The Art of Love and Academia

Chapter 1

I am here in my room right now, sitting in my computer chair, while waiting for our virtual meeting to start. Malapit na magsimula ang intrams kaya kailangan na naming magplano sa mga dapat gawin and to assign someone to the different events. Our intramurals will be held virtually pala since Convid 19 is not yet over. When the meeting started, Rhyzen explained the different types of contests and events na maaaring salihan ng mga students, nagsimula na ring magpili, and maglista ng mga pangalan ng mga gustong sumali. I can say that our meeting is not good since it is not well organized. Some are opening their mics, and some are chatting in the chatbox. I value my time, which is why I decided to message Rhyzen to see if it's fine for him na mag suggest ako na isa-isahin munang iannounce and mga events and contests, then ililista yung mga names ng mga gustong sumali. I have a high level of pride; I don't usually have a first conversation with someone, which is why it takes me a lot of time to think if I'm going to send my message to him, but sabi ko sa sarili ko bahala na.... I'm so tired and sleepy at the same time, which is why I ended up sending a message to him.

Zyrhillia:

Hi Rhyzen, good evening! Is it okay if I share my suggestion here so that we can easily finish our meeting?

Rhyzen:

Oh sure you can, so what is it?

Zyrhillia:

I think we need to announce one by one the different events and contests, then ililista na natin yung mga names ng mga gustong sumali so that we can't spend too much time on this meeting since it's already 10:00 PM and some of the students need to rest and sleep na.

Rhyzen:

Yes sure

Zyrhillia:

Thank you for letting me share my suggestion :)

What a cold conversation.....He just seen me after that without even leaving any heart or like reaction to my reply. I mean, hindi naman required, pero ayaw ko lang talaga ma last chat

I just decided to turn off my phone and focus on our meeting. During our meeting, I don't open my mic since I am the type of person who is more comfortable having a chat than speaking into a microphone. Rhyzen and Yves from the other batch, who are currently opening their mics, look very close to each other. He even had a smile on his face while talking to Yves. It looks like they're very close to each other, huh.... cause when it comes to Yves, it looks like he's having fun while having a conversation. Samantala nung nag message ako sa kaniya kanina mas malamig pa sa ice yung conversation naming dalawa. Yves also has the same section as us, but she's from the other batch. Hindi ko sinasabing nagseselos ako sa kanila like.... yuck it looks like naglalandian sila during the meeting. I just hate that Yves because she's always messaged me to ask for answers to our quizzes and worksheets. Hindi naman ako madamot magbigay as long as nakikita ko na naghihirap yung kaklase ko na sagutan or isolve yung mga sagot, hindi yung basta basta nalang manghingi like Yves na halos araw araw nalang manghingi ng answers sa akin. Sometimes I just ignore her messages, kasi sayang naman yung ganda niya kung pagdating sa acads iasa niya lang sa iba.

Weeks after our adviser called another meeting since we have a lot of things that need to be discussed, I did not attend the meeting because of my bad internet connection. After how many hours of waiting for our internet connection to be good, my eyes widened when my phone popped up with a lot of notifications saying that our internet connection was back. I saw a message coming from one of my classmates, and I immediately opened it.