The Girl From Before (ON-GOING )

Chapter 9: Condo-suite-life

Chapter 9: Condo-suite-life

Nakatira ako sa isa sa mga condo namin dito sa Phil. And I can say that condo-suite-life is tiresome and boring lalo na kapag mag-isa ka lang. Si mom kase parati siyang out of sight or should I say "out of the country". Subsob siya sa trabaho. Kaya nga hindi niya rin alam na pinaalis ko lahat ang mga body guards ko eh pati mga katulong. Pati iyong car ko nga, hindi ko na rin ginagamit, I prefer na mag-commute para mas simple and more practical. Hindi alam ni mom na para akong pulubi outside my suite room and outside the school gates.

Si dad naman, hindi alam kung nasaan kami ni mom. If ever man na tangkain niyang hanapin niya kami, nasolusyonan na iyon ni mom. Iyon ang inasikaso niya noon for three days sa California before heading here sa Philippines.

At heto ako, weekend na naman, nabasa ko na yata lahat ng books ko, baka ma-memorize ko na nga ng word-by-word pag ulitin ko pang basahin eh. Pati mata ko, nasira na sa kakabasa ng kung anu-anong pwedeng basahin. I don't wanna wear eyeglasses, contact lenses parati ang gamit ko. Ayaw kong tawagin ako nga schoolmates ko na geek.

Punta kaya ako sa ice skating rink sa MOA?

Matagal na akong hindi nag-skate. 11 years na. Kaya ko pa kayang makagawa ng triple axel? Before, kaya kong mag-triple axel, like Mao Asada. I was able to do a quadruple salchow too. I thought I'm gonna pursue figure skating but then, ayaw ni dad ang competitive skating, so alright, hindi na ako nagmatigas pa.

Ang daming mga bata sa rink, parang noong ako lang. Hindi na ako tutuloy nakakahiya.

Wait, is that?! Wait, wait. It's Michael Christian Martinez! He's a virtuoso in figure skating. He's the reason kung bakit ko sinubaybayan ang Sochi Winter Olympics.

He's so hardworking talaga. I can see his passion.

I stared and stared and stared at Michael until he's done practicing his routines. Okay Michael, farewell, I want to have your autograph so bad but I think it'll be impossible.

So where to go? Magazines kaya?

*Magazine house

"Huwag na po kayong mag-away please"- saleslady

"Ako ang nauna dito!"- a teenager gal (maybe 13-15 years old)

"Hell no! I was the first one!"- another teenager gal (mga 13-15 years old rin)

It's like they're ready to kill each other. Ano ba kase ang reason nila? Kung ganito sila umasta, feeling ko lang ah, is that fangirls ang mga ito. Mga fangirls talaga....aish...

Nakita kong ang pinagtatalunan nila ay isang human-size poster ng isang band I think? Parang band pero I'm not sure.

The two teenagers cursed and cursed. Oh my! I should do something?! I hate filthy mouths. They're being annoying now!

I approached them. And unconsciously ripped the poster.

"O_O" - saleslady

"O_O"- teenager A

"O_O"- teenager B

"You're so dead!" - teenager A. She's eyeing me with a murderous glare.

I'm not afraid though. I ripped it again. Ripped. Ripped. Ripped. Ripped. Ripped. Ripped. Ripped. Ripped. Ripped. Ripped. Ripped. Ripped. Ripped. Ripped. The poster was torn into pieces.

"You're a demon!" - teenager A. Then she walks-out.

"We love 'Fantastic Sin Of The Real Leverage' so much. How could you do this to us? It's the last one."- teenager B. She cried then eventually walks out.

"I'll pay for it. Just wrap it up"- The saleslady swiftly picks up the pieces.

At the counter.

"How much?"

"Php 550.75 ma'am."

"Here." Actually I was astounded that it's so expensive. But because of this poster, I made two girls cry and I'm guilty for it.

I gotta buy a scotch tape.

I went to the school supplies center and bought one.

What to do next?

Oh! I'm running out of broccoli by the way. Buti na lang naalala ko pa.

I went to the supermarket and bought LOTS of broccoli.

Nakalabas na ako ng mall ng biglang may tatlong street children na nag-approach sa akin. Humihingi yata sila ng pera?

Binigyan ko sila ng tig-iisang libo then bigla silang nagtatatalon.

Sana mayaman na lang lahat ang mga tao.

 

~End of Chapter 9~