Learning is an ongoing process, a path that we should take throughout eternity. We have so much to learn, and a lot of ways on how to be able to do so.Ako, nakasanayan ko nang mag-self-study. I prefer knowing things than letting other people tell them to me. Ayaw ko sa spoon-feeding, I strive to gain knowledge. Consequently, a lot of people wishes to be like me.Whenever I achieve something, like garnering an award that raises the pride of my school, it is announced in the official page of the school. In there, a sea of comments shows me how much people want to be me.'How to be you po?' is the most common phrase I am receiving from strangers. But in the case of the people who know me or to the ones who think they do, they may not directly ask it, but I know they are saying, 'How to be not you, Heather?'I never asked that to myself, until a particular day came. Really, how to be not me?It was more destructive than a volcanic erruption, more painful than failed promises, worse than
Napangiti ako nang makita ang umuusok at mukhang masarap na ulam sa ibabaw ng lamesa. I didn't have enough time to learn for another recipé so I made a sweet meat once again. I failed in the first try. I followed the same procedure, but this time, with the correct ingredients.Kumuha ako ng kutsarita at tinikman ito. Like what I perceived, it tastes good. It tastes like a sweet meat, thank you very much."Manang, the breakfast is ready. Tell Lord to come over."Agad namang tumalima si Manang Ymir. Narinig ko pa ang nga yabag niya paakyat ng hagdan bago ako dahan-dahang umupo at napatingin sa blangkong upuan ng asawa ko.Asawa ko.That sounds really weird and unrealistic. Sa isang katulad kong never nagkaroon ng love experience, everything is having a hard time to sink in.Last night, with his half-closed eyes and hoarse voice, he asked me to remove his coat for him. I obliged. Nang makahiga siya, tinanggal ko rin ang medyas niya at ang pang-itaas niyang damit. I made sure to make him
I was watching "The Wild Child" on TV when I was notified that our grades for the first semester is finally posted online.I opened the student portal. I wasn't in a hurry because I am confident of what I will see, plus, I am strangely not in the mood. It's just that I already want to take a screenshot of my straight-1.0 grades—which indeed was the results—and brag it to my cousins. Surely, they don't have the same perfect grades as I have.Yet as soon as I confirmed that my assumption is correct, my vision turned blurry and my head started to turn. I fainted. I was sent to the hospital by the maids. When I woke up, mom is beside me, her face reflected a tender worry. From that very moment she already knew the truth, but she didn't say a thing about it.Unlike my father, mom never showed how upset she was when I got pregnant by accident. But I know, she was disappointed more than any other specie ever existed. No, she wasn't disappointed at me, but with how fate smartly played with us
Nanginginig ang kamay ko habang nakatitig sa ika-pitong pahina ng magazine na hawak ko.Top Business Trends magazine issues articles about different companies or businesses every other two months, and this copy I have in my hands was released yesterday. Lord handed it to me this morning and told me that it is what they had been doing for days.La Villamorés' Real Estate Agency is the subject of TBT magazine's May and June issue. I am proud of Lord, yes, and this achievement almost made me tell him how proud I am. But, of course, I'm not going to let myself do that. Masyadong mahal ang papuri ng isang Heather Cassia.Every page is making me smile, until I flipped it on the seventh page where Bridgette and him are portrayed both. It is stated in here how good their partnership is. It includes narratives on how and when did they start to work together, the challenges they encountered and how they were able to face them, their achievements for over two years, and there's a single subtopic
I remember Lord mentioning about the party he's going to attend. He even asked me if I want to go with him, but I refused. I guess, this party is the one he's been talking about.Now, I just arrived. I am here to claim my should-be position—the part where Bridgette is now in. I am the first choice, the supposed-to-be Lord Lavigne's date in this party.With my royal blue dress shining like the seawater as it reflects the starry night sky, I headed to the wide and tall double-door of the venue.The two men at the entrance looked at me in awe, amazed by my refulgent face. Oh, am I just praising my self? No, of course not."Good afternoon, Miss." The one in a cyan tuxedo smilingly approached. "What's your name?"The brunette guy in a vintage-color suit asked, "Do you have an invitation?"I blinked my eyes . . . and blinked again. "Invitation? What invitation?" I asked, ignoring the first one who asked my name. Of course, I know what invitation he's referring to, I'm just a little bit cons
Hindi naman nagtagal ay nadako sa aming direksiyon ang tingin ng dalawa. Mukhang hindi pa nila ako namukhaan agad, pero halatang nagulat sila nang marahil rumehistro na sa kanilang isipan kung sino ngayon ang babaeng nakatingin sa kanila.I can say that it's hard to secrete whatever chaos I have inside, but all my life I trained myself to conceal my emotions, and so I managed not to react a bit.Napansin ko ang pasimpleng pagtanggal ni Lord sa kamay ni Bridgette na nakasalikop sa kamay niya at lumapit sa amin. Sumunod naman ang malandi niyang arkitekto at pasimpleng ngumisi sa akin.Again, I didn't react. Tinanggal ko ang tingin sa kanila at muling sinipat ang aking pambisig na relo. Pero halos mapamura ako sa pagkadismaya nang makitang wala nga pala akong relo. Nawala.Sanay na kasi tayo. Iyon ang masakit.Bumuga ako ng hangin at piniling tumingin na lang ulit kay Daddy na ngayon ay kay Lord na nakaharap."Mr. Del Puerto," Lord formally acknowledge my father as he offered his hand fo
It's been an hour since I have finished my dinner. Manang Ymir only prepared a single dish-sweet meat it is.Recently, I came to know that Lord loves sweet meat Iike my father. Sa sobrang yaman niya, misteryo pa rin para sa akin kung bakit napaka-simple ng mga ganap sa buhay niya. He's not a luxurious man, unlike me who doesn't even want to wear a dress that has been worn, or to use an object that already fell on the ground.One time, when Manang is about to cook something, she asked me what particular recipe I'd love to eat, so perhaps she can prepare one. For the very first time, someone asked me what I like. It feels so strange so I had no idea what to say.What do I like, really? What do I want?I did live in a wealthy family, but now that I come to think of it, I never really recognized what I really like. It seemed like I want everything I can touch, and I'm going to have them because I have the money to do so.When it comes to my fashion stuff, I get everything I see beautiful.
Ever since it was justified that the world is round, I started listing the groups of people in this universe that I don't really need to deal with during my not-so-intriguing lifetime.First, STRANGERS.I blinked my eyes twice, trying to convince my self that it's not really happening, that I bumped my head on the wall or something, and everything's just a hallucination.Okay, okay. Breathe in. Breathe out."Miss, ah, p'wede bang umusog ka kahit kaunti lang? Naiipit na kasi ang tiyan ko. Pasensiya na, buntis kasi ako."Damn. It's not a hallucination. I am really in a vehicle with three wheels, and I remember the days when I don't even care what to call it! Dahil sa nagkanda-leche-lecheng pangyayari sa araw na ito, I couldn't even have the guts to know the fucking reasons why Heather Cassia is in a tricycle!"No need to tell me that you're pregnant. Not that I'm stupid to think that you're carrying a moon in your stomach." Umikot ang mata ko at hindi tinapunan ng tingin ang katabi kong