Mahiwaga (PatNes)

Chapter 1

Dear Diary,

Hi, My name is Agnes Romero. Panganay na anak nila-- ofcourse nila mama at papa. Duh. Although my papa is already in heaven but here we are, still breathing and kicking. And that also did not stop me from pursuing my dream to be a musician. Before my papa died, he made me promise to not give up with my dreams dahil dadalawin nya daw ako kapag hindi ko tinupad yun. Sa takot ko nalang syempre tutuparin ko na. Now, I'm taking up BS in Music Production in Larsen University. They have the best music program here in the Philippines. At dahil medyo afford naman namin at sa tulong narin ng medyo nerd kong utak, dito nako pumasok. We are not poor but also not rich, belong kami kung saan sinasabi ng iba na "hindi na dapat nabibigyan ng ayuda from the government" kung sakaling magkaroon ng pandemic. Toxic logic right? Anyway I have another goal before ako grumaduate at yun ay magkaroon ng jowa. Juskolord mabait naman ako at maganda-- sabi ni mama. I'm in my 3rd year already pero hindi ko parin mahanap ang mahiwaga ko. Yung mahiwaga na lagi akong mapapangiti, mabait, yung hindi ka bibigyan ng sakit ng ulo, pipiliin ka sa araw-araw at syempre gwapo. Oh did I mention that I'm not gay? Yes I'm not.. ok maybe also not too straight. Tsk. I-

kring! kring!

I opened my eyes but shut it out again immediately because of the blinding lights coming from my windows. And I know na yung 5 more minutes ko? is already out of my grasp.

"Hayy mama naman" I groaned to myself while getting up. I knew it was mom who opened the blinds. Pero syempre wala nako magagawa dun. Lalaban ka pa ba sa greatest mother earth in earth? Luh gulo.

"Kain na!" Yep that was her coming from downstairs. She has the loudest voice in this neighborhood kaya naman takot kami ng kapatid ko maging pasaway. Why? Dahil kapag napagalitan ka, dadaan ka rin sa walk of shame pag labas mo ng bahay dahil for sure narinig ng mga kapitbahay yung pag-suway sa inyo. But it's alright, she's still the best and loveliest mom in the world for me and my brother.

In this house, kung gusto mong kainin ng mainit pa ang pagkain, gumising ka ng mas maaga para makaligo muna before breakfast. But if you are like me, na sinusulit ang bawat minuto ng tulog pero gusto ng mainit na pagkain, then it is breakfast first before shower. Nag hilamos at mumog nalang muna ako then I searched for my glasses first before heading out of my room.

"Ma I told you not to open the blinds" I grumbled while coming down downstairs and into our kitchen. I saw mom preparing the last set of plates and tadah once again ladies and gentlemen I'm having another great breakfast to start the first day of school. Well araw-araw naman masarap breakfast namin, luto kaya ng mama 'to.

"I opened it coz I'm sure yung 5 more minutes mo will turn to another 1 or 2 hours of sleep" she just said it casually na para bang normal na yun sa buong buhay ko. Well..

Touché

I just grinned guiltily dahil tama naman sya. Kaya sinamahan ko narin ng peace sign.

"Nag pasalamat ka na ba?" she asked me while giving me that kindest look that you will never find to other people.

Huminga muna ako ng malalim ng nakapikit and smiling while stretching out my fist into the air and said "Thank you Lord!!..

..and please sana makita ko na mahiwaga ko today.. sige kahit hindi ngayong araw pero sana kaya this year?" pahabol ko kaya napailing nalang si mama at tumawa.

"Jinx!" narinig ko na sigaw sa likod matapos kong sabihin ang thank you and request prayer ko. Alam nyo isa pang synonym ng word na sibling? Bwisit. Yep that's the word.

That's my brother Justin. This is his first day as senior high schooler. Naabutan siya ng K to 12 and that means, siya ang first batch or sabihin nalang natin na first experiment. Haha.