31 Guide

I WAS HONESTLY impressed with the whole place and our newest penthouse which Chadleen, Deon, and I will be sharing for the rest of the nine months.  Nasa baba pa rin kami ng building habang manghang tinitingala ko iyon. The entire area did not seem like tall skyscrapers and expensive hotels that I had always seen in the mortal world. It seemed and felt more like I was a tiny human being standing in a line of books piled on the shelf with, of course, books as the buildings and the unfilled part in their row as the entrance or alleyway to the inside of that place. Iyong building ay parang makakapal na mga hardbound books na tinubuan lang ng mga bintana at pinto at tinitirhan ng iba’t ibang mga beast.

“Insan, hindi kaya magka-stiff neck ka kakatingala sa mga ‘yan?” tukso sa akin ni Chadleen.

I looked at her and smiled widely and toothily, like a child who had visited Charlie’s Chocolate Factory for the first time ever. I