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1st Person's POV
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Nagcommute ako papunta sa school dahil hindi pa bumabalik si Mr.C sa basement mula kahapon. Ayaw ko namang abalain si doktora dahil busy talaga siya sa kaniyang ginagawa lalo na't kong nandun ako sa basement mas maraming oras ang ginugol niya sa akin, at than doing her research. So I want her to continue her usual work and never bother her.
Doktora is really like a mom, and she always reminds me of my mom as I do to her reminding his favorite nephew.
Kamusta na kaya si Megan at si Inay?
Haist.. Ilang buwan na ang nakalipas pero hindi pa rin nauubos ang poster ng mukha kong may nakapaskil na malaking WANTED MISSING PERSON. And to avoid that, im having a new face, as a disguise, at hindi ko maiwasang maging unkomportable dahil parang may makapal na makeup ang nakadikit sa mukha ko.
And to survive, I let voice 911 take the spotlight. At sa hindi ko man lang inisip na magpapansin siya sa mukhang body builder na security guard ng paaralan ay naisip ni Voice 911, let me flashback 25 minutes ago.
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"Hi, Mr. Guard looking tough this morning.... Oww, you deserve a good morning"
>>> end of the flashback<<<
And that is how Voice 911 started my second day at HighLand. She was really shameless, tss.
8:00 ang start ng klase namin pero parang kompleto na kami ditto sa seksyon Australia.
"Anong meron?", voice 911 said ng maabutan ang mga kaklase kong tila nagmemeeting.
"you're here, hows your day", bungad ni Leizeill na nasa harapan kasama ang dalawang lalaki.
"Getting started."
"Okay, isa na lang ang hinihintay natin and we will discuss all the matters", she said.
"Ano bang meron?", tanong ko sa seat mate kong Nippon.
"Preparation.. Malapit na kasi ang sports fest sa huling linggo ng susunod na buwan. May alam kang sports?" (in Japanese language)
"Ah, ganun ba. Parang ang aga naman ata ng preparasyon", (voice 911 in Japanese language)
"Actually its late, did'nt you know, our paradise is always late when it comes to planning things.", sabat ng nasa likuran namin na si Sionil Geynavazcovly, nabasa ko sa name tag niya.
Ngayon ko lang siya nakausap and its easy to know their names dahil may name tag ang uniporme namin, it serves as our id, Yung mga senior highschoolers name tag. Ang mga junior highschools at elementary i.ds and yung mga college, i.d rin pero walang tali, so its like a credit card.
"Im Sionil, Russian, its been 6 years here at Highland and I play football", pagpapakilala niya.
"Nice to meet you.. Wala bang shake hand?", saad ni voice 911 that made me facepalm my brain.
Walang hiya talaga.
"Hahaha, if you insist", natatawang saad ni Sionil at inabot nga ang kamay sa akin.
"From where is Mason?", he said.
"Ah, may dad is a Half British, so probably Britain. Pero nanatili kami dito sa Plipinas since then", voice 911 said
But to tell you honestly, dugong pinoy ako, puro ba, native. Ocampo pala ang totoong surname ko.
"I see.."
"So.. guys heads up!!!", tawag pansin ni Leizelle na nasa harapan.
"Again, we will be discussing about the upcoming sports feist. And not to take any longer dahil 10 minutes lang nang natitira bago mag last bell. Kindly submit your names and the sport you wanted to join kay Tyler and your suggestions for our section booth kay Akini, you have a lot of time to decide for your participation... And for the next and last meeting, we'll have it after our last subject this morning. Any objections?", she said.
Napailing ako at the back of my mind. I never thought of something as brief as this meeting.
"And that is how our President manage the class. Don't worry Ruzzel (pronounce as Rahzil), this class is a fortune itself, hindi tayo nahuhuli(in Russian). "
And normal classes started, and I have my first recitation in our Calculus subject which I almost faint because im not that good when it comes to Math. At walang masyadong masabi si Voice 911 because her limitation also depends on my intellect.
And as a student, hindi nakakatawa ang klasymeyt mong hindi masagot ang tanong ng teacher, so its like the old days. Kung hindi ko nasagot, the teacher will passed it to another student.
We also have a partner in our homework research, and I was paired with Akini Yakamoto. He has the sharpest eye in this room. And I find it cool, his eyes is not that narrow .And his a Japanese, and im getting to kow him more mamaya sa break time. The research will be passed after 7 days, medyo mahirap rin kasi ang research dahil magpopokus kami sa mga estudyante dito sa Highland. And it is hard dahil dadalawa lang kami pero ang sabi ni Sir 'the lesser the lighter the job done.'
And we are 40 in this section, so there are 20 pairs hoping na walang magkakaparehong ideya kundi, mapipilitan ang isang paris na bumuo ng bagong konsepto.
May naibigay na 30 minutes sa amin na mag-isip ng paksa ng research namin.
"Naiintindihan mo ang Japanese diba?", saad ni Akini (in japanese language)
"Oo", I replied
"Okay, there's no problem in expressing my thoughts then. Okay lang ba sayo kung ang ang research natin ay tungkol sa Major Filipino language na ginagamit ng mga estudyante ditto sa paaralan(in Japanese)", he asked.
"Oo... kahit mahirap wala rin naman akong maisip", (in Japanese language) ... natatawang saad ko more like sinabi ni Voice 911.. tsk
"Okay then", Akini said at tumayo at isinulat sa pisara ang paksa namin.
Akini and Ruzzel- Major Language: What do the Highland students think of it as a policy of an International University.
'WOAAH. Akini and Ruzzel, parang babae lang at lalaki ah. I think Akini ang babae." Sigaw ng klasmeyt naming may red orange ang buhok. His accent is very funny too.
Para namang naoffend si Akini at sinugod ang lalaki.
Inaawat sila ni Sir at iba naming kaklase pero kailangan nilang pumunta sa detentions office mamayang hapon.
"Mainitin talaga ang ulo", (in Japanese) saad ng lalaking nasa likuran namin na Japanese rin.
"Giovanni is a pain in the ass. I hate him in many ways", sabi naman ng kapartner niya. Medyo unfamiliar sakin ang accent niya pero its still good.
"What will happen to Akini and Giovanni?", asked Voice 911
"it depends. We don't know the punishment but it would be a minor for sure"
"Nakakaintindi ka ng mga lenggwahe diba? Sa wakas, hindi ko kailangang mag-english at Filipino sa bawat kaklase ko." (in Japanese), saad ng lalaki sa akin.
"So, you are Miko Kazayura and Elamore de Pella." Sabi ni voice 911 ng mabasa ko ang kanilang name tag.
"Yup and that asshole who offended your partner is my brother", sabi ni Elamore
"Taga-saan ka Ela?'
"From Italy but I used to study here when I was elementary and just got back last year", she said.
I like their introduction, hindi masyadong plain kasi atleast meron silang dinadagdag na kunting background.
"By the way, your topic is almost the same as ours. About the major language but don't worry its more on how to use the language for better communication", saad ni Elamore.
"Ideya mo?' I asked.
"Nope, I think this Japanese guys have the same problem with languages haha", Elamore said.
"Its true, we Japanese talk Japanese, other languages is not for development. So we use own language to understand all aspects we want to create. Japanese talking in own language means better understanding. Not like Filipinoes, adapting foreign languages and many don't understand-the worst to create their goal", saad ni Miko.
"Tama ka diyan...", Elamore said,
"Yeah, so look at these people", roam eyes to our classmates having a hard time talkin wit their foreign partners.
"They don't really understand each other, they prefer working on their own expressing their thoughts on their language. Diba? Buti na lang kahit papaano naiintindihan natin ang Filipino kung hindi, matagal na akong umalis dito, go back to Japan study on a public school."
Natawa ako sa accent niya but the fact is not new to us, language is really important for delivering the best we have in mind.
"And you are talented to understand more languages but are you sure you don't get mixed up", Elamore asked.
Yeah, Im too lucky, i dont pick my words, i just pick my language, literally. And they'll surely understand.
"Nope, its talent and its very natural to come out. An its okay fo me Miko, you can talk to me in nihongo", voice 911 said..
Tsk... mayabang rin pala kala ko isip bata at walang hiya. Mayabang rin pala.. *Face palm*
"Oh where is Aki and Giovanni?", tumingin ako sa harap dahil dumating ang guro sa susunod na klase namin.
"San Chi, where'd they go?", tanong ni Ela sa kabilang column.
"Detention", she said.
"Opps, change of rules. I thought detainees are always meeting up after classes", Ela said.
Natapos na ang 30 minutes at break time na.
Lumapit ulit si Leizelle sakin kasama ang dalawang kaibigan niya.
"Sorry for the commotion, new comer. High school stuffs like that, hindi talaga naiiwasan. Huwag kang mag-aalala as the class president, gagawa ako ng paraan para walang mauulit na ganun. Don't be scared", saad niya at ngumiti.
"Naku, its okay. Wala lang yun, I've seen worst in my former school", voice 911 reasoned out and they started talking nonsense again.
At ngayon ko lang napagtanto na pareho sina Leizeille at voice 911 sa pagiging madaldal at friendly, kaya pala hindi sila nauubusan ng salita eh. Sana hindi naiinis ang dalawang kaibigan ni Leizelle sakin, lalo na't clingy si Leizelle sa akin and she talks more to me than she does to her two friends.
I guess, I found a friend then unexpectedly and unwanted.
"Aki!", gulat na saad ni Leizelle ng muntikan niyang mabangga si Akini na may seryosong mukha.
"Pasensya na Ruzzel, pero hindi ako ang magiging kapartner mo sa research.(in Japanese). But you can still research about my idea and I will not be your partner anymore. I need to partner up with Giovanni.. our punishment,.. so there's a change of partner. And you know Max?, He'll be your partner. Nakakinis na Italyano!(In Japanese)", At umalis si Akini.
"But still goodluck to those old friends, I hope they'll come up with another research", Saad ni Leizelle in a worried voice habang nakatingin sa papalayong si Akini.
But suddenly,
"Oh my gosh girl, Max will be your partner? That perverted hot guy? I guess your lucky, but be careful... his irresistible", saad ni Leizeille sa akin.
And I was just a straight face in my thoughts like, okay.
"Yup, his damn handsome too, you should be careful or your heart breaks hihi .. Ingat-ingat friend", sabi ni Nicole, friend ni Leizeille. She's a half pinoy and German.
"Im excited then... ", bigla akong nagambala sa sabat ni Voice 911.
What the!! Wala akong inisip na ganun ah.
Gosh, walang hiya talaga to!