My Sol

Prologue

Prologue

"Sol, Hindi pa ba tayo aalis? Two hours ang byahe natin mula dito hanggang doon. Ang bigat pa naman ng traffic sa pilipinas, tsk."

We are inside the school library. Today is the schedule to meet one of our external adviser for thesis and I was editing some part of our files. Tumango ako sa kaniya pero na sa laptop parin ang atensyon ko. External advisers are professional who will consult the papers. We need their signature for approval letter na isa sa requirements naman namin sa graduation.

"Finally... tapos narin. Ano, Let's go?" kahit nanghihina na ang katawan ko sa pagod, ngumiti parin ako sa kagrupo ko.

I don't know who we will meet today. I assigned Rei to do the approval letter. Yesterday she got the list of those people or the external advisers. Kaylangan namin silang mameet isa-isa sa personal para matulungan kami sa project namin which is concerned with our design project.

Nagsimula narin silang mag-ayos ng gamit.

Katext nitong si Rei yung ime-meet namin ngayong araw. According to her, she emailed the adviser last night. Nagka-bigayan nalang ng number para madali ang komunikasyon. Malapit lang sana daw yung meeting place namin kaso dahil sa biglaan na pag-iba ng schedule nitong adviser na imemeet namin, medyo lalayo pa kami.

"Ayos ka lang ba?" I nodded to Mavi. Isa sa kagrupo ko.

"Oo ayos lang," I faked my laugh, kahit medyo nahihilo ako.

I had sleepless nights these past few days. I also don't eat much for editing our thesis. Ang dati kong katawan na mataba ay naging fit dahil sa pag momotivate saakin ni The- sino nga ba yun? Now I can see my body is getting thinner because of stress.

"Waaaah!" Rei shouted, she seems excited "Nag 'Im sorry' siya".

Nagtaka naman ako, hindi niya alam baka yung adviser namin ay matanda na because most of them are professionals and to tell you may edad na ang mga yan. I shrugged thinking about that.

I tried to sleep but I can here my stomach aching for food. I haven't still eating since earlier. Later on, I back to my senses when someone shaked my shoulder.

"Sol malapit na tayo"

It feels like I slept for a second, or not really at all?

We are wearing our school uniforms now with our bags. Galing pa kami sa klase at hindi na nakapag ayos ng sarili kanina.

"Ah guys diba sa SM Makati tapos Starbucks tayo? Diresto ako comfort room ah"

"Sure leader!"

Pagdating namin ay pinauna ko na sila sa starbucks at mag isa akong dumiresto sa cr. Mula ng makilala ko si The- thea yung alagang aso ni queency. Natuto akong mag ayos sa sarili para laging presentable. I just styled my hair into bun and pulled some thin strand on the both sides.

Pagkatapos kong mag ayos kinuha ko ang nilagay ng bestfriend kong tumbler sa bag kanina. Ang swerte ko sa kanila dahil sila ni Hezia ang nag-paaral saakin simula nung— I shook my head in avoiding that topic. I stayed in queency's condo for years. That's why I save money. I need so much thing to pay back my friends.

Uminom na ako dahil wala akong budget pambili sa starbucks.

Patience. It was something that keeps me to continue even I had a challenging life. From the things that happened few years back, I reminded myself to avoid self pity. It can just pull me down that I might forget to step up.

Lumabas na ako at dumiresto sa starbucks. Nakita kong nandon na ata ang external adviser namin. Nakatalikod siya mula sa kinatatayuan ko. Muka namang nakapag order na sila dahil may frappe at cake sa table kaya lumakad na ako.