i could hear my chucks squeek on the floor as i jog towards the other building of mega mall. i was running late for school but i had to go buy myself a new pen. even though the weather was not that hot, i was perspiring, but i had no time to reach into my pocket for my hanky and wipe my sweat.. i had to get to the other side, fast!
i know in high school i always forget to bring my own pen, but not this time. masters is a whole different world, you have to come in ready. nakakahiya manghiram ng pen sa masters.. ehe, lemme rephrase that.. MAS nakakahiya mang hiram ng pen sa masters.. bakit ko kelangan ng pen? balik tayo sa bahay namen, when i was leaving for school…
i left home on time, with my book, scratch papers and a pen. i had enough time to not take the tricycle to the gate and still come in exactly on time… so i walked.. but when i got into the fx to megamall, i sat on my pen and broke it in half.. i had to buy a new one.. so instead of getting off at san miguel avenue, i went to megamall to get myself a pen.. i ran to the escalator and went to the basement so i could go to the mall’s other building… in the basement, there are a group of salesladies and salesmen scattered, offering people to get a credit card.. i know they would approach me and try to talk me into getting a credit card, i know this because one time, a guy managed to trap me into a five minute conversation wherein he just wasted both our times… today, i didn’t have that five minutes so i had a few "escape plans" in mind.. eto sila..
1. "nag aaral pako, wla akong pambayad sa ganyan."
2. wla akong oras, byebye!
3. *tutungo*….(kunwari wlang nakita or narinig)
4. *tuturo sa tao likod*
5. "meron nko nyan, ok nko…"
i went for number 1, at least that was what i intended to say… during my sprint, as expected, a salesman (who happened to be gay) asked me if i already had a credit card… i was ready to execute plan number 1, but what came out of my mouth was.."bata pako!" sabay takbo palayo… i was in a hurry, i tried to summarize my script, then i realized… ano kaya iisipin ng malisyosong tao dun sa scene na yun?
bading na lumapit sa lalaki at may tinanong… sabay, sigaw ng lalaki, "bata pako!" tpos tumakbo palayo at hindi na lumingon pa ulet… hehehehe… pangit!
ehe… wala lng na-share ko lng…