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Lalisa Manoban

My name is Lalisa Manoban, I'm a hiphop dancer and I represent our school at the national hiphop dance competition. I don't think I'm popular, but I am easy to get along with basta cool ka at hindi ka epal. I have two best friends named Rosé and Rabbit. I always laugh at the silly things they do and they say. Rosé Anne Park and Jisoo 'Rabbit' Kim are the funniest and truest friends one could hope for, kaya naman kahit anong mangyari, kahit na pagusapan pa kami ng mga tao they will always have me, I have their backs just as I am sure I have theirs. Rosé was my best friend since forever, her mom and my mom are best friends as well since birth just like us, while Rabbit was the shy newbie in elementary that Rosé and I met. Simula noon we became inseparable, Rabbit was always bullied at every time na binubully siya ng mga ka-eskwela namin ako ang umaaway sa kanila habang si Rosé ang nagpapatahan kay Rabbit. I was my two friend's keepers, any one who would dare bully them, would get beaten by me.

This was the sole reason as well why I became popular and feared in school, iba ako sa ibang babae dyan, ako yung tipong makikipag-sapakan mapa-lalaki man o babae. Wala akong sasantuhin basta sinaktan nila sino man kela Rosé at Rabbit ako ang makakalaban nila. Rabbit is a silly girl, she has some motherly tendencies towards us, dahil siya ang panganay sa pamilya nila, siya din ang mas matanda sa amin ng ilang buwan ni Rosé. She is into dancing and singing, pero out of us three si Rabbit ang pinaka-magaling kumanta, habang si Rosé at ako ay mas magaling sa pag-sayaw. Rosé knows how to sing beautifully and she plays the guitar and piano on top of dancing. While I could also sing, mas more of rapping and hiphop ang hilig ko, I can spit out free verse lines from time to time but I am more into dancing. Kapag nag-sasayaw ako, I forget about the years of pain I felt when my Father left us for another woman, my mom re-married a few years later to a Swiss man, he treated me as if I was his own, he was supportive of me wala ni isang Hiphop Dance Battle ang namiss ni Daddy each time I competed. In fact I consider Frederick as my actual father, Frederick or Daddy as I call him, had been a better Father than my actual Father. I grew up full of love at home from Mom and Dad and my Eldest Sister Soleil Manoban. Si Ate Soleil ay may sarili nang buhay, she married at the age of 21 to the love of her life as she puts it si Kuya Harry Suppanad. My sister is 10 years ahead of me kaya hindi kami naging close ni Ate Soleil. Tanging sila Rosé at Rabbit lang ang para ko nang mga kapatid.

Sa ngayon, I don't have any interest in being with someone, tila ata nag-tanda na ako, the last girlfriend I had Rosé and Rabbit were not a big fan of dahil nga parang aagawan siya nina Rosé at Rabbit. Ewan ko din sa ex ko na yun kung bakit ganun siya sa dalawang best friend ko. Simple lang naman akong tao eh, you don't need to do anything to impress me, impress my friends because I consider my friends as my family. Aom didn't seem to understand this and ultimately because of her being so clingy and needy, I decided to call us quits. I couldn't be torn away from my best friends and I don't want to be constantly choosing between them. Dahil pihadong si Rosé at Rabbit ang pipiliin ko. I was casually walking as I thought of these things, kahit na 15 minutes ago pa nag-simula ang klase ko sa English Literature. I don't want to sound like an ass hole, pero kasi hindi ako interesado sa English Literature, I took up CommArts and Majored in Digital Cinema Track, so I could use the knowledge in producing my own videos, ito ang passion ko kasi aside from Hiphop, I shoot films. It's one of our Elective Subjects na kailangan namin para maka-advanced sa next ladder of subjects we were supposed to take.

Once I entered the room the professor greeted me.

"Good morning Miss Manoban, you are consistently too early for the next day aren't you?" The professor said.

"I'm sorry ma'am. I tried to be here on time but the bus I took today had a flat tire." Pagpapalusot ko.

"I understand, but please understand me as well if I will be rating you accordingly, I suppose you have no assignment for today as well like yesterday yes?" The professor asked me.