ kayo sakin, mga wala kayong kwenta, nakakaasar. Hays pano nayan?”

Patingin tingin lang ako sa paligid at nagiisip ng paraan, siguro sa ibang araw ko nalang ‘to itutuloy. Napagdesisyunan ko nang umuwi na lamang kaya pumara nako ng masasakyan at dumiretso sa bahay.

“Oh Cate, bakit ang agap mong umuwi?Nagawa mo ba?” Tanong ni mama.

“Hindi nga ma eh, this isn’t an easy task, lalo na’t it doesn’t catch my interest.”

“Ganun ba?Eh sige good luck nalang sa’yo, wala naman akong maitutulong diyan. Kumain ka na muna anak, hindi kapa nagaagahan kanina nung umalis ka eh.”

“Sige po ma thank you.”

I headed my way to the kitchen and sat down, then mom served me the food. The whole day, I stayed at home, finalising all my tasks. It’s Sunday so we do not have classes, maghapon akong tumutok sa mga activities.

The next day at school…

“This is one of the parts gathered from the famous ‘Glamorosa Meteorite’ that was found in the woods in Palawan. You will interrogate perhaps why it’s a little piece now, well we all know that once an issue spread, everyone will do their best to catch up for the sake of fame or work. Different countries’ officials went personally here just to see that ‘Glamorosa Meteorite’, they even bought parts of it for their study, collection, and even for museums.” The visitor said.

Nasa school museum kami ngayon, at nakikinig sa isang representative na galing mismo ng Malacanang upang i-present at i-discuss ang tungkol nga dun sa natagpuang meteorite sa bansa. Grabe sa isang iglap pumutok agad ang balita at nagpuntahan na dito ang mga taga-ibang bansa para makiusyoso.

“Ah sir, so what was the decision from the palace? This is a great discovery, so they must take an immediate action in order to handle this.” Tanong ko.

“Thank you Miss for your question, well yes, they did an action and the decision is to let other countries visit us for the sake of tourism, isn’t that a great idea? By that, our country will be famous.”

“Ahm that’s right sir, but why did they let them buy some parts of it? We shouldn’t just give them such valuable things we have, it’s ours. Yes, tourism will increase, but we just lost something very important, the government should have just protected it and displayed in the National Museum.”