Faces of Love

Chapter 2

September 21, 2014

Los Angeles CA, USA

"Ohhhh myyyy nakakapagod. maghapon kang nakatayo. aabutin pa ng ganitong oras sa gabi. Trish should've come, im illegally detained in here. im only on a day shift Jake. Truly, earning for a livin is not easy." Ang haba na ng linya ko, ewan ko if naintindihan nila. Bahala na nga. Im not complaining though. Alam nmn nila yun. Ugali ko lang magtagalog sa kanila minsan pag tamad ng mag isip ang braincells ko n english. Buti na lang at hindi si katulad ng ibang Amerikano na racist. "Okay Kirb, just put those chickens on the fridge and we gotta go. the cook will clean them tomorrow. this lady here is making her mantra again." Tumatawang sabi ni Jake. "I told you, we need to hire more staff. I mean, Kirb never come on time... Hahahahaha. and Trish flirts with all those baseball playere whenever they're here." Gusto ko lang syang asarin. Sa totoo lang marami talaga kaming customers pero kaya naman naming 4 na mag cashier. Jake and I are on the day shift, kaso dahil nagkasakit si trish at lagi naman late si Kirb kaya ayun, parang double shift na kami ni Jake. Well, Kirb is a varsity player. Kaya may reasons bakit lagi syang lahat. He's Jake's brother. They both work here. Need to work here as part of their training. Their family owns a big shipping company and manufacturers of branded Rtws. and this restaurant has branches all over LA. Kinahiligan kase ng mom nila ang magluto. so they're like having an OJT here before going to the CEO positions after college graduation. "Okay guys, see yeah on sunday. Tommorow's my off. GOODLUCK. HAHAHAHA" I hurriedly went out to inhale a fresh summer air. So refreshing... Hmmmm namiss ko tuloy ang Pinas. But, malapit na..

Pagdating ko sa bahay naglinis lang ako ng katawan at nag palit ng damit pantulog, hilata agad sa kama. Wala na akong maisip pa kundi ang matulog. Today was just soooo exhausting. I hope tomorrow there will be some rainbow.

"hmmmmmmm,ppp, inaantok paaaa aaaakooo" ang bigat ng eyelids ko. pero sumasakit na ang ulo ko. for sure tanghali na. I grab the clock on my side table. its already 10:30am. Kaya naman pala feeling ko eh namamaga na ung mga brain cells ko.

"im going to my angel Reed. kaya kailangan ng bumangon. hahhha" okay, Reed is a character from the book im currently reading. i hope meron ng book 5 ngaun para naman may ending na ang love story nila. my favorite line so far *doubt all truth to be lies, but never doubt i love thee. i love thee best of all.* ♥♥♥♥♡♡ ayiiiiiii kilig talaga ako. ako kaya, kelan ko ma mi meet ang aking angel.. haaaayyy destiny please open for me.

summer attire complete. fit tshirt.long skirt. flip slops. hat and sun glasses... "hellooooooo sunshine".

everything is walking distance here from my apartment. parang the fort lang. magkakalapit ang mga stores. resto and bars. with our University at the center of it.

what i love about this place. Elena's shop. Not just the books but the ambience itself. tipon medieval na modern. they have collections of the first few published oldest editions of some legendary literary. well, it worth a thousand dollars i must say.

"hello kate" pagpasok ko pa lang sa loob, she's the daughter of the owner, i mean they are the owner of this bookstore. playing her favorite band again maroon 5 sa counter. "ohh Sophie, what took you so long. i haven't see you for a while. i thought you went to the philippines already." well, that nice american accent of a blondie girl. kate is one of the few friends i have here in LA. since both of us are into books and music, but we seldom talk about ourselves. our topic focuses on the characters of the book the we are reading. "aaahh aaahh.im helping Jake and kirb at the resto. u know, for summer job experience. though im the brink of quiting already. hahaha. just kidding, i was on my 1st week and oh myyyy. its not easy to be standing all day long." lumapit na ako sa kanya. at sumandal sa counter. ayun, nag e efb n nmn. tapos na siguro to sa binabasa nya. kaya naka babad na naman sa social network. "do we have the book 5 already of the iniquity, i couldnt pick another reading material until i read that book. its haunting me." nilakihan ko pa ang mata ko para ma exagerate. "not yet darling. i think the author is still working on the other series, much better pick another one just to kill your boredome. i have new stocks there on the fictions section." sabay turo sa mga naka pilang bookshelves. well ang ikinaganda pa ng shop na to eh pwedeng kang magbasa kaht hindi mo bibilhim anb libro. pero syempre, kung ikaw ung tipong hindi nakakatulog unless matapoa mo ang book u dont have a choice but to buy it. hnd namn kc sila 24 hours open. "okay, ill be checking around".