I kept hearing these sounds. Awake, but I didn't open my eyes. I thought I was in a dream again, in the hospital. Pero nandito pa rin ako sa kwarto ko. Maybe that world was the 'dream', and not this one. I rose up and headed to the kitchen, fetched water believing that it would make me feel okay. Waking up in the middle of night is not a new thing to me, palagi naman 'tong nangyayari sakin. I consider this normal. Just as I have noticed earlier, dumidilim ang paligid ko. This time, the world was darker. Kaunti nalang, mawawalan na ng kulay 'yung mga bagay na nasa harapan ko. Literal na nawawalan ng kulay ang mundo ko. Everything is becoming gray, darker. Nananaginip pa rin ba ako? Nakakabingi 'yung mga naririnig ko. Everyone is shouting me. "SEAN, NABABALIW KA NA!" "SEAN WALA KAN

