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Kabanata 33

Kabanata 33

"Sana tayo na lang, sana tayo na lang ulit." Gio was micmicking the lines from the movie.

Binato ko siya ng unan sa mukha kaya napuno ng tawanan ang buong sala.

I rolled my eyes at him as I went back on creating a powerpoint template for our entrepreneurship presentation.

"Ginagaya ko lang! Ba't ka nasasaktan?!" Reklamo ni Gio habang hawak-hawak ang binato kong unan.

"Alam mo magpa-pasko pa naman tapos ginaganyan mo lang ako?" nagtaas ako ng kilay sa kanya.

"Di mo rin naman ako reregaluhan kahit na maging mabait ako sa'yo. What's new?" ngumuso si Gio.

Nasa bahay kami ngayon at gumagawa ng preparations para sa product proposal namin para sa Foundation week na gaganapin next month.

I can't believe it's December already. Ang init pa rin kasi sa Pilipinas.

"Alam niyo bakit kaya nanonood lang tayo ng One More Chance? Di natin tinatapos 'tong powerpoint para sa presentation?" tanong ni Bea, who was focused on doing the ppt.

I felt guilty so I immediately went to her to help her with designing and adding information for the ppt.

Gio and Melay were really good with reporting and marketing. The rest of our groupmates are also good with other things such as cooking, doing the financial statements, and preparing the things we'll use for the event.

I used to think that people are being a free loader when they're not helping with certain actions needed for our group — hindi ko man lang naisip na iba't-ibang tao kami na may kalakasan at kahinaan. We all have our differences, we just have to accept it. Some put so much effort and some are just laidback.

Instead of being piss off because of free loaders, you just might as well use them for what they're good for. Mapipikon ka lang kasi talaga kung palaging iisipin mo na dapat fair distribution. May mga tao kasi talaga masisipag sa pag-aaral at may mga tao naman na talagang makapal ang mukha — but in the end, sila rin naman ang mahihirapan humabol sa reyalidad na kailangan nila ito matutunan.

"Tapos na ang ppt?" tanong ng isa naming kagrupo. If this was asked by someone to me before, I'll probably roll my eyes and answer in sarcasm.

That was me before. I was clearly different in a span of a month.

Slowly but surely. I'm trying to change. Hindi man sobrang bilis o sobrang laki ng pagbabago ay inuunti-unti ko naman ito.

Time doesn't necessarily heal all wounds, it's the experience who let's you heal your own wounds and accept your scars.

"Yup!" Ngumiti ako.

"Thanks, Zafirah and Bea! Thank you sa effort!" our groupmate said with sincerity.

The simple appreciation made my heart swell with happiness.

"Dati akala ko sobrang sungit ni Zafirah. Ayaw nga kitang maging kagrupo noon..." another one commented.

"You always tend to be bossy," may tumikhim pa.

"Mukha ba akong nangangangat?" I joked.

"Hindi naman. Pero sobrang focus ka kasi sa grades, GC ba. Nakakalimutan mo nang makisama..."

I didn't get hurt by what he said. Kung dati ay parang balat sibuyas ako sa mga kritisismo saakin, ngayon ay kinukuha ko na lamang ito para mag-improve ako. I was trying to help improve my mental health and in order to do that I don't have to take everything to my heart and let my mind be consumed by it.