Si Pangarap

One word to describe Jet: Haaayyy...

- in all senses of the word.

Was it already eight months since I realized that I like this guy? At the outset, mukha talaga siyang lampang mayabang. Hindi mayabang dahil alam niya cute siya, but mayabang in the sense na "Uhm.. yeah, matalino ako at magsasalita lang ako either kung confused na kayo sa mga arguments nyo or if I want to bitch out someone by throwing a very substantial question." Lampa in a literal sense: hindi marunong maglaba, maglinis, tulog ng tulog, kain ng kain, walang sports...

We worked together twice for our reporting at Political Economy class. I almost killed him when we were preparing the first report, while I felt like he was about to kill me minutes away from our second report. He left his phone DAW on his way to Batangas to spend his weekend and I thought I have given him 700 text messages and 1,000 miscalls just to ask how we will go about the first report. On the day of the second report, I was 20 minutes (?) late in class, as I was rushing from work. I was gasping as I opened the room and saw him trying to start the report while I wasn't there.

But what happened between me hating him and he hating me is the bottom line.

(Don't expect too much on the next thing I'll tell you because it's too pathetic.)

First Report

I was smoking in front of KFC when he came. We actually had a sort of finders keepers inside the campus so we agreed to just meet outside. When he came, he asked for a cigarette and we walked until we found seats at the sheds of McDonald's. It was a long silence before he said, "Prepared ka ba?" I said, "Hindi nga eh."

Yosi... yosi...

"Sorry a, binasa ko yung latest release ng Harry Potter the entire weekend... kagabi lang talaga ako nagstart sa report."

I was trying to laugh, but fuming in reality.

"Gusto mo magpa-extend tayo?"

"Ikaw na magsabi kay Dr. Batalla, mas malakas ka dun." Sabay tawa.

Aaarrrgghhh....

Anyway, we both blurted to Dr. Magno that we can't make it, to the surprise of the class. The "Jet" isn't prepared?!

By the way, Jet graduated Cum Laude in "Poliscy" (as how they call it) at DLSU and he is currently teaching the undergrads and has a very notorious reputation.

He doesn't look notorious though. He looks like a marshmallow suddenly exposed in a glaring light (simply put, autustic na lampa na laging takot).

After the report, we talked about his impression to the class. So sabi ko, mayabang siya. Tapos dinibdib nya yun. He became too worried. It was then I realized that he is such a kid.

Second Report

Not much a problem for him. The report was his forte: Asian Financial Crisis and East Asia Miracle.

He's too excited to report that he was insisting that I go under time for work to meet him and talk about what to do.

He was too excited he even treated me coffee before I knew it.

The report was half disaster, courtesy of my disastrous contributions. I was even trying to make up things that I was the one who was about to go down and return the projector to IMS. Again, before I knew it, he was behind me, insisting to get the projector from me.

Hehehe..

Tapos lagi ko na siyang katabi (or most likely, tinatabihan ko siya) sa pol eco class. Makulit ang walanghiya. Naghahamon lagi ng away sa akin. Enjoy daw ang brown out. Ang bakla ko daw.

So it was just about three months and then... off. The term was over. That was his last term taking the courseworks.

Anyway.

Ayun si Pangarap. Marami pa kaming mga high school moments.

Andyan yung tatawag si Louie two meters sa likod ko, tapos kasama siya dun, tapos iiwan kami ni Louie (or feeling ko lang kaya un?) na nag-uusap sa likod. Pagkatapos tahakin yung buong corridor, tapos na. Bye. Gotta go.

Meron din nagyoyosi kami ni Aaron. Binati namin si Jet na rumaragasa sa daan. Naka-ipod pa na pagkalakas-lakas tapos may hawak na isang matabang folder na puro papers na kailangan checkan. Lumagpas pa siya sa amin, tapos bumalik. Nakatungo. "Ay, magyoyosi din pala ko." Sabay tanong sa amin ng kung ano-ano. Haha.. Labo!

Isa pa. Dinner kami ni Aaron. Nagtext ng sobrang corny na joke na tinextpass nya sa isang daang tao. So para-paraan, I tried to start a conversation:

"Uy, Jet! Kumusta, nag-compre ka na ba?"

"Um, nag-enrol ako. Pero tinamad ako eh. hehehe.. Kakatapos nyo lang ng class kay Dr. Magno?"

"Yup, kaya dinner kami nina Aaron."

"Uy, one time, dinner tayo nina Louie, sama ka naman samin."

Why not??!!!

"Sure, no prob."

Awa ng Diyos, maski fishball, wala pa natutuloy.

So, ayun si Pangarap, hanggang sa pagsubaybay na lang ako ng kanyang development through friendster account nya.

Na siya rin ang nagpagulat sa akin ng maraming beses. Surprise, our profile is like... 60% similar.

Take note, we even have the same age and status.

The difference is, he never had a girlfriend.

Another difference, Jet is a jet setter.

He loves crossing borders and travels alone maybe once every quarter of a year... for fun.

Tsk, si Pangarap...