“Okay, brats, listen up!” Malakas na pumalakpak si Coach Sevilla to get our attention. As one team, we groaned out in frustration. Naiinis namin siyang tinitigan. Kababalik lang namin sa changing room pagkatapos ng awarding ceremony. Inabot din ’yon ng mahigit isang oras at kalahati. It was just supposedly for thirty minutes. The awarding of the medals was indeed thirty minutes but the media interview after that took longer. We didn’t expect that. The players were glassy-eyed during the interview. Our collective minds were already flying to Adriatico. Lalo na ang sa akin. Inakusahan na nga akong may ADHD ng katabi kong si Cole dahil paulit-ulit akong nagnanakaw ng tingin sa phone ko. Checking for the time and counting every minute na nagtatagal ang seremonyas. And then, heto pa ulit si

