“Oh my gosh...” Usher sings to me so loud. I’m looking where the sound comes from. I was exploring my hand under my pillows until it feels a vibration. The sound becomes louder that I can’t bear hearing it anymore. My eyes are still half-opened when I reached my phone and just by then I thought, it was not Usher singing to me, it was him waking me up.
It’s my phone’s alarm! I tried to open my eyes a little wider until to my surprise it read a note “Gising Kuya!” I immediately remembered that before I went to bed, I was exchanging messages with Kuya. Nope! He’s not my brother, let me say he’s someone special but I can’t yet completely draw the line between lovers and friends at that point in time. It’s something to share in another story.
So my memory was then refreshed that he asked me a favor last night. He wants me to wake him up by 5am because he needs to take a walk and have some fitness exercises before going to school. So, I hurriedly sent him a message saying, “Good Morning Kuya! Gising na po. Have a great day. God bless!” Wow! How sweet of me.
Good thing that he replied in just a jiffy telling me he was awakened by my SMS. Before ants could finally fill the short messaging lines connecting us, I let him do his activity first as I plan to go back to dreamland. But it seems like I already had my eyes opened and I felt the push for leaving my bed. So sooner than doing anything else, I put my hands together, closed my eyes once more and thanked God for giving me another day of enjoying the gift He has given me and said AMEN. I folded my blanket and placed it above my pillow, and smoothed down my bed linen.
I subsequently stood up and saw my brother on the upper bed of our double deck. He was still sleeping so I was budging his butt while calling his name trying to wake him up. But he’s like frozen grease that can’t be moved from the bottle, so I just went nearer to our ajar door and smelled aroma of fried eggs and hot coffee. I opened the door widely and saw my mother preparing my brother’s lunch box. I came close to the sink, washed my face and gargled.
I entered our room again, got my two phones, one for Sun Cellular and the other for my Smart line. I brought it with me to the dining table, pulled a stool and sat down. I know I am now ready for breakfast, my taste buds told me so. I opened a sachet of choco drink, scooped powdered milk and poured hot water to my mug. I went back to my seat and held my chow friends, Mr. Fork and Ms. Spoon. Mom was talking to me and I was babbling with the food on my mouth.
After finishing my revitalizing meal, I went to the sink and brushed my teeth. I checked my phones, replied to some messages and just read those usual ‘Good Morning’ SMS. Just before becoming overwhelmed with texting, I was startled when I recalled that my first class on a Tuesday-Thursday schedule is my 3 units on Education at 7:30 am. Time check! It’s already 6:15am. OMG! So I immediately reached my towel hanged on my brother’s bed and collected the shampoo, hair conditioner, face cleanser and bath soap in our water dipper. Off to the waters!
Water temperature check first! Brrr! The water is colder than my body warmth. But I have to do it. I need to take a bath now and as fast as I could. After 15 minutes of eventually enjoying the water, I headed to our room. My brother is already awake so I now have the freedom in our shared room. I put on my contact lenses, rolled on my deo, applied my facial cream and wore my Comm-Arts senior’s uniform for a Thursday, all in a fast pace. I fixed my bag, took out my make-up stuff and faced the mirror on the wall. Putting on my make-up though the ticking of the clock is in express is part of my daily routine already. But instead of talking to my imaginary friend in the mirror as I always do, I just put on my school-girl make-up. I got my things, bag, books, notes, and folder then left the room.
I approached the fridge and got my daily allowance which is always placed by my father above the cooling appliance the night before. I wore my black leather shoes and checked my phone once more, it displayed 3 messages received. OMG! I want to open the messages but since it’s already 7am on the clock, and it is a must to leave the house 30 minutes before the class begins, so I just went on my way. I greeted my family goodbyes and faced the bright sunny morning the world offered. While walking myself to the main road, I put on my ear phones and opened my phone’s music player. I chose to play lively songs to energize me for the day ahead.
Leading to the stop, I checked my phone’s unread messages while waiting for a jeepney. Upon finding a Bangkal-Magsaysay jeepney, I took a ride and underwent the accustomed traffic jam in an early morning rush on the streets. It was nothing new, so I just said my prayer, “Lord! ‘Di lang unta ko ma-late. Fufu!” Roughly 20 minutes after, I reached Mercury on Planet Earth – Mercury Drugstore, the corner of the street in walking distance to the university. I quickly reached the school gate, greeted my favorite security guard while looking at the school clock – 7:27am. OMG!
I hastily went upstairs and just in time upon arriving at the door of room 302, the bell rang. I took my seat on the 1st of the 2nd row at the right side of the room. OMG! Inhale! Exhale! I composed myself and arranged my things. Then held my phone and sent Kuya a message saying, “Here at school. See you later! :)”
