Fierld [BUS] Report

Dahil sa pagbabasa ng experiences ni Nachi sa blog nya ay may naalala ako.

[Last week of October, from San Pablo Laguna to Buendia.]

After I had a bathroom break at the stop-over, I popped some mints. Minutes later, while waiting for the bus to roll, some cute girl boarded the bus. I move to the next seat, offering mine to her and she conceded. A few minutes later…

{Zaldy digs out the memoir in his bag and pretends to read it. (thanks to Joyce!) After some minutes…}

Zaldy: Uy, pwedeng favor?

Girl: Yes?

Zaldy: Could you read this sentence? Parang off eh.

Girl: Alin, ito? {reads the freakin wrong grammar in my prose} Hmm… Parang off nga ah. Kasi dapat plural ito eh, tapos blah blah blah.

Zaldy: Oh ok, ok. Salamat ha. How stupid, hindi ko napansin nung sinusulat ko.

Girl: Ah, pero hindi rin naman eh. Kung hindi mo rin pinoint-out sa akin hindi ko mapapansin.

Zaldy: Talaga?

Girl: Yup.

Zaldy: I have this problem with details. Kahit yung mga lower years namin sa school napapansin. “Kuya Zaldy may mali sa ganyan, may sablay sa ganito”. Oh that’s my name, Zaldy. You are…

Girl: Kris Ann

Zaldy: How do they call you? As in yung dalawang pangalan na yun?

Kris Ann: Um {looks sideways}, oo.

Zaldy: {looks at the ceiling} I wonder where Kris Ann is headed to…

Kris Ann: Sa tita ko sa Manila. Medyo napaaga nga ang luwas ko eh, exams kasi namin starting tomorrow. {shows me a piece of paper}

Zaldy: Hmmm… Amphetamine, cortisol, sali—pharma? Pharma course mo?

Kris Ann: {chuckles} Ang bilis mo naman, nalaman mo kagad.

Zaldy: I have friends that took up that major kasi, so yun. Ganyan ang inaaral nyo? So kulong din kayo sa classroom? Must be hard, huh?

Kris Ann: I guess. Ganun talaga yata sa UST.

Zaldy: Wait wait wait, you are from UST?

Kris Ann: Oo. Bakit?

Zaldy: {chuckles} I graduated from UST. AB Sociology, batch 2007. Wow, coincidence.

Kris Ann: {chuckles} Oo nga no. Nakakatawa naman.

Zaldy: No, its nakakaTUwa. Gets?

Kris Ann: Oo nga no. Nakakatawa ay humorous, nakakatuwa pertains to something that makes you happy.

Zaldy: Yep. Unlike that reviewer, wag na yan ang aralin mo, ana-physio na lang. Para maka-relate ako.

Kris Ann: Alam mo rin subjects namin from your friends?

Zaldy: Well, sort of. If you have anatomy and physiology then, freshman ka lang?

Kris An: Oo. Hirap nga eh. Adjustments, pressure, new friends, highschool stuff lingers—

Zaldy: Lovelife.

Kris Ann: Hmm… Oo rin. Hahaha.

Zaldy: Uy, may text ka oh {points to her phone, evil surges in, reads the text message sneakily and finds its from the friggin bf}.

What follows is idle chat and flirting about the movie being shown on the screen, Zaldy’s vibe recedes. Unfortunate girl is faded to memory.