Lahat ng Kabanata ng Blue Corn Moon: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 4

I was sitting in the peaceful grass. I can hear the birds hum. I can see the white soft looking clouds up the blue sky. It was a very light and sunny Friday. And it was my eleventh birthday.I am at the meadow near our field to celebrate my birthday alone. As always. I live with my biological parents, but we never celebrated my birthday together.Ever since I grew up, I noticed how different my family is from others. Like today, they never celebrated even one of my birthdays. They never drop me off nor fetch me in my first day of school. They were never there. So I had to make everything alone.Hindi ko maiwasan ang hindi mainggit noon. I was just six when I knew everything about me is different. Gusto ko man magtanong ay hindi ko na nagawa. Hanggang ngayon."Mama, sabi po ni teacher, kailangan daw po umattend ang parents-""Sa Yaya mo ka lumapit." then she walks away.I was left there with the paper my teacher told us to bring back to her once the guardian signed it.We have a maid.

It's my first day in school but I couldn't focus. The eye to eye with a stranger a while ago brought a different feeling. Tuloy ay sa buong paunang klase ay wala akong naintindihan. Buti na nga lang ay puro pagkilanlan lang ang nangyari.We are at our third subject teacher when a woman interrupted the class. Lahat kami ay nakatingin sa kaniya sa may pintuan. Her hair is long black hair and her skin is fair as a paper. She looks so beautiful but her face and expression is as cold as snow. "Yes, Miss?" asked by our teacher."I'm sorry. I'm late,” the woman said without any humor and sincerity.Tahimik lang na nakamasid ang mga kaklase ko. Nang lingunin ko ang teacher ay parang nawalan din ito ng sasabihin. She eventually cleared her throat and gestured the woman to come in. It made me think that the woman is an old student. Our teacher seems to know her. "Come in,” pumasok naman iyong babae. "Since it's the first day of class, I wiill let you in. But this isn't tolerable if it happene