Chapter Thirty-two [The initial encounter with setbacks and difficulties]The entire student body council organizes a program during Foundation Week.At that point, the schedules for her teacher adviser to move to a new school district is accessible. Teaching other important academic courses to the junior class is the only teacher adviser's job for most of the month. Every now and again, the entire class joins the senior class when they don't yet have a teacher.Senior teacher advisers facilitate class discussions and recitations, which Ericka can usually participate in. Her female classmates, who all happen to be the most talented and accomplished junior students in the class, turn to smile at her when they see how involved she is in class, as does the senior male student seated in the back row.In the recesses of Ericka's preoccupied thoughts, she recalls the day she graduated from elementary school and the nickname the older students gave that public school—which she had switched t
Chapter Thirty-three [Sportsmanship among the athletes]That four days in that week are Foundation days competition in school of Ericka. Since the senior class supervises the junior class and frequently provides directions and sets up timetables, it wasn't as interesting as it could have been.Because of the strong sunlight, Ericka's eyes appear to be dazzling in her pink skirt uniform, which is above her knees, white t-shirts, and a lack of a hat.Her skirt surged up, exposing her underwear, as her pitcher threw a little ball that unexpectedly went straight under her between her legs. Everyone laughs while Ericka yells and beams broadly, stating,"Oh, no, please don't go there. Anything below the belt is off limits!"However, she manages to catch the hard, spherical ball that the pitcher tosses every time it strikes. Since the batter is unable to hit the ball far enough to get from first base to second base and then to home base, she advances the score against the Bets by one point.
Chapter Thirty-four: [ Something good is happening ]"You must quit attending school this year. If you fall from that high, elevated position, our daily budget will be jeopardized once more, and we will have to start eating dried fish and fish sauce to pay your hospital bill." John, who has long harbored displeasure towards Ericka, scoffed and threw caution to the breeze as Randy grinned and made fun of Ericka for being overly dramatic and forgetful in her responses to events.“I apologize, Papa and Mama. I was unable to stop them when they surprised me, and I was at a loss for words when they expressed delight at seeing our farm and the fruit-bearing coconut trees. Before they return to their own home in the late afternoon, Ericka humbly explains, "Our bananas are not yet harvested, and there is no coffee or tea here for them to sample.” Furthermore,"On top of that, tomorrow will still be an athletic meet competition. The following day is our great night to announce the winner. Of
Chapter One [ Returning home gives new hope and strength]After going through all of her strange, arduous, and heartbreaking romantic encounters, she is dressed nicely for travel.She is returning to the place where she was born and raised as a quirky, unusual pussycat who was also incredibly intelligent, vocal, and a little fighter.The torrential rainstorms that destroyed all the family's plants and animals caused the farm plantation to collapse.She left the city on a massive ship that had to travel a wide ocean in order to manage and settle the abandoned countryside, where she ran into her former ridiculed classmates.At first, she was once-bullied, young girl who feels that love is a paradise of temptation. She believed that she was already properly attired as she entered the funeral service for her distant relatives who had perished due to misfortune, which was held at the end of the road leading to the school, market, and business district of the barrio, which was two kilometer
Chapter two [[Early childhood memories resurface: Many shocks]That early afternoon of December,Ericka thinks with her eyes wide open that her ex-boyfriend who she considers her husband would show up with his family and surprise them. She asserts," What? We have nothing to offer because everything has fallen apart. Here, even mineral-infused filtered water is useless. I still need to get clean water out of the running water, and I need to boil it first to kill any bacteria that could cause amoebiasis or other gastrointestinal disorders.”As her gaze shifts to her Ate Lorie, who has begun to feed her elder brother's pet carabao with a bunch of green bananas, she takes pleasure in watching the animal masticate the food while tilting its head. She didn't say anything; she just looked and talked about the problems.Until they both made the decision to embrace their lack of everything and whatever negative emotions that go along with it, Ericka continued.“They must be fatigued, thirsty,
Chapter Three[The early childhood days: The Favorites]Ericka finds herself in a difficult situation as she recalls a stage of her youth when, on a summer morning spent on a farm, she anxiously searched through her mother's clothing box for what seemed like an emergency while muttering,"for my double-lined dress, which is the only one I currently own but is now old, worn out, and full of scratches. I have another sort that is brown but has already been used as rags. It has thin, transparent woven fabric linings and is constructed of silky fabric in the color sky blue.”Little Ericka intently peered down at the family's wooden old box before tilting her weary neck and gazing upward in distaste.She gradually became weary of gazing at the long mirror that was affixed to their drawers and hurried over to her shrewd cousins.She is grateful that they got to meet her during her lonely, uninteresting, and pointless childhood.“The Community Center, which was next to the school's border on
CHAPTER FOUR [School days: Mirror reveals}On the first day of the school year, Ericka was getting ready excitedly because she will begin going to school in the first grade. When she sees herself in the mirror while wearing her new primary school uniform, she remembers her goals and aspirations to advance her knowledge, wisdom, and personality unconsciously.That is what she means every time she was been awakened from night sleep in the early dawn when her fathers’ male chickens crow repeatedly but the sunrise doesn’t emerge yet making her feel unconsciously restless from the long hour of waiting as she lay flat beside her mother and youngest brother on the wooden floor covered with a mat made of woven dried buri leaves created by her hardworking mother.As she was in that situation, she has already those wishes and fantasies as her mind lingers saying that,“When I grow bigger, older, and taller, I like to prove to my parents who always thought of me as weak, freak, and incapable of
Chapter Five [ Similarly to a deer running away from predators] Ericka is already in her grade four level. in that community school. After one month, it’s their turn to do the convocation program. Her teacher gave her a poem to memorize for the program.Her mother sews her a pink, simple dress but during the exact day, Ericka shivered and got nervous and she miss one line of her poem.Her mother quickly comes closer to encourage her not to be terrified. Her male teacher also gazes at her seriously making Ericka becomes firm and courageous facing the audience whose eyes focus on her.Her mother laughs when the strong wind blows making her dress fly showing her repaired colorful short underpants as her mother whispered,“My little, tiny girl Ericka. I have more sympathy for you because you are a dreamer and courageous to face life’s challenges. Now, people can see your old, repaired underpants and newly sew dress which suits you. I am happy that you began to endure tough life without