Novel & Cerita How Many Days Until My Birthday

Nakulitan na rin siguro dahil tinadtad ko ng text at tawag kung nasaan ba siya. “Hello Jelay. Pambihira ka naman, sis. Aba'y tatlong araw na akong tumatawag at text sa iyo. My God! Birthday na next week ni Seven, pero wala ka. Nasaan ka ba ha, Jelay?!” napipika ko ng sabi sa kaniya.

Isa pa kailangan may ma ipost ako sa social media para makita ni mommy at hindi ako nitong pilitin pa na magpakasal sa kung sinong Poncho Pilato. Bumalik ako sa gym at sa pag-gym ko nilabas ang frustration ko. My birthday is fast approaching sa bawat taon ay tumatanda na ako. I will be twenty eight this year kaya hindi ko rin masisi si mommy kung bakit panay ang pilit nito na magpakasal na ako. The next morning came. Ngayon ang araw na magbabakasyon kami sa amin. Isang buwan din ako magbabakasyon at kapag tapos na ako sa bakasyon ay balik naman ako sa sunod-sunod na trabaho.

ani ni Jea. Inalala ko kung ilang taon na ako dahil ni minsan ay hindi ko na cenelebrate ang kaarawan ko. Tinignan ko ulit kung anong petsa ngayon at nagulat ako dahil. “Twenty-eight ngayong araw,” ani ko.

I'm not expecting to know my birth date. "Yeah, June twenty-nine nineteen-ninety seven. And you're already twenty-two, hmm.” “When is your birthday then?” tanong ko. Nakakahiya pa dahil nga alam niya ang sa akin, pero ako ni hindi ko man lang alam ang kaniya. “Baby, when?”

Malapit na kasi ang birthday niya and he's turning 25 years old this September 30. Two weeks from now na yun. Medyo kukulangin sa oras pero kakayanin dahil gusto ko kasi siyang i-surprise. Sayang nga lang dahil hindi makakadalo sina Mommy at Daddy kasi nasa vacation sila. One month silang maglilibot sa buong mundo at kaaalis lang nila nung isang araw. Gusto sana ni Mommy yung plan ko pero nakaschedule na yung trip nila kaya wala na siyang nagawa. Nagbilin na lang siya na if may kailangan pa ako ay ready lang ang secretary ni Daddy na tumulong.

"Eyah naman. Birthday mo ngayon. Nakalimutan mo ba?" Napatulala ako roon. I had a lot of things in mind that I forgot. I wasn't aware of the date, and birthdays were not something I was anticipating. I'm twenty two today. Others feel special on their birthdays, while I couldn't be happy. Every year of celebrating is just a normal day, like there isn't something to look forward to anymore. Sometimes I even dread it because every time I celebrate it, something bad happens. "Happy birthday, hija! Hayaan mo. Bibilhan kita ng cake mamaya."

Hanggang sa pumunta ang dulo ng hinlalaki niya sa nunal ko na nasa ibaba lang ng mata ko. “Ilang taon ka na? ‘Di naman halata na ang tanda mo na.” “Because I’m not. I’m just twenty-seven, turning twenty-eight in a few months.” “Oh? Kailan ang birthday mo?” “March.” “March?” What is this sudden questions? As much as possible, I don’t want to remember that day. Kulang na lang, ipatanggal ko na iyon sa kalendaryo. “Master, March ano?” “Five.”

sagot ng isang lalaki. “Ginagawa niyang rest day namin ang birthday n’ya. Kaya baka gawin n’ya ulit ngayon,” sabat naman ng isa. So April 20 ang birthday n’ya. He’ll turn 29 na this month. “Let’s do an advance plan na lang. Instead of 20 gawin nating 19 or 18.” Nakita ko ang pagtango nilang lahat. “Sige po.”

Today is April 24 2021. I cannot wait until it turns April 24, 2022. I've been looking forward to that date because on that day I'm turning 18. After that day I can finally be free. I can do anything I want, I can finally fulfil everything that I have planned to do for myself to prepare for my future. That day will be the start of my independent life and the beginning of my adulthood journey. But how I wish that time paused on April 24, 2021, I wish I never turned 18. How I wish I died on the day I was born.

Shailene's POV Today is my twenty-fourth birthday and I really don't want to have a celebration. I'm too busy in our business but mom really want to have and it's in a garden birthday pa. Like, the heck. I'm like a teenage girl who wants to always have a casual party. I'm now walking at the red carpet when I saw a guy in front and I think, a lawyer? I guess or a judge. What the heck is happening today?