Chapter 19: Gift-giving for Dummies
So.. Happy birthday Andreau Francis V. Cortez!
I know, I promised a TMEUAS update this week. Medyo nahihirapan lang akong isulat yung mga kasunod na chapters so.. bear with me. I’ll post it soon. Promise!
Second to the last update bago ako magwriting break. I can’t believe na three months na ‘tong kwento ko and finally, we’re halfway through! Hopefully matapos ko na ‘to by June or July. Haha!
A short and kinda filler-ish update! Karamihan nga pala sa mga susunod na chapter ng TSIB ay medyo one shot length na lang, around 1k-2.5k words. Para mas mabilis ang updates. Okay, here we go!
-A&Z-
JUNE 17
Maayos naman ang first meeting namin ni Andreau about sa pagrerevise. Maayos, meaning we’re being polite to each other. As in. Konting comments, puro yeah that sounds great na lang sinabi ko. He kinda scared me the last time we talked about the script. Sigawan daw ba ako! May mental note na ako na wag na wag gagamit ng red ballpen sa pagcocomment sa kahit anong papel na ibibigay sa’kin ni Andreau. Stick to brown pens forever, Pascual.
I don’t know if it was just him being polite or what.. pero bago matapos ang meeting namin.. he said something like this.
Uhmm Zades? Are you free on the 20th?
Morning or night?
Night.
Uhh..yes free ako. Bakit?
I.. would like to invite you to.. uhh..
Wala kang matatapos dyan kung puro uhh and uhmm ang sasabihin m—
—to my birthday party. Actually, birthday salubong.
Oh. Birthday. Wow.
Yeah. That is, if you’re really free. If you’re not.. it’s ok—
Sure I’ll go. Can I bring Kesh?
Of course! Sure ka? I mean.. makakapunta ka ba?
Good thing sinabi mo para mablock ko ang date na yun. So.. saan ‘to?
Sa Prive.
Hindi naman formal? You know, evening gowns and tux?
What? No. Just dress casually. You’ll be fine. So.. we’re solid?
Yeah. Solid. See you on the 20th, Francisco.
I told you not…
Tsaka ko lang narealize na big deal ang pag-imbita niya sa’min ni Kesh sa birthday niya nang makauwi ako sa dorm.
“Grabe girl, para kang si San Chai! Lakas maka-Meteor Garden nito ha!” comment ni Kesh habang nagsusuklay siya at iniinvade ang kama ko. Sa kama niya tuloy ako tumambay. “Ugh. Baka hindi mo rin alam ang Meteor Garden?”
“OA ka naman! Napanood ko naman yun nung elementary!”
“Eh ba’t ka walang react?”
I fought the urge to throw my things at her. Eto na naman siya sa reaching out for feelings and reactions. “The Meteor Garden reference is really irrelevant, Kesh. Sobrang layo.”
