L O V E ?

Kabanata 12

JEM'S POV

"You  ready?" Tanong ko sa katabi ko ngayon habang hinihintay ang mga namamahala sa school.

Natapos na rin naming iset lahat ng kailangan para handa.

Binalingan ako nito ng tingin. She smiled. "Always ready."

Nagtanguhan lang kaming dalawa at hindi na nagsalita.

Kinakabahan pa rin ako kahit na medyo sanay na ako sa ganito. I mean ibang-iba naman 'yong sa academic at dito.

"Good Morning po." Biglang bati ng katabi ko ng may mga pumasok na tao."Good Morning." Bati ko rin at yumuko.

Mas dumoble ang naramdaman kong kaba kaysa kanina.

Tinanguan kami ni Ms.Likha para sabihing maaari na kaming mag-umpisa.

Nasa kaniya-kaniya na nilang table 'yong copies at nakaopen na rin 'yong presentation.

Nagkatinginan muna kami ni Alice bago nag-umpisa.

Alice put a smile on her face,so as me.
"Good Morning ma'am,sir. I'd like to quickly introduce myself. I'm Alice." Panimula nito at tumingin sa akin. "Good Morning. I'm Jem."

"We're here to discuss the plans that we created for the biggest event in this school." Napahinga ng maluwag si Alice na parang nabunutan ng tinik sa lalamunan. "Where in every year on the month of October,talent of students of MNL University will be shown to entire people who'll watch the event."

"As per the last event,it was a blast,indeed. We seen an amazing event. It became a talk,not just in Manila but the entire Philippines.The theme was: Talent,show it off! because we've seen lots of talents and skills."

"Adding a different flavor to it would make it better.We want some new to people's eyes,ears and feelings."

"L O V E? LOVE. That's what we want for the people to feel for the event. Make their eyes in a deep contact, make their ears hear,make them feel the love. We want to reach them."

"Eyes for the performance, ears for the music, heart for the soul of it.Eyes see, ears hear, heart feels,it will come at once and will spread in their entire brain,so you won't forget. Unforgettable;Memorable.That's our kind of event,the L O V E? LOVE VIRUS." Pagtatapos ni Alice sa umpisa ng aming presentation. Gagi,ang galing.

Wala pang 30 minutes ay natapos na namin ang pagprepresent. Tagiktik ang tumutulong pawis sa amin na patuloy na naming pinupunasan para maging presentable pa rin sa kanilang harap.

Kanina habang nagprepresent kami ay tinitigan din nila ang copies dahil 'yon ang magiging basehan nila.

Nagkatinginan ang mga ito. Pinag-iisipan ng mabuti ang presentation namin.

Tumikhim ang may-ari ng school na nakapagpawindang sa akin.

Ilang segundo ang tinagal ng kaniyang pagtingin sa amin.

Ngumiti ito ng pagkatamis-tamis at pumalakpak. Lahat sila ay nagpapalakpakan na.

"I love it just like L O V E? LOVE."

Nagkayapakan kaming dalawa ni Alice. Pareho kaming tuwang-tuwa sa narinig namin.

"Approved." All of them made a thumbs up.

We bowed and say thank you to them before leaving.

"Congratulations!Galing niyo." Puri ni Ms.Likha sa amin at ang matindi nakangiti rin ito.