Memoria (Tagalog)

Ikalimang Pahina

"Bakit si Gio? Sorry! I mean-- are you sure of what you really feel towards him? "

"I don't know" nalilitong sagot niya.

''My Gosh! Jeemie! That makes even worst!"

"Maybe because.... everyone likes him"

"That's not counted. You can't eventually say that, not because majority likes him. You will feel the same thing"

" I don't know Klen. Its sounds crazy but I really don't know when this feelings starts. I just woke up one morning realizing that I have this something weird feelings towards him. May because he has this guts that different from the the other man I know"she said

Mariin akong pumikit.

Hindi ko maaring i-discourage si Jeemie.

Ayokong dagdagan pa ang hinalang bumabagabag sa isipan niya. Nakapag-bitaw na ako ng salita sa kanya.

Ayokong malaman niya ang lihim ko.

Kilala ko si Jeemie lalo na ang personality niya.

She's quite Territorial.

We might be friends but were quite different. Jeemie always shows is own perceptions or what she really feel on something she like or dislike- unlike me. Not just because I'm afraid to her--because I don't want to hurt myself. I always admit that I'm quite cautious to do something that can hurt me. and Jeemie is my counterpat kapag gusto niya ay walang makakapigil sa kanya.

"That's all??" I asked her again

"Mmm. Yeah! Ang hirap e-explain, basta all I know is gusto ko na siya"

Habang nakikinig sa mga sagot niya ay parang may mga karayom na tumutusok-tusok sa dibdib ko.

I couldn't blame her kung magkagusto siya kay Gio.

Sino ba namang hindi?

Hindi naman sa kagwapuhang ang unggoy na yun.

Mataas lang siguro yong dating niya sa mga babae.

"How about Potcholo, I thought you're in-relationship with him-?"

"We broke up"sagot niya agad

I gasp.

Parang hindi ako makapaniwala, pa-paanung nangyari yon?

They were good together since first year.

Alam ko yun dahil ako nga yong tulay nilang dalawa. Sa tuwing mag-de-date sila. Ako palagi ang chaperon.

Nakaka-inggit nga yong relationship nilang dalawa.

"For real?"

"Yes, for real. Last two weeks ago "

"Because of what you feel towards Gio?"

Bahagya siyang tumango bilang sagot sa akin. "Ayokong lokohin si Potcholo. Mahalaga rin siya sakin pero mas matimbang yong nararamdaman ko para kay Gio'

"Hindi ka ba natatakot? Alam naman natin pareho na marami siyang girlfriend"

"I don't mind. Flings lang naman niya ang mga 'yon"

"Kahit na limang taon ang tanda niya sayo?"

"Yeah. Age doesn't matter when you like someone, Klen. You don't have to think his age if you feel something special to that person"

Mapait na ngumiti ako sa kanya.

Jeemie is always Jeemie.

Walang pakialam.

"That's it! I assume that you know what kind of situation you're getting into since you're already grown up"

"Hindi talaga ako nagkamali na maging bestfriend ko"ngumingiting sabi niya sakin

"Well? I just want you to be happy Jeem"

"Thank you Klen."

Ngumiti ako ng tipid sa kanya.

''Siyanga pala. Pupunta muna ako ng canteen. Bibili ako ng intermediate pad. Naubusan na kasi ako ng papel. May quiz tayo mamaya"

"Teka! Teka! bakit hindi ko yan alam?" nanlalaki ang mga matang bulalas niya

"Ewan ko sayo"

"bakit ngayon mo lang sinabi?"

''Malay ko ba?Ang klaro kaya ng instruction ni maam kahapon na magkakaroon tayo ng quiz ngayong araw at tsaka nasa front row yong upuan mo"

"Aish! Nakalimutan ko. Shoot!! Hindi pa ako nakapag-review! Ahm? Hindi na kita masasamahan Klen hah? Mauna na akong babalik sa room"

''Okay. Bye!"

'Bye Klen"

Agad siyang tumalimang umalis sa harapan ko.

Habang ako ay nanatili pa ring nakatayo habang pinapanood siyang tumatakbo papunta sa classroom.

Bakit ikaw pa, Jeemie?!

May Potcholo ka na sa buhay mo di ba?

Bakit pati si Gio??

Hindi ba pweding ako nalang ang magmahal sa kanya? !

Sh*t!

Ang sakit!

Minsan na nga akong magmahal

Bigo naman.

I smiled bitterly on my silly thought .

Hay naku Klendria. Minsan ka na nga lang magkagusto sa isang lalake.

Yong maraming karibal pa.

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"Oy, Klen ikaw na daw sabi ma'am"bulong sakin ni Tim.

Bahagya lang akong tumango sa kanya at alumpihit na tumayo at lumakad papunta sa harapan.

Walang may nagsasalita kahit isa sa kanila nakatuon ang mga mata nilang lahat sakin.

"So, lets hear the assignment of Klendria. You may start to your piece now"utos ni maam sakin.

Bahagya akong ngumiti kay ma'am ng magsignal na siyang basahin ang assignment ko.

Bago ako mag-umpisa magbasa ay napasulyap ako sa isang vacant na upuan.

Saan siya pumunta?

Umiwas ako ng tingin ng magtama ang mata namin ni Tim.

Ngumisi siya ng makahulugan sakin.

Bahagya ko siyang pinandilatan at nag-umpisa ng magbasa.

Love is a common word that we always heard and say everyday.

But what is the real meaning of Love for us?

As we know that,

Love can makes people happy

Love can makes people sad

Love can make people lives strong

Love can make people trust with each other

Love can make people care

Love can make people to be true,

Love can makepeople unite as one,

And most of all

Love makes people believe in GOD.

It is a complex emotions and feelings that we can't easily understand.

No one can give its specific meaning.

It is indeed feelings which quitely similar to virus that continously spreading without a cure.

It is already given that love brings happiness for each one of us.

Because of love there is peace in our society, we unite as one.

We able to build a strong foundation of trust and commitment.

If the person have strong commitment and trust with each other.

He or She will not be afraid to show his or her true feelings.

He or She have a strong courage to show his or her real identity to the whole world.

But sometimes love also makes people cry,

and sometimes it brought undeniable pain in their lives.

Because of some reasons that we can't give harsh judgement towards them.

It is unpredictable.

Maybe that is the reason why people misunderstood if what love meant to each one of us

Too much love, could caused destruction,

Because some people do wrong things for the sake of love.

They sacrifice themselves for the others because they thought love is giving yourself to others to make them strong and happy.

Though love were crucially ruled our lives,

Because of love we learn to commit mistakes,

We learn to realize what is morally wrong and right,

We learn to stand in our own to find solution and to seek forgiveness and to forgive,

We learn to be contented,

To accept and to appreciate all the things we have in this world and most especially because of love we build a strong foundation of faith in our God no matter what happens.

Because of love we cannot feel any fear to gamble everything,

We have the courage to show our true personality,

We're not afraid to cry, to smile and to stand up and to keep moving on to our life.

At the end of the day, We stand and proudly say to everyone the word' I LOVE YOU!

Because of the love we feel,

It give us strength to overcome all the hindrances in our life'.

Love is a deepest word that no one can give an exact meaning to us,

But the most important is,. ..as long as we LOVE each other,

We have the courage to live in this world with unity and harmoniously without any hesitations in our mind.

According to the person I know,

He said that the real essence of love is TRUE COMMITMENT and UNDERSTANDING.

For him, these Three simple words is enough to describe if what love is.

Before I end up,

I want to share a simple qoute about love.

"Ive seen a thousands of qoute's trying to define what love is, but there is no way to define it because love is based on emotion not by definition"

"Thats all thank you"nahihiyang yumuko ako pagkatapos kong basahin ang assignment ko.

"Thank you, Klendria for sharing your own thoughts about love for us. Once again, please give a round of applause to Klendria for her thougthful presentation of love" masayang wika ni ma'am

*clap**clap**clap*

"Whooo! ? Ang lalim hah ?! "tumatawang cheer ni Ian del

.

"Two thumbs up for Klendria"-

"Oh! !Yeaaah! ! Galing! ! Good work Klen"ngumingiting sigaw Jeemie sakin.

Ngumingiting kumindat ako sa kanya.

"Good job, Klendria. You may take a sit"ngumingiting wika ni Ma'am Liberty sakin.

"Thank you Ma'am"kimi kong tugon

Mapait akong ngumiti na napatingin ulit sa isang silya.

Hindi pa rin siya bumabalik.

Napa-buntong hininga nalang ako habang nilalagpasan ang bakanteng upuan.

Pagka-upo ko ay agad naman ako siniko ni Tim at ininguso ang lalaking nasa unahan namin.

Tatlong row ang layo mula sa pwesto namin.

Nasa likuran kasi ako nakaupo ngayon dahil pina-transfer ako ni sir Fortune dahil ang ang iingay daw nina Tim,Briel,lean,Melvin at Gio,kaya inilagay niya ako sa gitna ng mga palakang ito. Yan na rin siguro ang paraan ni sir upang hindi na ako mag-de-day dreaming sa klase.

Nakaka-badtrip lang kasi dahil nasa unahan ko naka-upo si Gio katabi niya si Crizel.

Simula ng umupo ako sa tabi ng mga palakang to. Ay hindi ka magawang maka-pag-concentrate. Palaging nasisira ang good vibes ko

Ito ang bago naming arrangement.(X) is representing to my clasmates and ang (-) is vacant set.

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VON X X X X X X X X X

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X X X X X X X X X X

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X X - X X X X X X X

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lean/X me/tim melvin/X

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"Admirer mo" bulong niya sa akin na tumatawa.

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Written by:

Chly Mate

02/20/2022