Ang Multo sa Manhole - Under revision

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Eiji’s Point of view

Small world and its full of surprises. Saturday when I haphazardly decided to practice hulahoop in QC Circle, Buknoy appeared na parang kaboteng gubat! Sumusulpot bigla-bigla e! Suddenly, nagtanong sya kung kami ba ni Stephen. As in napahinto talaga ako sa paglalakad nun kasi I clearly remembered Stephen asked me the same of Buknoy. What’s with those guys? To answer their queries, parang Sleeping Beauty lang ang peg ng life ko in which I was cursed to be forever NBSB until a prince will somehow come and rescue me. Or has the curse already been shattered (me thinking about the manhole incident)? Hmm…parang napaka-literal naman nun!? E di naman prince material yung si Buknoy e!? Ang yabang nung asungot na yun at CPA pa – certified pranks addict! Pero what if diba? A few tried to hit on me but if you were in my shoes you can clearly see, it’s not a relationship that they after. It’s of something else.

While walking (after the sky stopped pouring rain), there’s this random Japanese girl who mistaken us as a “cute” couple. Bulag ba sya o sadyang ang liit lang ng dilat ng mata nya? Can’t she tell na I’m not a girl and not yet a woman!? Hmmm…kung sa bagay, nakasuot ako ng chikara (Korean version ng bonnet) nun e, fox ang design! Yun yung nakuha kong regalo from my Korean obsessed classmate during last year’s Christmas party. I don’t hate Kpop but I’m not planning to be invaded.

I-share ko lang kung gano ako natawa nung Christmas party. Ang pagbibigyan ko kasi ng gift ay si Katrin. Pang straight ng buhok yung niregalo ko kasi I know this will boost her esteem. Pero she got everyone surprised nung pumasok sya ng room ng naka-newly rebond ang buhok! Sabi ko, “Well, pwede rin naman tong pang- curl so she can’t say my gift is useless.” :)

Monday. Nagulat na lang ako ng makakita ako ng mga estudyanteng may mga cartolinang hawak na may mga Korean texts na di ko maintindihan. Parang nung nakaraang araw lang when I brought up about everything Korean a!? Nakita ko si Lindsay na dumaan sa harapan ko may hawak na pentel pen at manila paper.

“Huy Lindsay!” sabi ko. Nagulat sya when I poked her on the shoulder.

“Bakit?”

“ Anong kaganapan meron dito? At para saan yan?” tinuro-turo ko yung hawak nyang materials.

“Ah! Mamaya kasi darating yung Korean colleagues ng principal. Magmi-meeting sila mamaya dun sa AVR and guess what? Magdadala raw sila ng mga Korean students sa school natin! Di pa nga ako nakakagawa ng greeting note e! Sige ha!” dali-dali syang bumaba using stairs pero bigla ring umakyat.

“O may nakalimutan ka ba?” tanong ko sa kanya.

“Uhmm kasi si Lyn –”

“Hindi! Ayoko! Sabihin mo umayos sya!” Natandan nyo yung chikara kong suot nung Sabado? Sya nag regalo nun. Sya rin nga pala ang Korean Club president ng school.

“Please Eiji! Hayaan mong ayusan ka namin!” pilit nya sa akin. At itong si Lindsay ang vice-president. Tsk.Tsk.Tsk. Pag pinagsama mo tong dalawa they will be my nightmare.

“Hindi mo ko madadaan sa paluhud-luhod mo dyan Lindsay. It’s not gonna work.” Gusto kasi nilang ulitin yung ginawa nila sa akin nung third year when the student coordinating body planned for a cosplay competition. And DAFAQ lang! Sa dami ng girls ng section, ako ang isinalang para dun! Napagkatuwaan na naman ako. Pumayag na rin ako nun, la choice e (dagdag curricular activities rin yun!). Pero nung sinabi nilang ipo-portray ko yung costume na pang gumiho (nine-tailed fox) aba I beg to disagree! I thought I’ll be cosplaying a male character pero para na nila akong pinagcro-cross dress. In fact, my own section against myself argued about that matter. Once again I lost. Sabi daw nila magkaiba ang cross-dress sa cosplay. Atsaka eto pa! Sino naman daw nagsabing babae lang ang gumiho! E kay Usumaki Naruto daw nag-originate ang idea. Hay ewan! Fourth place lang nakuha ko nun kasi I lost against a real cosplayer. Praktisadong praktisado ang pagpapacute. Hindi ko kailangan magpacute katulad nun. I’m cute in my own little ways (well at least I like to think I am). :)