Jam
"TO totally understand Newton's laws of motion..."
I was not listening to the instructor, my eyes were focused on the clock's hand movement.
Bakit kaya tuwing inaabangan mo ang oras saka ito bumabagal?
"Newton's laws of motion has 3 three laws. First law..."
Para akong nata-tae sa bawat tunog na ginagawa ng orasan. Each tik tok of the clock's hands rang in my ears. My fists were already clenching— even my feet's fingers.
Ang tagal.
Tik.
Sobrang tagal.
Tok.
Napakatagal!
Tik.
Okay, few more seconds.
Tok.
Almost there.
Tik.
One more!
Halos pigil ang hininga ko habang nakakagat labi. The clock's motion became slow motion. Taeng-tae na talaga ako.
But when the clock reached 12 noon...
"Sem-break na!" tumayo at sumigaw nang pagkalakas-lakas. Sumunod naman sa akin ang mga kaklase at naghiyawan. Some even threw their papers as if that was their last day on school.
Well it's not march yet but...
It was sem-break, baby!
"Makakatulog na ako!"
"Netflix here I come!"
"Makakagala na 'rin!"
Everyone were shouting as if celebrating their triumph in surviving the first semester in grade 12 senior high school. Mas nilakasan ko pa ang sigaw ko, dahil wala lang, gusto ko lang sumigaw, hehehe!
"I-kalma n'yo ang mga sarili n'yo," our instructor tried to calm us down. But I knew for sure that he was also happy he would finally rest for a little while. Importante sa bawat isa 'rito na makapagpapahinga na sila!
"Make sure to enjoy your semestral break, okay?" everyone shouted 'yes' at him.
"Hoy, Agoncillo!" tinuro n'ya ang isa naming kaklaseng lalaki na isa sa may pinakamalakas na hiyaw. "Tuwang-tuwa kang sem-break na pero hindi ka pa tapos sa mga pinapahabol sa 'yong task!"
Everyone laughed, samantala si Agoncillo naman ay napakamot-ulo na lang. "Gagawin naman po, e."
Habang nagkakatuwaan ang lahat, I secretly dashed out of the room and ran at the hallway. Kailangan kong magmadali dahil ayokong maglinis—
"Hoy, Jam! Bumalik ka 'rito, cleaners ka!" rinig kong sigaw ng mga ka-grupo sa paglilinis today.
"BABAWI AKO PAGBALIK NG KLASE!" Sigaw ko pabalik sa kanila habang tumatakbo.
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