Forced Early Bird
"Son... Gising na. Magrereview ka na. Dali!"
Dad did not stop shouting. He harshly shouted.. 'cause I won't be up in a snap if he didn't.
So there... He woke me up from a deep sleep, where I dreamt of lovely beaches, tireless parties, and all the more fun stuff I am familiar with.
"Darn. Panaginip nga naman. Crap. Finals week na pala."
It was a Monday morning. I had down pat that my mom's not home. I knew 'cause I felt literally cold. If mom was there, she would not allow the cold air, that comes with the aircon, to fill the room beyond the crack of dawn.
"Dad, no, 1:30 pa ang pasok ko..."
I took a glimpse at the wall clock and noticed it was only 6 o' clock in the morning.
"Badtrip. Sayang yung tulog ko." Then I tried to sleep again.
... "Ouch!" I recovered from a sleep in a snap again. "Malas! Puteks." My head hardly played with my bed's sarcastically comfy headboard. Thanks a bunch for the pain! I was kind of a freezing-statue in a moment. I then thought of my to-do list which I deem to be like an abuse for my body. Whilst at that moment, I looked at the aged-clock and found out that it was only 7:30 in the morning. I attempted to sleep but my eyes were wide open like those of an owl.
"Darn. Maybe this day's going to be really unlucky. I hope not."
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Informative Graffiti
After being done with my morning rituals, I headed to the study room to do something valuable for my car. I opened my computer, then iTunes, then burned a CD.
"Burn, successful! I have new songs for my car. I won't be sick with Situations, Breathing, etcetera etcetera and so forth."
My sister had spoken... "DAD! What's this?! ... Mom's gonna be really mad!" Dad, who was lying snugly on the couch watching his favortie news show, was silent, as usual.
"Will! Tignan mo to!" I hurridly walked to my sister and saw what she was ranting about. In the kitchen tile, above the sink, a reinforcement statement was written in bold and bloody red pen...
A - 10 - SHUN
AS PROMISED,
CLEAN AS YOU GO.
- PAPA
"Dad! magagalit si mommy! Pentel pa ginamit mo!"
"Wala naman mommy mo. Tawagan mo sa Taiwan at magsumbong. Don't worry anak. Nabubura yan. Ayan ah, maghugas bago umalis ng hindi mahirapan si Ludy."
"Yeah, right. Oo nalang." I tried and, factual... rid-off by damp water.
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THEOLOGY and its "supposed to be Group work"
10:00 A.M. - Our conversations through text were...
"Dude, William here, how's our Theo na?"
"Dala ka ng laptop and CD. I could not send the output sa email mo e."
"Oh? For what? USB nalang. Ketch... Copy ko nalang using USB."
"For Theo" (What? Of course, I know swempre!)
"I know, bakit kailangan? Nagawa na ba ang video? Okay meet nalang at 12pm. I'm here pa sa house."
"Now nalang tayo magkita." (HUH? 10am na, can't fly.)
"Dude, di pa ako nakakaligo. 11:30 nalang."
As agreed, I'll be getting the output of the contents, that my Theomates should have done last Saturday. I drove really fast overtaking those big yet turtle-like trucks from my house to Mendiola so as to be true to my words regarding my time of arrival at San Beda.
I saw them sitting and cramming near the grandstand. They welcomed me nicely. Their place was filled with crumpled reviewers and techy laptops.
They all smiled at me. "Hello kuya!"
"Hi! Tara. Copy ko na yung ilalagay ko sa video."
"Kuya, wala pa kaming ginagawa. Hindi dumating si Ketchup nung Saturday e. We texted him pero hindi siya nagrereply" My senses wanted to disbelieve of what I have heard. I looked at Ketchup and he was smiling hugely to somehow conceal his wrong deed. I asked again. "Di kayo nagkita nung Saturday? Anong lalagay ko sa video?" "Ayun na nga, kuya." We all paused for a while. Another girl has spoken.. "Ay kuya. Nagsubmit na lahat ng grupo. Ngayon daw pala deadline nun. Ay tapos. Nagquiz kami kanina. 30 items. First and last quiz natin for the finals." I did not even give comment. My nerves were idle and my mouth could not murmur a word.
Relieved for a while, I said.. "Guys, ask kayo ng extension kay ma'am." We had nothing to do and waited till 1:30. We parted and went to the buildings where each has a class.
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Good things
1:30 P.M. I was not late, fortunately. I asked one of my classmates in Business Mathematics of what were we having at that very moment. "We're going to have our final test today." I just said thanks and rested my wits for a second. I then deemed.. "I wish I had passed the pre-final exam."
Everybody was not at their usual state. Our professor, who was in an elegant violet corporate attire, banged the door. "Guys, we won't have our finals today. I could not locate the test papers. We'll have it on Thursday. Before we leave, I'll make an announcement first." I was really really really interested.
"Cruzana, Ranai, Imperial... You are exempted from taking the test."
"Sweet! Saya."
A seatmate had spoken, "Talino talaga nito oh. Galing. (Ehem. HAHAHA. Hindi naman!)"
I went out of the classroom and headed to the faculty room. I talked to our Theo prof about our video. Sweet! Dude! She permitted us to pass our work tomorrow, 17, which is my favorite day. She also allowed me to take the quiz tomorrow at 10:30. I drove home without the expected long face. I also had in mind the song Fortune favors the brave. Oh well, it was super highschool. Good idea! Highschool should take me back! Nahhrway.
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Guess this is long enough. I have produced tired readers, I suppose. Thanks for reading. Now I'm gonna review for tomorrow. Have fun tonight.
- William
