Hidden Desire

Spell Busy?

Natapos na ang prelim hell week namin. It's a new week, busy ang lahat sa pagpeprepare para sa darating na mga bisita namin from Chicago, Illinois. It's a blurry kind of Monday one where everything just came by like a storm. Ito yung literal na busy kami, idagdag pa ang nalalapit na launch ng project ko para sa central. Which I monitor via my smartphone.

The visitors from Chicago were also college students like us, they were here for the sole purpose of getting to know Filipino Culture. They're Psychology students majoring in Behavioral Sciences. Class of 30 students half of which where Half-Americans and Half-Filipinos, looking to discovering their roots, half where pure americans who discovered our diverse culture and fell in love with it. We hosted them for their visit, which was a way for us to discover more of their American Culture as well. Though Bianca, Solenn and I grew up in the states and their western culture runs deep within us, we were legit Filipinos as well. We were the few ones who embraced and embodied both cultures in the lives we lived.

1:2 ang ratio ng hatian sa mga students 1 FEU Psychology student for Two Chicago Students na Half-and-Half at isang Pure. The theme of the welcoming committee was a traditional welcome, pagbaba nila ng bus, sasabitan namin sila ng lanyards na gawa sa sampaguita. Then a tour of our campus will ensue. Pagkatapos ng tour ay nakatakda silang maglunch sa Cafe Alfredo, where the HRM Students will be serving a full traditional Filipino Lunch. One of the featured dishes were sinigang na baboy, chicken adobo, pinakbet at pinaputok na tilapia. For dessert there will be halo-halo and kakanin sampler of bico, sapin-sapin and palitaw.

Cafe Alfredo and the HRM Department will be wearing their Filipiniana Outfits, Terno at Saya para sa mga babae at Chinese Collared na Barong para sa mga lalake. Ganun ang effort ng paghahanda na ginawa namin over the past week. Kaya nakakaloka. As their tour guides to the campus, we wore our Green and Gold University Collared Shirts at naka- black jeans kami. Pero pare-parehong design ang shirts namin na pinacustom namin with our surnames written at the back.

Muka kaming mga puno sa totoo lang, kung nagkataon na Khaki Pants ang mga suot namin. Buti na lang at Black Jeans ang required naming isuot paired with a White Stan Smith Sneakers. We looked like we had a secret society of trees. Bianca caught me chuckling to myself at that thought.

"Huy! Tumatawa ka dyan mag-isa. Creepy mo Howell." Bianca whispered as we waited in front of the FEU Chapel.

"Muka kasi tayong may samahan ng mga puno. Haha!" I said chuckling.

"Shutanginames Babe, gaga ka talaga." Bianca said chuckling.

"Shhh... Tahimik na tayo. Baka masabon ka pa ni Dean Mendoza." I admonished her.

She slaps my arm as she chuckled lightly.

"Gaga ka kasi." She said.

"Ako nanaman nakita mo. Totoo namang mukha tayong mga puno." I said still chuckling.

"Taba ng utak mo babe." She said laughing.

Maya-maya pa, dumating na ang mga estudyante ng Illinois University. The bus parked in front of Freedom Park, Bianca and I are first sa pila, bitbit namin ang dalawang sampaguita lanyards para sa mga bisita. Isinabit namin ito sa kanila pagbaba ng bus.

"Welcome to Far Eastern University, we hope you'll enjoy your stay."

Bianca and I greeted them before going back to our places. Sunod-sunod lahat ng officers namin ay sinabitan sila ng mga lanyard. After we have welcomed them, I lead the tour around campus, we started at the Administration Building, walking back past Freedom Park. Discussing to them some facts about each site. The tour reached its conclusion at around 12 noon. To which we lead them to Cafe Alfredo for Lunch. We were exhausted from all the walking we did. We were also served lunch, we sat at a long table. Kanina pa nakatingin lang sa akin si Glaiza at para bang nananadya ito kanina, dahil pahara-hara ito kanina, I'm just trying to keep my cool dahil anytime soon, makakasample na ito sa akin. Malapit ko na siyang sapakin, pasalamat siya at mahal ko siya.