The first thing that I wanted to say, is..

I TRANSFERRED SCHOOL , GUYS. Huhu. Promise it’s so painful to think na nagtransfer ako. Pero wala ako may magagawa. Huhu. Family problems… so each and everyone in the family needed to adjust. We stayed with the relatives in my maternal side. While both of my parents went to Batangas to work.

The first day of school for me was quite memorable. Not really in a good way , but a part of like a devastating one. Grabeh, my grandmother told me that she would want to accompany me. Pero,  sabi ko “Kaya ko po ang sarili ko”

Nalista yung pangalan ko sa section Topaz. For a whole day I roamed around the school. And there was a conflict dahil the designated teacher ay may advisory din pala sa 10^th grade. Little did I know, na-transfer pala ako sa star section----which hindi ako na-inform.

So for a whole day, tumambay lang ako sa school campus. (I knowwww….) People there, are already in their classrooms. While I was stuck on the bench area, tunganga dahil wla naman akong earphones saka wattpad . Dahil recently kaka-switch lang ako ng  phone.

My ninang—which was a teacher there , saw me. Accompanied me to the classroom. And the most embarrassing part is that, ICT na yung class nila. She (ICT teacher)  ushered me enter and asked me what was my name. “Ericah Villacarlos , po”

“What  school?”

“Bacolod Tay Tung High School Inc. po” and smiled at me

“Introduce yourself and after that, in a Mandarin way” (Chinese school po kasi ako, last year) JUSKOOOO.. Gusto kong malupasay , pramis! Nahiya ako! Swearrrrr. But I’ve got no choice. Ayoko ko naman maging pabebe. So I introduced myself.

“Hi! Ericah Villacarlos,14. I’m from Bacolod City. Nice meeting you ,guys” After that I took a deep breath. Saka inilabas yung translation nito sa Mandarin

“  Da jia hao. Wo shi mi yi jia. Shi si sui. Wo lai zi mao ke lu da  dong zhong xue. Hen gao xing ren shi nin!”

After nun. Umupo na ako. And pramis!  I felt blood rushed up to my cheeks when I heard them blabbered.

‘Wtf! Ano ‘yun’

‘Intindihan mo ’yun.?’

‘ALIEN LANGUAGE!’

Gusto ko nang lamunin ng lupa. I mentally called my bestfriends’ names  para lang tulungan ako. Huhu. Jusko. After ‘nun. We went out of the lab para sa last period(hapon na kasi ako nung pumunta doon, dahil for the whole day, tumambay lang ako).

Next was MAPEH. So I went out with them. Wah, pramis nung lumabas kami, halos lahat ng babae, pumalibot sa akin! Jusko. Tinanong nila kung ano daw yung sinabi ko. Yung iba nagpaturo pa nga. Instantly I gained friends. Which was a really good good good thing!

After nung MAPEH, diretso agad akong umuwi. Day by day, kilala ko na rin sila unti-unti. I have different chika buddies, lunch buddies, departure buddies.

So far, the first week was awesome, dahil it was way way way more different than my old classmates. Way more exciting. Dahil na-belong ka sa star section, and when you look at it. Yung iba parang ‘di seryoso sa studies.  Pero nung binigyan kami ng research.  Sineryoso talaga nila.

Especially, during games! Problem solving. All the people in the group would answer it. Minsan pa nga may nagde-debate pa. It kind of feels like a different environment.

It’s funny to think that people on the classroom are all competitive but at the same time, the are pushing and pulling their classmates to bring the best out of them. Then I came into thinking that. Maybe, this wasn’t so bad afterall. It wasn’t so bad to go out to you comfort zone.

Na baka, baka parehas din ‘to sa mga oppurtinity na naga-appear lamang when you do new stuffs.

But still, I wanted to go back to my old school. Next year? I guess. I really wanted to graduate there. Since, it was my sanctuary since elementary days. It was my alma mater. My mom graduated there. I want to continue the legacy ,too. Somehow, I wish na matapos na rin ang family problem.

Though, I’m expecting a lot this year. Expecting that maybe, after this year. I can be a different  and more matured person.

Geeb, Jai, Lara , Ren , Beth, Buts, Drei ,Shak, TUB, Guys, maybe I’ll be back next year. Just wait for me, okay? Wo xiang nian ni men. Wo ai ni men.