Memories from youth is ireplacable, this is where you can taste the different colors of sky.
Myrtle's perspective
My heart pumped fast when I saw the newbie. I heard that his name is Zeus Martinez, he actually looks like my dad.
Habang nagsasalita siya sa harapan ay hindi ko maiwasan na mapangiti. Pero nakaramdam ako ng lungkot. Baka katulad lang siya ng iba?
Maraming kumakausap sa akin pero hindi ko alam kung may sense ba ang sinasabi nila. Dahil puro papuri lang sa akin ang naririnig ko. Sa tuwing pupurihin ko naman sila tinatnggihan nila at ibinabalik sa akin. Sabi pa ng isa ay pa-humble raw ako.
Close rin ako sa mga teachers dahil nakikipagbiruan sila sa akin. At pinupuri rin ako, gumaganti rin naman ako ng pagbiro sa kanila pero hindi sila natatawa.
Bata pa lang ako nadulas na sa akin si Kuya na ampon daw ako, naalala ko na nagaway pala kami n'on. Sobrang malapit din kami sa isa't isa kaya sobrang nasaktan ako nang malaman ko na hindi ko siya kapatid. Pero tinanggap ko iyon, at halata rin dahil hindi naman katulad ng sa akin ang pagtrato nila mama at papa sa kaniya. Hindi naman nila ako tinatrato ng masama, malalaman mo lang mula sa mga tingin nila kung saan sila masaya.
Nang maghigh school si kuya ay doon na siya parating napapasama sa away. Palagi ring umiiyak si mom dahil sinasagot na rin siya ni kuya at hindi siya pinapakinggan. Kaya sumama ang loob niya kay kuya.
Isang araw tinanong ko siya kung ano'ng magpapasaya sa kaniya. She told me that, by just making them proud it will make them really happy.
So I did everything to make them proud, and I'm glad that now they can see me as they see kuya before.
But when I failed my math subject, I didn't made it to be the first in the ranking. You know it hurts to see a mother that being sad for her daughter's own failure.
The first day I start to hate myself because I'm scared that they will look at me the way they see me before. Such a looser.
So I worked hard, I stay up all night to master mathematics.
Halos magkaroon na ng tambakan ng mga papel sa kuwarto ko kaka-practice.
Until I made it to be number one to the ranking. Every one looked upon me.
But there's this situation again...
My teachers said that they expect me to win the quiz bee. I got nervous and scared. So I didn't win the first place.
They said, "Okay na sana, Myrtle. Kaso hindi ka nanalo ng first place, sayang akala ko pa naman mananalo ka."
I learned that I didn't meet their expectations. Plus I heard my classmate said:
"Akala ko matalino siya?"
"Edi dapat pala si Frea na lang ang ginawang representative kung hindi naman pala niya kaya."
My mom smiled at me when I showed her my place at the quiz bee.
"You could do better than this, you know? Look at your kuya, he always got perfect scores on his exams."
Totoo, matalino rin si kuya. Kahit pa siraulo siya.
Palagi ring pinagmamalaki ni dad si kuya tuwing may family reunion. Hindi nila ako kinahihiya o itinataboy, dahil ako mismo ang lumalayo sa kanila.
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