Finding Ms. Right

Chapter 67: Another Chance

JANA

I took a deep breath. Ngumiti ako ng tipid bago itinuon ang tingin ko sa apoy. "Memories is my chosen word because I know that it is very important to people. We like capturing every moments in out life using the camera of our phones. We tend to buy some souvenirs after our vacation in other places. Why do we do that? It's because we want to remember those moments. It's because those were all just memories and it will only happen once." Sambit ko at huminga ulit. Shit. Para akong nasu-suffocate habang nagsasalita.

"All people have different kind of memories. The happy ones, sad ones, and even tragic memories. We always want to remember the happy memories in our life because we spent that time with the people that we love. We cry when we remember our sad memories because no happiness was involved during 'that' moment. And we tend to breakdown remembering our tragic past and hope that we forget it. But for me, no memories should be forgotten. No matter how sad those memories are, it will always be a part of your life. And taking some parts of your life is like also taking your life away. But sometimes, memories are forgotten. Not because we wanted to forget that, but because it was destined to be forgotten." Mapait akong napangiti habang nanatili silang tahimik. I'm not saying this para patamaan siya or bigyan siya ng clue. I just want to express myself indirectly. "So people need to cherish every memory that they have no matter how tragic that memory is. Because we never know when it will be taken away from us. Besides, remembering something tragic is better than forgetting something that you never wanted to forget."

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Maaga pa lang ay gising na kaming lahat. Maaga kasi ang next activity namin. Ano 'yon? Exercise. The teachers were leading us as we do a zumba dance. Tawa nga ng tawa ang ilan sa amin dahil for the first time, sumayaw sila Sir Valle at Sir Dela Vega. Todo hataw pa silang dalawa kaya naungusan si Miss Castro na alam naman naming lahat na siyang dating zumba instructor.

By eight, kumain na kaming lahat ng breakfast. After that, pinagpahinga muna nila kami bago kami maligo ng isa-isa. Halos inabot din kami ng dalawang oras para lang makaligo ang lahat.

Ten in the morning when we started doing the second activity. At napangiwi na lang ako ng sabihin nila kung ano 'yon. We will sing and dance. Well, we can choose kung alin ang gagawin namin. Ang kaso lang, wala akong kayang gawin sa dalawang 'yan! Sa lala siguro ng boses ko, pati ulan mafo-fall. At baka yumanig ang lupa sa oras na sumayaw ako. Hindi kaya pwedeng quiz bee na lang?

"Oh my ghad! Let's sing na lang!" Sambit ni Lucy na kinangiwi ko.

"Kanta? Sigurado ka? Baka ma-depress lang sila sa boses ko. Huwag na." I refused immediately. Game ako kahit anong paligsahan o laro man yan, basta huwang lang isasali ang pagkanta at pagsayaw. Because for sure, hindi pa man din ako nagsisimula, lalayo na sila kaagad.

"Eh? Why? You can dance ba?" Taas kilay na tanong niya at kaagad akong umiling. "Oh see? So kanta na lang tayo!" I immediately shook my head. Palibhasa may talent 'to sa pagkanta eh. Lucy is smart. Hindi man siya kasing galing nila Niko but she is very talented. Bukod sa galing niya sa pagdro-drawing, kaya niya ding kumanta. Huwag mo nga lang pasasayawin dahil siguradong sexy dance ang gagawin n'yan. Tangina. Bakit ba kasi puro talino lang ako?

"Ayoko talaga." Sambit ko.

She rolled her eyes and fell silent after that. Nagtaka ako ng bigla siyang lumingon kay Dino, isang kaklase namin sa Section A at tumingin sa akin habang nakangisi. "Well, I have an idea. You will not gonna kanta but you will make tugtog of that!" I frowned when she suddenly pointed the guitar Dino was holding.