This will be a boring day. For sure.
Magsa-start na ang gtky classes namin today. Wearing a plain gray shirt, jeans and sneakers on a daily basis will be only for a week starting today. Kailangan na raw namin magsuot ng uniform since magsisimula na ang formal classes. This is a thing I hate in school. But good thing may 'washday Wednesdays' ika nga. I'm currently rushing my way for my first class. Humanities is in 7th floor and I'm stuck in the 2nd floor dahil ginawang tambayan ng ibang mga estudyante ang gilid ng mga hagdanan. I can hear them say 'hi I miss you, how was your break?' and other statements. As if i care. Kinuha ko ang phone ko at binuksan ang app na may map ng school. Voila! Pwede pala akong dumaan sa room with the fire exit. I ran immediately to where the 'fire exit' sign leads and boom. It's locked. I can see that it's a weak lock, kasi may kalawang na at konting tibag na lang nito, pwede ka nang pumasok. But I won't do that. Only an idiot leaves an evidence. Lifting my index finger, naka-isip ako ng bright idea.
Chineck ko muna kong may CCTV cams, luckily wala naman. Hindi din siya nadadaanan ng mga estudyante dahil by schedule ang usage ng Science lab na katabi lang nitong fire exit. This will take me about 15 secs to unlock this thing with my multipurpose weapon ring. I twisted the ring till my desired semi-knife length shows up.
Pagkapasok ko sa loob ng fire exit, dali-dali kong ibinalik ang lock sa gate at since diamond fence lang naman din, hindi ako nahirapan sa paglusot ng lock. Nagmadali akong umakyat sa remaining 5 floors. At dahil nasa tabi lang din naman ng fire exit ang room 505, surely I'll be on time.
Pagwais ka nga naman. 9:29 nang makahakbang ako sa last step at makahakbang sa backdoor na bukas. At kapag siniswerte ka pa, makikita mong nakatingin sa'yo si Target; maybe he was from a daydreaming session when he saw me and threw me a look of 'how-the-heck-did-you-get-there-when-the-fire-exit-is-closed.' Nang nakapasok na ako sa room at inilapag ang bag sa napiling likuran na seat, biglang umihip ang napakalakas na hangin, causing the backdoor to close by itself and people looking at me or the backdoor weirdly. Para bang may ginawa akong napakalaking kasalanan.
"Okay," thank you for breaking the ice madam, "I've seen some familiar faces because some of you were under my econ class last semester."
Frick. Why do I have a feeling na may gtky session toh? Can't you just have a roll call or the usual checking of attendance?
"Sino ba dito ang bago sa business batch?" Must. Not. Raise. Hand. Ugh.
"Uhmm, may lima dito sa list ko pero apat lang ang nagtaas."
"Ma'am"
"Yes, Ms.Plesteros?"
"Siya po oh, hindi nagraise." She pointed a finger on me and she sounded like a whining 9-year-old. Humanda ka sakin. I glared at her causing her to turn away from me.
"May the newbies come forward and introduce themselves to the whole class?" Can I not? Holy flying frick. "Tell us your name, past school or your highschool and a little something about yourself." Isa-isa ng nagtayuan ang mga kasama ko at pumunta na sa platform. This is insane, really. Wala na rin akong nagawa dahil compulsory.
Gumuwa sila ng horizontal line in which I came last sa left side. I swear I might say something this teacher may not like.
"So let's start with who?" Tinitigan niya ako. I looked at her blankly and stared at the girl in the rightmost. Sini-signal ko siya na siya ang mauna through raising my left brow at her. She did. Nakuha ko siya sa tingin.
"Hi. I'm Paise Arelado. From LMU. Umm," tumingin siya sa'min na para bang humihingi siya ng tulong. Ang tagal ha. Nakakapagod ng tumayo.
"Hobbies Ms. Arelado?"
