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IRVIN
I didn't expect that it would be a boring subject. This freaking teacher teaches some not-so-important lessons but quite less emotions. Habang tumatagal, mas naboboringan kami sa kanya. Napakahinhin niyang guro na sapat ng dahilan para maging tamad kami sa subject niya.
"What is Endurance?" tanong ni Ms. Reynes habang nakatunganga lang silang lahat. Itinaas ko kaagada ang kamay ko. Silence is what being exposed within the four corners of this room. At kinuha ko ang pagkakataong iyon para isipin ang meaning ng tinatanong niyang, wala kaming kaide-idea dahil hindi niya pa naituturo.
"Mr. Mandigma?" tawag niya sa'kin at agad naman akong tumayo para sagutin ang tanong niya.
"Endurance is the ability to do something difficult for a long time," I answered calmnly while all of them are staring in my angelic face. Yes, kahit hindi ko naman sabihin, alam kong maitsura ako. That's why I deserved the title for being the campus heartthrob.
Mas lalo silang natahimik after kong sumagot. They usually making applause after I answered correctly during times of recitation but this is something different. Lalo na ang mukha ni Ms. Reynes na parang hindi mo maintindihan kung dissapointed ba siya or proud.
"Very good Mr. Mandigma! Tularan niyo ang top 1 niyo. Siguro'y nag-aadvance siya!" Tsaka ko lang naintindihan na kakaiba nga pala ang gurong ito. Anyway, I'm not doing advance studying because being the heartthrob of this campus, I need to maintain my title to be greater than what they usually seem as me. I'm tired of making reading, researching or finding some resources. All I know is I have a lot of stocked knowledges.
And after a long ceremony of talking the nonsense Endurance thingy, bigla na lang lumabas si Ms. Reynes ng walang paalam. At first, I thought na nagwalk-out siya dahil sa paraan ng paglabas niya but according to Riyalyn, she usually dismissed herself in that way. Dahil sabi din niya, teacher din daw niya si Ms. Reynes sa dati niyang school which is sa Guidotti High.
Saktong pagkalabas niya ay biglang may phone na nagring ng malakas. Our current president and as always, Irah, grabbed the phone and gave us fiercingly look.
"Hindi ko sasagutin ang tawag na ito!" pagmamatigas niya habang tunog parin ng tunog ang telepono. Bigla naman iyong hinablot ni Grace at agad sinagot ang tawag.
"Who told you to answer that friggin' call?" galit na sabi ni Irah ngunit hindi siya pinansin ni Grace at iniloudspeaker pa ang tawag.
"Good Morning Fifth Section!" bati ng nasa kabilang linya. Nowadays, we're not even getting shocked anymore everytime that someone call us on our own section's name.
"Pakinggan niyong mabuti ang mga sasabihin ko."
Tinignan ko ang lahat ng mga natitira kong kaklase including the exchange students from the St. Anthony University. At mukhang hindi na kataka-taka kung kulang kami ngayon.
