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1st Person's POV
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"Mrs.Patricia... Bakit hindi niyo sinabing sa ganitong paaralan ako papasok? Hindi ako ready.", I said
(Hahaha, sorry dear we thought you'd be happily surprised. Don't you like it?)
"Hindi naman sa ganun pero wala akong ideya sa ganitong paaralan, at ibang iba ang mga tao ditto compared to my former schools. Di ko ata kayang makibagay sa kanila. This is too much.. And I can't wear the bracelet, ayaw kong makuryente anytime dahil lahat naman ng nandito bago sa akin. KAya hindi ko maiwasang mamangha at mabigla"
(shh shh...okay okay, you can take it off .But don't forget to make friends.Anyway are you still in the clinic, Mr. Crawl told me what happened)
"Ah opo."
(Okay.. I need to hung up now but before that, contact as if somethings wrong..)
"Ano bang meron sa pagpunta ko ditto? Tss", saad ko as I turned off my phone.
Im here at the library and no one noticed me with my phone. The library was really big and wide, it was like a maze, and I don't know if I'll get lost. The shelves are 4x my height but Im not really into books. Akala ko kunti lang ang mga tao ditto dahil break time but there are hundred worms swarming the books.
Where's the quiet place that I can have me and myself moment?
Tiningnan ko ang watch ko and 15 minutes already passed. Umalis na ang ilang mga estudyante ditto sa library kaya nabawasan narin. 9:45 pa at 10:05 ang start ng next class ko but I decided to follow the exit and search for my room section.
Africa
Tasmania
Russia
Japan
Saudi Arabia
Canada
Ohh.. I can't believe this.
Am I having a world tour? By the way it's the name of the sections in each room I passed by. I already took a peak from the other rooms and it was really cool.
I like this school.
By the way ,ang sekson ko ay Australia at hindi ko alam kung bakit ako nasa seksyon ng Australia, I was expecting kasi na Pilipinas ang seksyon room ko dahil pinay naman ako. But I guess it does not work like that...
Pinakadulo ang sekyson ko malapit sa isang malawak na balcony...
Wow...
This school is really upgraded, hindi ko tuloy alam kung nababagay ako dito.
Now, how could I survive here?
May tumitingin sa akin, mayroong ring hindi ...more like walang pakialaman dahil ilang tao na ang nakabangga ko na wala man lang imik. May ilan naman na nagsorry dahil sa katangahan nila...
Where on earth am I?
Namukhaan ko pa ang babaeng nakita ko sa clinic na nakikipaghalikan. Yumuko ako nung tumingin sa direksyon ko.
"Hey!", sigaw niya.
Ako ba?
"Ikaw na may hawak ng school layout, black hair", tawag pa niya..
(Ako ata)
Tumingin ako sa kaniya and she was coming.
"Ako?", tinuro ko ang sarili ko.
Ngumiti naman siya at tumango. Parang ang friendly niya.
"yes, you", saad niya ng makalapit.
Masiyahin siyang tao.
"Are you the newbie? Hell, yeah, Mrs. Ruzzel Mason.. haha, weird name.... Hi ako pala si Leizelle Styles, and I'llbe your tour guide, hence im the newly elected president of our section Australia.", pagpapakilala niya.
Muntik na akong masamid sa sinabi niya.
Magka-klase kami?
Oh.
I feel awkward at the same time shy.. Parang wala lang naman sa kaniya ang mag-approach ng isang new comer.. ako lang tong feeling awkward sa kaniya. Hindi naman ako ganito dati, siguro epekto ito ng pagkukulong ko sa amoy anesthetic na basement nay un.
Without any intention, dumako ang mga eyeball ko sa malulusog niyang dibdib, because of what I saw in the clinic.
I wonder whose the boy hence I found the girl.
"Ahmm", pigil ko sa 'king atensyon.
Kung nakita niya sana ako kanina, baka ako ang taong iiwasan niya but, her? NA ah, flirting inside an exclusive university might be a culture, im introduced to that, just few moments ago.
I almost jumped when the girl locked his arms with mine. I can feel the whole surrounding being heated and I can't bare the closeness we have with this stranger.
I was trying to remove my arms from hers but she pulled me closer.
Geez... is everybody wants me to graduate for being a girl too? You know, to become a lesbian?
"So, for now, let me guide you to our paradise. And after that, probably this afternoon, im going to tour you around the campus", she said.
MAsiyahin talaga siya... I can feel her energetic aura you know. We walk through the alley and I can feel the eyes staring at this direction. I caught one, a guy with eye glasses, and his looking straight to this girl taller than me for I think an inch.
Can't deny, this Leizelle girl is a beauty.
"TADA!!!"
Nagulat ako sa lakas ng boses niya at muntikan akong matumba ng inalis niya ang braso niyang nakakawit sa aking braso na susupurta sana sa akin sa panibagong surprisa.
I parted my lips unconsciously pero sinara ko naman agad. I never seen a round room before.
Ah right. We are in the top floor and we have a dome room.
How could I describe this depite of the mini-theater desk arrangement and aesthetic shading on the walls and the white board?
This is an other dimension. Oh my..
How many surprises would I receive this day, I may end up mute for the shock.
"So, this our paradise, we have our rule here darling, no phones... Nakikita mo ba yang Basket sa gilid ng table ni Prof?", she said habang nakaturo sa isang basket sa harapan.
"ah oo", I uttered.
"So, that's the very first rule. Ilagay mo na yang mamahalin mong phone and you may take your seat their ...row 1 first seat and don't' worry about the phone, we can have it after the last subject this morning.. So we can use it in the afternoon, but reminding you, no phones allowed during classes.", tumango lang ako.
Nakatingin ang ilang mga estudyante sa akin. Well, its normal but I hate it.
I feel nervous damn. At hindi talaga biro ang pumasok sa isang international school dahil marami na talaga akong nakikitang iba't ibang lahi ditto sa theater like na silid namin.
"Go now, before our prof come", nakangiting saad ni Leizelle.
Kinuha ko naman agad ang phone ko at nilagay dun at agad akong lumapit kay Leizelle.
"hey, uhm Leizelle.. Im so nervous right now", I honestly said that made her laugh.
"Don't be, wala ka namang ginawang kasalanan.... "
"Okay ladies you may take your seat", nagulantang ako sa taong nagsalita sa likuran namin.
"Ayan na si Sir. ", she said at naunang umalis.
Napalunok ako.
"Oh, young lady. Come here", the teacher said when I just take 4 steps forward.
Pinapunta niya ako sa harap.
"Go on, help your self", he said more like saying.. Introduce your self.
I breath in..
Please, come in...
I breath in...
"So.. uhm.. hello, anong gusto niyong gamitin kung wika mukhang mini earth tong nainvade ko dahil sa dami ng iba't ibang lahi", I started that made them laugh.
Im still nervous, but I manage to give a shot with my back up character. It was like, im nervous but my mouth is very confident to talk.
"Chinese", The chinito at the last row suggested.
"No, you can talk in Hindi?", saad naman ng mukhang Indian na babae.
"Add Korean"
"Plus, French"
"Okay class, stop... baka malito ang bago niyong kaklase", Sir said, and everyone really stopped talking.
But my back up character accept the challenge.
"Goodmorning(in Chinese)"
"good morning", (Korean)
"Goodmorning",(Hindi)
"good Morning", (French)
"My name is Ruzzel Mason", I said in 4 different languages
"And im challenge to be one of the people in the paradise of Australia" (in English)
"Feel free to be my friend and I will love you ... goodmorning classmates!", my new character said in a friendly and happy way.
But still, im under the split personality, so deep inside, I was obviously nervous and in my mind im just listening to what my new charcter is saying right now.
But I guess, my back up character whom I called voice 911 did a good job because she always speak up whenever im lost, confused or weak to deal someone with my own real words. The whole class laugh and applaud me for my personality, and they happily said welcome just like this:
"Welcome to paradise"
"You are truly one of the family, welcome"
"This paradise would be our home"
"Welcome to section Australia"
"We are family not friends but anyway Welcome haha"
"Welcome"
That made me calm so I keep voice 911 to do my first day, and im just their listening and happy.
So yeah, isa sa multi-mutation ko is Split Personality. It sounds bipolar but no, Mrs. Patricia said, it was a talent. And I agree because im not someone who should visit a psychiatrist.