Prologue

March 20, Monday…It was the first Monday in school year 2005-2006 for the first year med students to never have to cram for a quiz, exam, synthesis or anything that concerns studies for that matter…and for us mag-sisters, the first Monday to see Cagayan in a different light…

Mi-ann, my friend since high school, who I also call Kaps (shortcut of kapatid, corny no? why kapatid? That’s another story) texted me ‘coz she wants me to go with her to Manang Inday for her clerk uniform…

Mi-ann: kapz, kanus-a mo manlugsong sa inyong bukid? Makuha na namo amo grades around 2 pm so naa nkoy confidence magpatahi kung k ang result

Me: sus kaps uy…o.a. jud ni o…kapasa lagi na..cge tx lang ko…humanon lang sa nkog compile ning mga modules den go nako…

While we were texting, my sis also received a text message from Peps, our classmate and kaberks and kawavelength and kauban sa kabuang and etc…She said that she’s already bored and magkta dw somewhere in divisoria. So since, maglugsong mi for Mi-ann, we agreed to see each other at also around 2-4 pm…

So minutes after…

Phone beeps…

Mi-ann: Kapz! Nkapasa ko!

Me: Conggratz! So asa ta after patahi? Hehe..tanawa o.a. ra jud ni o..cge hulata mi ligo sa ko

Mi-ann: k, email sad nko ako sisters..mamalita ko =)

At dunkin donuts, divisoria, the official meeting place of almost everybody that I know of in Cagayan…

Me: Tanawa kaps, wa lagi mabagsak na 3rd year…

Mi-ann: Naa lagi gihapon na..d baya na sila mu-ila…bagsak kung bagsak baya jd na sila

Sis: atik..kuyawa diay uy

Mi-ann: Tama diay, inyong grades sa 1st year humana daw, unya ideliberate pa na so cguro mga Wedenesday or Thursday ma release

Me: Ha? Abi nko nextweek pa…sa bagay para maka uli na sad mi uy

So, chika2x muna then out of nowhere, without warning, Peps emerge right beside me and said…

Peps: uuuuy! marelease na daw grades tom!

3 of us: hahaha….asa man ka gikan?

Me: grabe peps kalit lang mn kag sulpot, wala pa juy intro

Peps: uy kulbaan nko…unsaon na nko ni…kapasa kaha ko?

Sis: d pa man na tom..relax lang diha uy, mga wed or thurs pa man daw kay ideliberate pa, diba Mi?

Mi-ann: Ang ako nadunggan tom mahuman inyo grades, ambot kung tom dayon mahuman ug deliberate para release dayon

Peps: tom na jud daw kay maoy ingon nila Josie, naa mn cla skul karon

The 3 of us d makapaniwala…

So after the chika2x we agreed to go to Manang Inday for the clerk uniform, while Peps was so tarantated and mejo wala sa sarili, kaya malapit nahulog sa mini canal buti na lang, with the tight grip of Mi-ann and my sis, she’s back to where she should be standing …but anyway, dahil wala nga sa sarili, she still manages to say “uy d sa ko mouban ha, magpray sa ko”..so after we recovered from laughing in amusement of Pep’s acrobatic skills…

Me: k ra ka mam? au2x ug tabok ha, pa uban ka?...

Peps: ayaw na, patahi na mo..k ra ko, magpray lang sa ko

Sis: sure ka?

Peps: lagi, k ra ko..text lang ko kung humana

So we said our good-byes and pahabol…i-apil mi sa prayers ha…

To cut the story short, we again meet at Bo’s with Toto, Mi-ann’s cousin, went to Famous Dane’s where Mi-ann and the 4 of us celebrated Mi-ann’s success, billiards at Diamod Tip then after everything, Mi-ann and Toto went home while me and my sis end up sleeping at Pep’s . . .