Scars Of Her Moon

𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙿𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝙸𝙸: 𝙰 𝙳𝚁𝚄𝙽𝙺 𝚆𝙴𝙻𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙴

I'm done.

It's already been a week of studying and for reference, here is my schedule. I wake up around 7 AM, (minsan mas maaga pa) walk to the university's cafeteria building or mostly known as The Hestia Building and enjoy the University's free breakfast.

Win-win ang paggising ko araw araw, because not only do I get to enjoy the free breakfast; I also get to inspect the building's design. It was gothic style, built around the 1800's as a cathedral but it was reduced to rubble during the spanish-filipino war.

Dahil dito, ginamit na lang bilang mess hall ang gusali para sa mga sundalo matapos ang pagpapaayos. Kaya talagang mahihiya kang kumain nang hindi nagdadasal, considering the statue of christ while carrying a gigantic cross.

As I was saying, kada-kain ko sa lugar na to ay si Kuya Harell ang kasama ko at minsan kasabay namin ang mga teammates niya. I haven't exactly had the luxury of talking to other people aside from those in my department but it's fine. There's plenty time to socialize later, as of now, ang goal ko ay makaabot sa midterms nang hindi nawawala sa wisyo.

Sa tingin ko magiging mahirap yun dahil minsan ay halos matunaw na ako sa sama ng tingin ng ibang babae sa mess hall, I keep ignoring them and get through with my meal. Although, I have a hunch as to why they look at me the way they do.

1. They think I'm my brother's girlfriend.
or
2. I'm a pick me girl that enjoys being surrounded by lanky football players.

Which both disgusts me, naturally!

Pagkatapos ng almusal ay bumabalik ako sa dorm para maligo (minsan, depende sa mood ay inuuna ko ang pagligo). The communal showers are clean, it doesn't smell like anything aside from ammonia; which is probably a sign of good maintenance from the staff.

Once I finish showering, I attend my morning class. Physics every 9-11 AM on mondays, wednesday but on fridays, it shifts to 3 PM. Then I have a 3 hour gap before my next class which is the Theory of Structures every monday, tuesday and thursday. Usually at 5, my schedule will be free.

Dinner starts at 6 and the cafeteria building closes at 9, campus curfew is around 10 PM-4AM.

Tuesdays, my first class is design. It starts around 11 AM and the lecture ends at 1, 1:30 minsan kapag feeling mabait yung prof namin.

At 2 PM, I attend my building construction studio lecture which is the most important of my classes (according to my counselor, sinabi rin niyang kailangan kong pasukan yun sa anim na semester). My schedule for this class is every tuesday, 9 AM on thursdays, 12 PM on fridays.

There is a policy in the university. The Fit Freshmen and Sophomores act where both levels are expected to pass at least one Physical Education class.

When my counselor told me about this, halos lumuhod na ako sa harap niya para lang makatakas. Kaso ang paulit-ulit niyang sinagot ay: "Sorry, Hailey. University policies!"

Ang choices para sa mga babae ay Lacrosse, Track and Field at indoors. Syempre, yung huli ang pinili ko. Sa aming magkakapatid, si Kuya lang ang pinalad sa pagiging maliksi kaya natural na manatili ako sa loob ng gymnasium.

Ngayon ay sabado, katatapos lang ng online class.

Marami akong libreng oras ngayong semester. I haven't really put in mind how I'll spend it, but maybe one of these days I'll take a peak on the corkboard filled with requests and missing personnels for odd jobs by the university's entrance.

O kaya naman, pwede kong kuhain ang lumang camera mula sa---!

Nope, nope! No!

I shook my head, erasing the thought. Nangako ako dalawang taon na ang nakalipas na itigil ang photography. Dahil para sa akin, nagsisimula na yung maging sagabal.