Julienne's Point of View
"Raiza! Doon sa taas ng stage mo iplace ang box na 'yan. Lahat ng nasa loob niyan is the decorations sa stage, and Ralphie, pakikuha iyong blueprint sa stage please, nasa table katabi ng stage.", I said.
And they sunod naman sakin, palapit naman sakin si Katie, which is siya ang kumukuha sa mga entrance fee ng mga sasali sa event and mga palaro this culmination like the Lakambini and Lakandula, the Katutubong Sayaw competition, and etc, lahat iyon may entrance fee para dito pandagdag sa decors or panggastos sa prizes and more.
Ngumiti naman ako kay Katie, "How's the fees?", tanong ko sa kanya, I am the Student Council Treasurer but since, I'am assigned para sa decorations ng stage and all, si Katie muna ngayon since she's the Auditor.
"Done, well, except for the Lakambini and Lakandula, but I think I will have all the fees today since I overheard Chloe na ngayon na magdedecide ang student council if who's the representative for Lakambini and Lakandula," and she winked at umalis na.
Huh? Ang student council ang magdedecide? I thought it is by year-level? Why all of the sudden kami ang magde-decide? It is supposed to be decided by the teachers each year-level if sino ang kanilang representative so over-all eight students ang maglalaban. 4 girls and 4 boys.
But I think there will be a sudden twist of events here.
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Student Council Office
"Are we complete?", tanong ni Queen Chloe kay Queen Zara since she's the secretary, Chloe isn't really familiar with all of us since she's busy and isa pa may mga bago naman kasi na-join samin na senators each year level.
Zara nodded and that is the que for Chloe to start, "So as Ms. Ayana, the principal said, diba as we all know, we--Northernians and Southernians are joined together in every events, and this upcoming culmination of Buwan ng Wika is no different from Nutrition Month, and in Katutubong Sayaw, there will be a fusion of all year level in this campus versus the other campus. The cooking contest for pagkaing pang-Pilipino, it will consist of 10-15 members each campus while the Sabayang Pagbigkas, consist of 10-15 members also, so over-all dalawang team lang ang maglalaban, a friendly game as what our very own Principal said," our Queen Chloe said, sa last sentence naman parang may na-hear ako na mahinang snort of disgust sa room.
Napa-ehem naman si Queen Chloe and continued, "And for the awaited Lakambini and Lakandula, there will be a sudden change also, kukuha tayo ng isang pair para i-represent ang school natin versus the other campus, so technically, dalawang pairs ang maglalaban. By that, here comes the Royals, we will pick a pair from the Royals to represent our school as the Lakambini and Lakandula," and I just found myself na tinignan ng seven dwarves, when I say seven dwarves eh iyong mga ewan ko na ka-Royals that made me roll my eyes.
"And the votings starts now, raise your right hand if you want to nominate yourself or someone," pagkasabi ni Queen Chloe 'nun, we all stare at Zara na tumayo pa talaga with waving hand, which made Chloe and Katie smirk. I just touch my sentido because I know where's this going.
"Queen Julienne Riley Lee," and I heard my name from Zara who's very proud na nag-nominate sakin.
And in the end, majority wins, "Queen Julienne Riley Lee will represent Royal North Academy as our very own Lakambini," ngiti-ngiting sabi ni Queen Chloe na nasa tapat ng white board, "We all know why guys right? She's born with grace and poise, perfect for being a modern Maria Clara, all we have to do is erase the 'modern' in her," and she winked, and of course they agreed, alam na mostly ng population sa Student Council iyan, kami dito, we've been here thick and thin, alam na namin lahat sa isa't isa, well not the side na 'hindi royals', I mean the side ng strengths namin alam na namin.
I didn't bother nang ipagtanggol ang sarili ko, I am about to ipaglaban ang pagiging conyo ko and not the 'malalim tagalog' type na tao but they won't bother to even listen! Kasi nga raw pwede naman i-practice and pwede naman i-study, and with the talent na alam kong sing and dance which is I think na hard, they will just say na practice lang daw.
Wala akong panglaban when Queen Chloe, na dagdag pa with the other Royals, say so.
Currently, not in my saktong mind na malaman ang dahilan kung bakit si Josh ang napiling Lakandula but I'm thankful na siya at least may karamay ako sa hell event na iyon, I mean both campus will watch! Both campus! Maraming angry sakin and then suddenly ako magiging Lakambini?
I should expect eggs that will be thrown on my face then.