Just finished eating: Rice with tilapia. (Yum!)
I reported for work! Yep, I’m not feverish anymore but my ears still hurt. I actually have medicine on my ears so I was a lot bingi kanina. Hehe. Pero actually mukha raw ako matamlay kanina. si K’ Jocel nga tanong ng tanong kung nag-away daw ba kame kagabi. Lol.
So ang dami na palang may alam nung samen ni Ken. Well actually, there’s no such thing as “samen ni Ken” pala, I meant a lot knows already na may crush saken si Ken. Ok.
The “Linking Program” story: This afternoon, MG, A’ Nica and A’ Meanne were on break (uhuh, sabay-sabay nag-break yung 3 yun, iniwan ako sa booth mag-isa!) eh I couldn’t find the Smart logbook so I went to the crewroom to ask them where it was. When I walked in, I was welcomed with teasings about Ken and me. I had no idea what was going on, the first words I said were, “Nasan yung logbook?” In the crewroom were Ken, M’ Mhy, M’ Belle and I think there were other people pa but I don’t remember who they were. It was only later in the evening when I found out the whole story – from MG. I asked her what happened. Kase they were talking about the Linking Program, (in JB vocab, Linking Program is an incentive program that involves all the stations. There are station-based incentive programs din kase.) but this time, the definition of the compound word was changed. Yung linking program naging, “kung sino-sino yung mga nalilink sa JB or yung mag-on na from different stations.” Si Ken daw kase yung nagsimula, eh di inisa-isa niya raw yung mga mag-on na grill and dining, grill and counter, stockman and pantry etc. Tapos tinanong daw ni M’ Mhy si Ken, “Eh ikaw Ken, tukso ka ng tukso diyan, sino namang nalilink sayo?” Sabi raw ni Ken, “Ah…Smart po eh.” O diba ganyan siya ka-proud. Jowk. Tapos sina MG and A’ Nica, nagkatinginan sila tapos nagtawanan. Nakita ni M’ Belle kaya tinanong sila, “Madagascar at Maria Veronica Kong, baket kaya nagtatawanan?” Humarap daw silang 2 kay Ken sabay sabi ng, “Ahh.. si Bern no?” Nag-blush daw si Ken, tapos busy-busyhan sa pag-aayos ng bag. Nag-react si M’ Mhy at M’ Belle, “Ahh…si Bern pala ha….” tapos kinulit-kulit siya na umamin pero sabi lang ni Ken, still blushing, “Basta Smart po.” ^^
When we were at Photoplus: Nagpa-print kase kame ng pictures from my phone, while waiting for the printing to finish, na-mention na naman si Ken. I forgot what Kae asked me pero basta eto yung sagot ko, “Hindi naman ako nililigawan nun ah.” Kae -> “Wushu…di raw pero in-invite ka niya sa acquaintance party niya. Na-miss ka nga nun nung naka-sick leave ka eh.” Sabi ko, “You’re the 3rd person who told me that!” Rheng added, “Nag-alala kaya yun nung nagkasakit ka.” Tapos eh dumating din dun si A’ Len, sabi niya kay Rheng, “May narinig ako.” tapos binulong niya kay Rheng. Ang sagot ni Rheng, ‘Oo nga eh, iko-confirm ko yan kay boyfriend.” (Uhm, yah, he calls Ken “boyfriend”.) Obviously, it’s about me and Ken. So they know. Si A’ Rose naman -> “Sabi ko na nga ba, yung mga ganung tinginan eh…” Anong tinginan?!? Tapos bumalik na kame sa store, Kae and A’ Len were nowhere to be found (We later found out that Kae got hungry so they went to buy a donut. Lol.) kaya kame lang 2 ni Rheng ang nakabalik. We were far from the store tapos nakatanaw lang kame sa loob. Di ko talaga napansin pero sabi na lang ni Rheng, “Bern, sinisilip ka ni Ken.” Tapos nakita ako ni MG so she waved at me, I waved back. Tapos eh dumaan si Ken kase he was gonna bus the table infront of MG, ang ginawa ni MG, kinuha niya yung kamay ni Ken para i-wave saken. Hehe, ang cute lang.
When we were hanging outside Bayo: Nung una, kameng 2 lang ni MG kase nga I asked her about the linking program thing. Tapos sabi niya basta nag-aask daw si Ken ang advice from her etc, and she even mentioned na naiinlove na raw si Ken saken? Wala namang ganunan agad. Nakaka-shock naman o. Basta di raw kase alam ni Ken how he’ll express whatever feelings he has for me. Later, Kae, Rheng and A’ Len joined us. Nakatanaw kame sa loob ng store. We could see Ken sitting and prang thinking deeply. Si Kae din told me na siguro nga di alam ni Ken kung pano yung transition from being a buddy to being more than friends. Basta ang hirap i-explain. I forgot Kae’s exact words. Kase totoo naman, close talaga kame diba. Later, 2 na sila ni Wald! Ang mga sirang sina Kae and MG, gawan daw nila ng dialogues! We used to do that with K’ Ritz and A’ Tina eh. Basta wahaha, kahit sandali lang (Kase biglang dumating that freaken guard again!) nakakatawa yung dialogues nila. Kase nga naman, diba crush ko si Wald, tapos may crush saken si Ken. Kakatawa.
Eh di tapos na sila maglinis so nagbihis na si Ken, he approached me. This is how our conversation went:
Ken -> “Kamusta ka naman? Ok naman ba buhay mo?”
Me -> “Ok lang.”
Ken -> “Nahihiya na tuloy ako kausapin ka.”
Me -> “Ako rin!”
Lol. Nakakainis pag ganito na. Nagkakailangan tuloy kame when usually, we can talk about anything under the sun. Tapos eh di nakatayo lang kame dun sa may door, binangga ba naman ako ni S’ Manny! Basta I heard Ken’s reaction, parang “Oi!” pero siyempre di malakas kase manager yun. Tapos there was this case na nakakalat dun sa floor, S’ Manny kicked it to me para ilagay to its proper place (wherever that is), before it even hit me, I kicked it sideways. Haha. Ken offered to do it instead. How can you not grow liking for someone who gives you special attention diba? You can’t help it eh.
At the parking lot: The entire time, Ken and Rheng were talking, I forgot kung sino yung katabi ko but later I hang with Kae and Mine who were recording songs on my phone (Kase nga raw wala akong alam na kanta daw.) by the tree. That was far from everyone. I was nearest to the tree so nakasandal ako kay Kae while my feet were nakatapak dun sa branch ng tree. Hehe. I was so sleepy na kase. A lot later, nilapitan ako ni Ken. I didn’t quite get what the entire speeach pero yung nakuha ko lang was, “…nag-uusap lang kame ni Rheng…” I dunno what he meant by that. I dunno why he’s explaining eh I wasn’t saying anything naman.
While waiting for our bus: Kase sabay kame naglakad ni Kae, eh nung patawid na kame, muntik kame mahagip nung car cause it was moving too fast. Promise. Pero the lokaloka girls that we are, medyo tinawanan lang namin. Tapos later, eh ang kulit ko kase, muntik na naman ata ako mahagip ng isang vehicle! Ang kulit kong bata kase! So sabi ni Ken “Bern, dito ka nga sa tabi ko.” Eh katabi niya si Rheng sa left, Rheng pulled me to her. Then our bus came na, as usual, hindi nawala yung, “Bern, uwi na kayo?” Tapos eh di sumakay na kame ng bus – kame nina Jen, Gie and Mine – eh may drunk men who boarded so we got off at once. I was the last one who ran and my first instinct was to run back to the group, I heard Ken ask, “Bern, baket?” I wasn’t able to answer him na cause I saw the other 3 ran to the next bus. I followed them. Ayun we went home na. Iniwan namin si K’ Bry kahit na he told us to wait for him sa lugawan. Hehe. I so pity Jen kase she was crying when we were on the bus. Si Dags kase. Crush ko pa naman yun, tapos ganun siya. Hmp.
Kae told me something about Wald. Parang pang-Maalala mo Kaya daw ang life story ni Wald. Don’t wanna elaborate kase baka maiyak pa kayo. Lol. It boils down to – he’s such a responsible son and brother. I wasn’t wrong.
May kinwento saken si Mine – sabi daw ni K’ Bry, hinihintay ko na naman daw siya. Tapos sabi daw ni Mine, “Unggoy! Ako hinihintay niyan no, di ikaw!” Ehehehe…natawa ko dun sobra!