Shine Bright, Love.

Chapter 2

P' (Pee) -means brother or sister with regard to someone familiar to you of similar or greater age. It is inserted before name or if you don't know their name, you can actually just call them P'.

Nong -equivalent word for anyone younger than you.

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"Miss Namtam, your father is calling you for breakfast."

I woke up because of the noise that is coming from my room. Maids are doing their chores and Tessa is waking me up.

"Malalate na raw po kayo sa school."

Napabangon ako bigla at tumingin sa wall clock ng kwarto. 6:30AM! I have an 8AM class at meron na lang akong less than 2 hours para magready plus the traffic!

Nasapo ko ang noo ko at dali-dali tumakbo papuntang banyo upang magshower. Paglabas ko ay nakaready na ang uniform at gamit ko habang ang mga maids sa kwarto at humahagikhik.

"Khop khun kha. You may leave now." I smiled a bit and let them exit so I can get ready.

I wore my blouse and tuck it in my pencil cut skirt that is above the knee. Sinuot ko na rin ang belt and finished it with my blouse pin na logo ng Chulalongkorn University.

I blow dried my hair when I was in the bathroom kaya hinighponytail ko na lang ito at naglagay ng hair clip na may gems.

Nagwoworry ako kung ano ang isusuot kong sapatos dahil parehong type ko ang Channel flat shoes at white low cut Converse.

I settled for the latter at naglagay na ng powder and liptint. Patakbo akong bumaba ng hagdan dahil 7:30AM na nang umalis ako ng kwarto.

"Namtan, slow down. Let's eat breakfast."

"It's okay dad. Sa school na lang, late na ako." Tumingin si daddy sa relo niya at kumunot ang noo.

"What? It's only 6:40AM." Napanganga ako at tiningnan nang masama si Tessa na ngayon ay humahagikhik sa labas habang nagdidilig ng mga halaman. So this is all Tessa's schemes.

Umupo sa kabisera si daddy and I followed, while mom is preparing some coffee for daddy.

"Your daughter is graduating soon. Dalawang sem na lang ay welcome to adulting na siya!" Humalakhak pa si mommy na parang nang-aasar habang naupo na sa para sabayan kaming kumain.

I rolled my eyes just like my father. Iiling-iling pa si daddy na parang iniisip ay "crazy" si mommy.

"Helen, can you come with me to the office today? GMMTV wants to collaborate with us, KHNTV. I want you there."

"Of course! I'm excited! KHNTV is on a limited platform. They can only reach us on our app and website, wala pa tayo sa national tv. It's good to collab sa GNN, they are dominating Thai media."