"Na solve mo na ba ang number one sa homework na pinadala ni Sir sa atin?"
Napatingin ako sa katabi ko sa ilalim ng puno ng acacia ngunit binalewala ko ito at nagpatuloy sa pagsolve sa aking papel.
"Hey, tinatanong siya eh. Ang damot naman nito." Ha? Ako pa talaga ang madamot eh halos lahat ng pinapagawa sa amin sa akin kumukuha ng answer.
"Why don't you try to solve it on your own. It won't even hurt your finger if you try." Sabi ko ngunit hindi ako nakatingin at patuloy lang sa aking ginagawa.
"Eh kasi naman. I really don't know how to solve these equations." Sagot niya habang nakatingin sa pagsosolve ko sa Differential Calculus na subject namin.
"You should use the Pythagorean Theorem in number three so you can come up in a correct answer."
Naiirita na kasi ako sa pangungulit niya at para naman may magawa siya kaysa naman ang istorbohin ako.
"Hay, Alam mo Tres pareho lang naman yan pag kinopya ko na sayo eh kaya hihintayin ko na lang na matapos ka."
Hindi na lang ako sumagot kasi wala namang patungunguhan ang usapin naming ito eh.Napaka iresponsable talaga nang babaeng ito, kapag naman may pinapagawang mga homework ang mga professors naming nagpapabayad siya porke't may pera siyang maiwawaldas. Siguro nasanay siyang napakadali lang nang buhay niya mula pagkabata niya kaya dala-dala hanggang mag-college siya.
Nang matapos na ako sa pagsolve ay dali-daling niyang kinuha at nagsulat sa sariling papel dahil thirty minutes na lang ay next subject na namin.
"Bilisan mo na dyan dahil male-late na naman tayo sa klase natin. Mahirap pa naman kapag hindi tayo makakaabot kasi hindi ko na maiintindihan ang buong lesson at nagiging magic ang paningin ko sa equations an tinuturo ni Sir."
Minadali ko siya habang nilalagay sa bag ang aking calculator, ballpen, lapis at graphing notebook.Nang makatapos na siya ay kinuha ko kaagad ang aking papel para hindi na ito mawala. Mahirap na at mawala pa ito, edi wala akong assignment. Ito na nga lang makakahila ng grades ko sa Calculus eh. It was really hard to comply on Civil Engineering if you don't know how to balance your time and energy.
"Tres! May assignment ka na ba? Pakopya naman oh."
In my few months in this department every time I enter on classrooms, those were their greetings. At first, it was annoying and until now it is very annoying.
Hindi ko na lang sila pinansin at patuloy lang sa pag-upo at kinuha ko na lang ang aking earphones. Nilabas ko ang aking cellphone at nag scroll ng music to avoid my classmates on talking to me.
Listening on music while scrolling facebook news feed is what I do before the classes start. I was checking my messages when I felt that someone sit beside me and Eleanor also take her seat beside me. She caught my attention when our professor enters the classroom.
"Kindly pass your assignments in front from our last meeting and make sure that I can understand your penmanship."
May katandaan na ang aming guro kaya mahina ang boses sa pagsambit ng mga equation kaya I've decided to sit in front in order to understand every theorems that his discussing.
"Answer the exercise using integration by parts and pass it before twelve noon today. Okay?"
Hay. Sasakit na naman ang ulo ko sa pag-solve nito, hindi pa naman ako yung tipong matalino talaga. Masipag lang talaga ako mag-aral kaya nakakaya ko ang Engineering. It was my father's dream to have an engineer in our family and unfortunately we are all girls and nobody wanted to take Civil Engineering.
Hindi naman talaga ako pinilit ni Papa na kumuha ng kursong yet I wanted to pursue the dream he never have. Alam ko namang marami pa akong pagdadaanan sa kursong pinili ko but I will do my best to be an Engineer someday.
"Nakakainis na talaga si Sir palagi na lang nagbibigay ng exercises. Akala naman niya madali eh hindi naman siya magaling magturo." Pagra-rant ni Eleanor nang makarating kami sa kiosk na pinagtatambayan namin dito sa school.
May mga estudyante talaga na ang alam lang ay mag-rant tungkol sa subject na ni minsan hindi naman sila nakinig. Yes, Eleanor and I are friends but I just don't like her attitude when it comes to her lifestyle of studying. It was not healthy and toxic.
I was oblivious on how to solve the mystery of equations when Eleanor shouted to someone to catch his attention, maybe it was her boyfriend or a guy friend. I didn't pay attention on what Eleanor is doing and I didn't notice that she was gone.
After twenty minutes I saw her rushing to my destination and she was waving a piece of paper.
"Therese Carreau, I've found an answer to the equation that Mr. Perez gave to us."
"What? Where did you find this? Baka mali-mali naman yan katulad noong nangyari sa Chemistry subject natin noong nakaraan."
"Don't you worry my dear, this one is legit so just copy and relax."
Tiningnan ko ang papel na hawak niya at nireview ang solutions na nakasulat sa yellow paper na dala-dala niya kanina. Nanlaki ang mata ko nang Makita kong napakaganda ng sulat kamay nito at ang equations ay may mga tamang sagot. She reviewed every detail and she was in awe. Hindi nga niya matapos-tapos ang unang sinasagutan niya.
"Where did you get these?"
"Syempre sa Hottie Future Engineer no! Walang iba kundi kay Simone, yung lalaking katabi mo kanina."
What!? Is he really Simone?
