Of Frank, Alumni Homecoming, and HotSpot

"UPM. wala raw pasok sabi ni Robert. dahil sa alumni homecoming"

Wala akong pakialam kung anong dahilan nang pagkakansela ng klase bukas, bastas ang idinalangin ko wala talagang klase. Sobrang anxious ako kung totoo ba ang balita kaya nag PM ako kay Stella, nagtext kay sir Barry at humingi ng tulong kay God na sana nga walang klase bukas.

Sir Barry: "HI. DAC confirmed that the rumor is not true. So there are classes tom. See you all. Pls pass to the confusd! :) tnx."

Lintek. Parang gusto ko nang umiyak.

Dumating kami kaninang madaling araw (4am) dito sa Mindoro para sa opening ng HotSpot (oo yun na na ang pangalan ng internet shop ko). Baon ko ang 44php worth ng photox ng readings ko kay Barry. Kahit alam kong hindi ko mababasa to, dinala ko lang just in case magkaroon ako ng time magbasa. Syempre, dahil opening ng shop, yun ang inasikaso ko.

Hindi ko nabasa ang five chapters, reporting bukas. Okay lang. Luluwas na lang ako ng maaga.

"Anong oras ang byahe ng barko bukas ng madaling araw?" "Ay ma'am, may signal po tayo ng bagyo dito sa Mindoro, baka i-cancell po ang byahe ng barko."

Lintek ulit. Pano ang readings ko? Pano ang klase ko? Pano ko aatend kay Barry??

Mangiyak-ngiyak kong kinulit si Yela na iconfirm ulit kay Barry (kahit kinonfirm ko na) kung may klase ba talaga. Wala akong means para makaluwas. Cancelled ang byahe ng barko. Hindi pa ko nakakapagbasa. Worse case scenario, October 2009 graduate ako dahil sa 142. O HINDE!!

Stella (6/20/2008 10:19:18 PM): wala na
Stella (6/20/2008 10:19:21 PM): bnawi na ni barry
Roan (6/20/2008 10:19:26 PM): ha?
Stella (6/20/2008 10:19:28 PM): teka
Stella (6/20/2008 10:19:31 PM): gagawa ulit ako gm
Stella (6/20/2008 10:19:35 PM): weyt lng
Stella (6/20/2008 10:20:27 PM): ganto... binawi na ni barry. wala na raw class sabi ng dac. nd na rin sila magkaklase. so, baka... wala na rin yung DS natin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yahoooooooooo!

Kinakabahan pa rin akong nagtext kay Barry para "magtanong" kung wala nga bang klase kahit na deep inside gusto ko nang magmakaawang i-cancell nya ang klase dahil hindi ako handa.

"To my 142 class: DAC finally decided to cancel class tom. I received txt just now. Pls tell your classmates that we will instead meet next week. Haay, ang gulo ng UP, masisiraan ako ng ulo. -barry"

Halos magkasabay bumuhos ang malakas na ulan at ang aking mga luha ng kagalakan. Pero dahil masyado akong natense bago ang magandang balita, hindi ko na nagawa pang umiyak.

Maraming salamat Alumni Homecoming, Frank, DAC, Yela, at sa Poong Maykapal. Kaninang hapon pa ko nagdarasal na sana walang klase bukas kahit alam kong imposible yun. Ngayon, sa gitna ng bagyo, wala palang imposible.

Nakanaks! Matutulog na ko! :D

While Everyone Else is Starting Their Own Families

I was shocked to hear that my gradeschool friend and rival for the salutatorian spot already has a two year old kid. Aside from that, a lot of my gradeschool friend from Pasay are already starting (started) their own families.

My blockmates (PolSci) graduated last April. Some are going to law school, others are pursuing different carreers, while others are either starting their own breed or bumming around. When everyone else is basking in the glory of their diplomas, kids, or the essence of "rest", here I am in Mindoro starting our (mommy's and my) very own internet shop.

We started the tedious work of renovating the place today. There isn't really much to fix except for the computer tables, counter, and networking of the place. I'm hoping to have this shop open by next week.

Can anyone please help me choose a name for the shop?

Anyway, I'll be posting pictures of the work progress very soon. But for now, Day 1 is over.