Checkmate, Mr. Great!

06

"Doc, saturday po pala bukas..."panimula ko.

"I know Miss Inez," he said without leaving his eyes on what he was reading. "As far as I can remember hindi pa naman ako makakalimutin,"

Ang daming sinabi, Doc. Magpapalam lang ang person eh.

"Ireremind ko lang po sana na gaya po ng ipinagpaalam ko. Hindi po ako papasok every saturday, okay lang po ba? Pero po promise I'll complete my duty hours."

"Okay lang naman sa'kin." His closed lips were even wider. "But it depends on your answer to my question,"

Confidence akong tumango dahil sanay naman na ako sa impromptu sa halos ilang taon na akong nag aaral lalo na sa college, ngunit ng marinig ko ang tanong nito ay talagang nagsalubong ang kilay ko dahil sa pagkalito.

"Miss Inez, If you're in a library seating alone at a long table, where are you going to put your bag?" he asked with his eyes that smile in amusement. "Will you put it in another chair beside you or would you rather put it on the table in front of you?"

I tilted my head sideward, trying to figure out what will I do. "The first one,"

"Okay, thank you, Miss Inez. You may now leave."

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Halos bente minutos na, simula ng makarating ako sa bahay pero hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin ako mapalagay sa kung bakit parang mali ang naging sagot ko. Napapaisip tuloy ako kung pinayagan ako ng doktor na mag day off bukas o hindi.

Binuksan ko ang laptop ko at sinubukang hanapin ang kanyang tanong. Pero nabigo lang ako, hindi ko makita, wala rin sa internet. Damn. Is that one of his psychology tricks? Bakit parang hindi naturo sa'min 'yon?

After wasting almost an hour of my time thinking, tyaka ko lang naalala na I still have a lot of things to do so.

I have to proof read some parts of our thesis. Hindi ko kasi ma-reach si Iris, ang partner ko sa thesis na 'to. Hindi ko alam kung sinasadya niya bang hindi pansinin ang mga messages ko sa kanya o mayroon lang talaga siyang mas importanteng bagay.

I can't delay doing my thesis anymore. Internship, thesis at ilang minor subjects nalang gagraduate na ako. Kung hindi lang nag messed up ang mundo ko two years ago siguro naka graduate na rin ako kasabay ng batchmates ko at hindi sana ako irreg ngayon.

If college is hard for a regular student, It's twice harder for an irregular student like me to handle things. Not only because I have to take more units than the regular ones, but it's also due to other inevitable underlying factors that come along with it. 

Being an irregular student gives me so much hard time. There are only two options for me; It's either my schedule fits exactly what I've planned or it will just give me a hard time fitting myself into the schedule. But I learned a lot. It also allows me to explore things outside my comfort zone.

I don't have someone to help me with things. So surviving is literally what I'm always aiming for. But to my surprise, I still keep up being one of the top students in our department. Indeed, life has so much to offer.

As I planned I did some revisions to our thesis. It's in a Share Point file kaya we both have access to our drafting file.

"Teka? Parang wala naman siyang dinagdag ah?" I murmured to myself.

As far as I can remember ganoon din kasi iyon last time. Ako rin kasi ang nagbago ng ginawa ni Iris. Mali mali kasi wrong grammar at wrong punctuations. Parang may masabi lang siyang dinagdag niya. Pero para saan pa ang by pair na research kung hindi ko lilinisin ang ginawa niya.