Always Into You

Chapter Two

   

    "Tapos mo na ba yung assignment natin sa Business Math, Aisha?" tanong ni Jane, katabi ko.

I nodded. Well, she's not that type of classmate na aasa sayo pag hindi niya kaya. She rather ask me to help her how to solve the problem so that she can solve it by her own.

Panghapon pa naman ang Business Mathematics namin that's why tinulungan ko muna siya. It's been a month since the first day. Marami na rin namang akong nakaclose sa classroom.

Nagsimula nang magbigay ng performance tasks and so on ang mga teachers. Mostly is by groups, and reporting. And all them are due on next week and nagmeeting naman na kami about that so there's no problem naman so far.

The days went good naman. Then kadalasan, kahit magkaiba na kami ng school ni Lyn ay we often see each other. I can't deny na naninibago parin ako kase hindi na siya lagi kong kasama and we feel the same.

Well, why did I chose this strand nga ba? Actually hindi pa talaga ako sure of what I really want to take on college. It was just I feel like there's something that pushes me to take Accountancy.

It was our homeroom time when our Class President went to the front.

"Guys! Nagmemeeting kami kanina and we talked about sa Nutrition Month. There will be a Nutri-Jingle contest and this will be a competition at ang kalaban natin ang mga taga-ibang strands. So what's the plan guys?" she said.

Nagsuggest ang bawat isa ng kanilang idea and buti na lang at nakakasundo kami. May naiassign na about sa lyrics, sa costume and the props.

"Ah tsaka pala, open na ang application ng gustong maging part ng School Publication. Kung interested kayo, basahin niyo na lang itong ipapaskil ko sa tabi ng blackboard." pahabol ni Jenny.

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A day before ng Nutrition Month ay abalang-abala ang mga estudyante sa pagprapraktis at paggawa ng kanilang costume at props. Buti na lang at hindi nagbigay ng anumang gawain ang mga teacher and they extended the submission of our pending requirements that's why we focused on practicing.

Well, nahirapan man kami sa kadahilanang may mga hindi pagkakaunawaan, naayos naman agad sapagkat we have our goal. Napahighblood kase namin sa Ma'am nung isang araw sa kadahilanang naiwang puno ang basurahan sa labas and no one disposed it and nareport ang section namin dahil doon.

Habang busy ako sa pagtulong sa pag-aayos ng props ay biglang tumabi sa akin si Philip. Well, okay naman na kami. We talked casually. Aaminin ko, iniiwasan ko pa siya noon but then I realized na hindi dapat laging ganoon at baka isipin niyang may gusto pa ako sa kanya. Like omg, I rather eat raw ampalaya than liking him again.

Na-late na akong umuwi kase tinapos pa namin yung kakailanganin. Sa sobrang pagod ko dumiretso na ako sa aking kwarto and akong nakatulog paghiga ko ng kama.

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    The contest day came and we are all nervous. Ang gagaling nung mga kalaban namin. Shems.

  We were the last team to perform and nung malapit na kami, mas lalo na kmming kinaban. Minutes passed and it's already our turn.

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All of my classmates were in bliss nang maiannounce na kami ang nanalo sa Nutri-jingle. So yun, we teased our adviser and finally, pinansin na niya kami.

"At dahil you all won, exempted na kayo sa quiz natin because perfect na kayong lahat." Ma'am Erry anounced.

Isang malakas na palakpakan at sigawan ang bumalot sa buong classroom. Sino ba namang hindi sasaya kung maexempt ka sa quiz ng isang major subject diba?

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So after the victory we had ay kanya-kanyang review na kami para sa quarterly exam. Our first semester is nearly ending and after the exam ay we'll going to have clearance signing for us to get proceed for the next semester. I already submitted my application for the school publication and its screening will be on Saturday.

Quarterly exam was not that easy as what we expected. Alam niyo ba yung feeling na akala mo alam mo na pero hindi pala?

Yung feeling na alam mo pero 'di mo maalala?

Yung feeling na naintindihan mo, pero nganga?

Yung feeling na parang iba yung mga examples na natutunan mo at kung ano yung nasa exam?

Am I the only one? Arrgh!

Anything related to computation will always be my weakness. Damn!

So dahil sa nastress ako sa exam, I texted Lyn and niyaya ko siyang mag 7/11. Pampalubag-loob.

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It's Saturday and Today is the Screening for Applicants for the School Publication. Actually naghehesitate pa ako kung itutuloy pero there's a part of me na gusto ko talagang sumali. Kung ano-ano pa ang nagtalo sa isip ko bago ako nag-end up sa final decision kong ituloy na.

Wala namang mawawala kung susubukan so gora na this.

Pagkarating ko ng school, nakatambad sa covered court ang isang blackboard and nakalagay doon kung saang room ang gagamitin for the screening.

Pagkabasa ko ay agad kong hinanap ang classroom na iyon at guess what? Hindi ko talaga alam kung saan.

It's already 8:25 a.m at maygad, 8:30 sharp mag-iistart yung screening. Sayang yung oras, mahirap kaya mag-isip ng idea!

Nataranta na ako kakahanap then there's a boy sitting in the bench. I need to ask him! At kung hindi, male-late na talaga ako!

"Uhm, excuse me?" I initiated. "Alam mo ba kung saan ang room ng Grade 10-Alpha?" tanong ko.

Inangat niya ang kanyang mukha, "Direstuhin mo lang 'yang hallway then magpakanan ka." tugon nito.

Without anything else and I ran as fast as I can to the room I was looking for and luckily, it was just going to start and I'm not late.

Umabot ng apat na oras ang screening at saktong natapos ng 12pm. The teachers said that there will a part two of the screening which is an interview and maygad, I didn't expect for that. Geez.

It was really hard because I feel like I'm running out of ideas. Nakakamental block talaga. I can't say na magiging successful ang results kase talagang nahirapan ako. Sabagay, it was just a try. Wala namang mawawala kung hindi papalarin.

Paglabas ko ng room ay dumiretso ako ng canteen to buy some snacks kase ginutom talaga ako. Paglabas ko ng canteen. I saw the boy na pinagtanungan ko kanina and he was from the room wherein the screening for broadcasters is on-going. So, applicant 'din siya?

  Napagtanto ko na I forgot to thank him!

Lalapitan ko sana siya to say Thank You ulit but he went back inside the screening room. Hindi niya ako siguro namukhaan.

"Unexpected will always be unexpected. And meeting you was one."

- Kei_Aye