Day 3 : PInay's Pie

written: November 3, 2011

Day 3 of Nanowrimo

I decided to get rid of my previous 7929 words and start over. My previous piece had an ugly title and the rants were pointing in the wrong direction. I used a third person p.o.v. and it was making my teeth hurt. So I decided to change it to Pinay's Pie. I made some supporting characters too, fashioned from an ex and a couple of friends who I love to pieces. I figured Pinay was not going to have to face every thing alone. This was not some romance where the heroine needed a hero to save her. Chick Lit always gave the female lead a support time. She was only thinking that she needed to be alone in the fight but would never really survive it without a saving grace, a deo ex machina or her girlfriends. I gave Pinay, Josh and Valerie. Any coincidence or possible compatibility with one or two of my friends doesn't mean these characters are them entirely. I just couldn't let Pinay rant away like a crazy pscyho who tore someone's heart. J and V would complete the set of friends that would lead Pinay through her mental dilemmas and play devil and angel sides for her. I know it's the easy way out but the female journey needs a transition from the dark moment into enlightenment. So someone needs to be the candle and the lighter. Josh and Valerie would be it.

I am still thinking what to name the guy Pinay would be gaga over and how he would come into her life. It would be cool to let him come in and be a new crush after Ian is officially out of her life. And that he would be her friend first before they can hook up.

Maybe he could help her by setting her up with some guy friends of his or something. He would help her be the kind of girl that those guys would like and he would end up making her realize that she was exactly who she needed to be to find true love.

Or she could fashion a new novel using him as a main character and end up hoping that he would love her too. Only to find out that he was actually single despite saying he had a girlfriend. Hmm...I wonder what to do. I have finished 5354 words in one writing spree. The story is slowly coming out and it's more dynamic since there are dialogues instead of rant narration of angst and past pain.

Don't get me wrong, there are still those in their but I wasn't letting them damper up my story. Pinay's Pie was livelier and a tad less dark than Confessions of Pinaywriter. Boy was that title a bust. My back hurts now and it's raining like you don't want it to be Friday tomorrow but Saturday instead.

I went to Slice and Dice with Ianne and was glad that I got to overlap memories without meaning to. I do that to get over exes before. I would make space for a new memory by doing something else or the same thing only with a new person who is not my boyfriend at a place that I was with an ex. It works actually. It emerses you half into the past and propels you into the future. But all that would be possible if I didn't decide in the present that the past was in the past and that I should look towards the future.

Now I know that I don't need angst or inspiration to write this story and although Pinay's character would not be nicest one that I have ever written, but at least I hope to give her a happy ending. One word at a time. And just before the end of the story, who knows, I might just find that I got another creative output from another ex-boyfriend.

READ Pinay's Pie here at wattpad

Tulong sa Paggawa ng Tauhan- Nanowrimo & T.O.P.

Know your character. I have been told and I have told other younger writers about this. To some people making a character is easier. They are usually those kinda of people who love to observe people. Believe me, if you start making life stories of people you see at the mall while you are sitting waiting for a friend who is always at least an hour late to a meeting, you best have a handy-dandy notebook. I have been know to write character ideas on receipts. ^.^


Try reading up on archetypes here. Found it in the pinoywrimos' blog. I am reading it now.

There is a link to a character sheet. I think it wouldn't hurt if you had one of this in your file. As your template.

The hardest part about making a character is not making him or her but making his or her actions consistent to the personality that you have conjured. If you based that person to a real person, then it might be easier but what if that character is a collection of different people (which is usually the case) or  a completely fictional character, then the consistency of his actions is the problem or where the confusion actually starts.

So it's best to map out one's character.

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Kilalanin mo ang iyong mga tauhan. Maraming beses ko nang narinig at nasabi ito. Me mga taong kayang gumawa ng mga tauhan. Pero ang mahirap talaga ay ang pagpapanatiling tama ng mga reaksyon at pananalita ng mga tauhan mo sa iyong nobela. Kung ikaw ang tipo ng tao na pwede gumawa ng mga "tauhan" sa pamamagitan ng panunood ng mga tao sa mall, maswerte ka. Siguraduhing meron kang sulatan ng mga possibleng kwento o tauhang maiisip mo. Kahit sa resibo mo pa isulat basta wag mong iwawala ang pinagsulatan mo. Sayang din un.

Subukan mo ang listahang ito. Pwede mong gamitin iyang batayan ng mga tauhan mo. Para di mo malimutan ang anumang aspeto ng kanilang pagkatao. Pero maaari ka ring magdagdag.

Hindi na rin masama kung maggagawa ka ng character diagram. Para hindi ka malito kung sinong katipan ng kung sino. O kung anong koneksiyon ng isang tao sa isa pa.

http://thehotspicykimchi.com/2010/11/09/k-popk-drama-secret-garden-trailers-character-chart-ep-1-spoiler-details/

Kung serye at maraming magkakamag-anak sa iyong mga kwento marapating maggawa ng isang family tree nang hindi ka maloka sa dami ng mga tauhang nagka-anak na o nagkatuluyan.

http://mirika02.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/kristine-series-series-review/

Di ba cool un? Mas malinaw kung sakaling me makalimutan ka. Magandang i-print ito o gawin wallpaper para matandaan mo ito kung saka-sakali. O panatiliing nakabukas pag nagsusulat.

Sana ay natulungan ko kayo ngayong makagawa ng mas organisadong grupo ng mga tauhan. ^.^

*Thanks to the sites that I have linked here. I learned a lot!*

Confessions of Pinaywriter on Nanowrimo 2011

If it wasn't enough that I have to think of a plot of Yobo (seriously sorry Norby), edit 31 novels ++ and write my own, I have joined the 2011 Nanowrimo thingy. If you are from the Philippines, you might want to go to the regional group site and get some tips. I haven't attended any of the plot party or meet and greets because of budget and shyness (that's new for me too). I am thinking that I probably won't finish the 50,000 requirement but I plan to write more than I did the last time. So far I have a story that I want to tell. So I think that would come in handy. And it would also help me vent out some of my angry. This piece would definitely not see the light of day but I prefer that I put my aggravation somewhere. I got a play out of JL and me, I got a romance novel out of Mark and me. So wouldn't it just be so me to make a Nanowrimo about my last trip to Romantica?

And in this one I would not be the victim. I actually think people are going to think my character, yes of course she is going to be me, what else can I write about, is quite plainly a crazy sociopath-like bitch. I won't write the version of me that was victimized by love but the me who caused people pain, manipulated people's emotion and eventually deluded herself that she knew what love meant for her. Then of course, there has to be a change of heart, a willingness to accept mistakes and to try one's best to find answers.

And this time, the answers aren't going to be pretty. And I love it.

I don't have an ending yet. I don't plan to kill anyone in this piece though. Except maybe the last remaining guilt feelings of being left behind and/or being a horrible ex-girlfriend.

I don't know if you can read it hear but here's my piece for Nanowrimo 2011, Confessions of Pinaywriter : Love - Fact or Fiction. You still have a day to join, well, more or less 16 hours. So try it out!

October 31, 2011 word count: 0 of 50,000

ROMANCE SECTION Reminders - T.O.P.

Please do not post your teaser or chapter as an update or message sa wall ng group. Thanks. 

Go to FORUM 

> Go to the bottom part of the page me POST NEW TOPIC dun 

Ilagay ang Title ng Nobela sa TITLE BOX 

I.E. My Heart's Birthday


1. Unang ilagay ang Teaser sa CONTENT box.
how to make teasers => http://pinaywriteroraldiarrhea2.blogspot.com/2010/10/teaser-versions.html


TEASER example

original form in WORD DOCU

GANITO SHA PAG CTRL C THEN CTRL V nyo sa forum part ung nasa docu

 2. Ilagay ang mga chapters na kasunod sa susunod na comment box.

Mas okay na kung susundin nyo na ang format dito. http://pinaywriteroraldiarrhea2.blogspot.com/2010/09/formatting-reminders-simplified-for.html para hindi na magkagulo.

see link for the explanation

Pero pag pinost nyo yan sa Romance section comment Walang bold at italics pero don't panic. The other format however SUNDIN.

Sa ganitong paraan hindi na sasakit ang utak ng editor (at ko) sa pagcheck ng format when in fact dapat content at grammar na lang ichecheck namin. Ha, please. Thanks.

WARNING: if you don't post it completely baka kailanganin nyong mag-edit. 1 gil nababawas ata pag me ineedit so might as well tapusin muna bago magpost ng chapters. ^.^ 

if you want lagyan nyo na ng chapters 1 - 10 as reply then just edit it later. ^.^ para kahit anong comment nila after that will not cut the flow of the story. ^.^

3. Pag tapos nyo na, send me a complete copy. 

pinaywritertop@gmail.com = yan ang bonggang bonggang email ko (mas madalas ako sa email kesa fb etc kasi blocked sha sa opis ko so please, email me your tanong)

Sana ung nabasa, na-check at
content at grammar na lang ang checheckin. Ung format, please kayo na ang kumana nun. Ha? Ha! Thanks. <3

Please, wag ninyong hintayin na ako pa ang magsabi to send me a copy. Babato ko ke Yesha ang copy and she will check chapter one I will check the rest. Pag hindi ninyo nilagay ang mga corrections na binigay namin beforehand, well...nagsasayang lang tayo ng oras ng isa't isa.

Let's be open to helping each other learn. ^.^ Win-win situation.

NOVELS TO EDIT - T.O.P.

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If your novel is not on this que that means I don't have a copy of your novel. E-mail it immediately. Those FINISHED novels that were not sent to me are not my responsibility. It's part of the HOW TO SUBMIT that you have to SEND THE EIC the edited form  (by another person preferably from TOP as your editor or reader) not the RAW format crazy version of your novel.

If your novel is in FATE, dapat me copy din na na-send sa akin. pinaywritertop@gmail.com

AGAIN, these are the rules. If you can't wait for me to finish all these, then I am sorry. I am not a machine. Write somewhere else but don't expect me to help you. I want to help that's why I got this "job" but I have a life too. It was very eventful lately and I messed up my time. But it's on like donkey-kong.

There is something we are preparing for next year (5th year ng TOP) so I need to evaluate the writers.


Wherever you might end up, don't rush greatness.

Boredom + Lack of Net Connections = Novel writing

I am notorious for being super busy at work. *naks sinungaling* So much so that I end up not writing or finishing any of the novels that I should be editing or working on. I have a backlog that would take months to wipe out. But the solution is not having any internet power to go on and blog or even wikipedia anything. That is why I like it at the FIRE. Although INFERNO is unusually cold today, I can't write here *despite the long break times - Darn it if I brought my laptop tapos na sana ang COH video* since I have Google and Blogger working for me.

Oh well, I am editing and will write the last chapter of Yongbae and Jaime's story so I can finally submit it.
Then because of the lack of things to occupy myself when I am hanging out at FIRE, I ended up finishing a chapter of Tank and Emps' story. So far it's drama heavy and I want to make it lighter in the middle part. The teaser still rings through but the story is flowing independent of the first two novels. I am thinking that making JD and Sophia's story too connected with YB and J's would make it too "series-y". Oh well, revisions...

So actually this whole thing is helping me with my creative endeavors.
So go me!~

When this Yongbae story is done, padala ko na to ke Yesha at Lou for reading then COH na to pag okay na sa tingin nila. Hohoho. *crosses fingerlets*

BigB Series Covers

You can check out the teasers here and the incomplete pages. ^_^ You have to register first though. ^_^ Have fun!

BigB1 - Youngbae's Song
Jaime <3 Yongbae

Jaime had one dream , to be a GY talent and a famous Korean idol. There was only one problem, she was neither a singer nor was she 100% Korean. Her only chance to stay in Korea was to be an English teacher to a bunch of misfits in a highschool in a farflung South Korean town.

Yong-Bae was living the dream, he was GY talent and a famous Korean idol. There was only one problem, he had mandatory military training and was assigned to go a remote town and help build a school. He meets the quirky Jaime while he stays there and finds that love can be found in the strangest places.   

*The photo was found online and is not a property of the blogger.
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Need to look up tutorials for Photoshop? Check here

Teaser versions

Ang purpose ng teaser ay parang yuong nasa likuran ng isang paperback pocketbook. Ito ang binabasa ng reader o ng buyer para magdesisyon kung bibilhin niya o babasahin ang isang libro. 


According ke Master Foo dapat ang mga teaser ay two paragraphs with two to three sentences. 

Ito ang ilan sa mga halimbawa nito. Pero mas mahaba sila kesa sa ginagawa sa atin.

Synopsis/Teaser ng Dark Lover ni Arielle

    Kinomisyon si Selene ng multibillionaire Chinese businessman na si Jason Long para gawan ng tig-iisang portrait ang pitong anak nito. 

    Sa pagdating niya sa Villa Lucinda ay isa-isang nakilala niya ang pitong anak nito. Wala siyang kamalay-malay na sa pagpunta niya roon ay malalagay siya sa isang pagsubok na ibinigay ni Jason Loong. At madadawit dito ang isa sa pitong lalaki. 

   Komplikado ang sitwasyon na nasuungan niya. Natuklasan niyang kailangan siyang umibig at magdalang-tao sa lalaking nagsasagawa ng misyon habang nananatiling lihim ang pagkatao nito. 

   Mautak at tuso ang binatang magpapaibig sa kanya. At ang kapalaran at puso niya ay malalagay sa palad nito. 

Sa teaser na ito walang dialogue na nakalagay pero malinaw nitong ipinapaliwanag ang hook o ang conflict ng kwento. Gumagamit din ito ng tinatawag na technique kung saan ang isa sa mahahalagang bagay ay ipinipresente subalit hindi nire-reveal ang identity nito. Ang mambabasa ay maiintriga kaya't nanaisin niyang basahin o bilhin ang aklat. 

Pwedeng ganito:

(How Did I fall in Love with You by Martha Cecilia)

  Hindi gusto ni Ronan si Laurel, the most popular girl in the campus, the girl who could smile away the thunder and kiss away the rain. She was a snob, too.

  At lalong hindi rin gusto ni Laurel si Ronan, the most infamous guy in the campus. Wild and crude...and, well, gorgeous. Hindi niya gustong aminin iyon.

  Theirs was a case of hate at first sight. 

Dito makikita ang pangalan ng main characters at ang kanilang conflicting personalities. Ang main conflict shempre ay na-inlove sila sa isa't-isa. 


Minsan ay gumagamit sila ng dialogue para sa teaser:


(Wild Enchantment 2)


   "Puno ang schedule ang buong linggo ko. sa Biyernes ay patungo tayo sa Batangas. Nabanggit ko na sa iyong may meeting ako sa labor union doon. At magiging abala na ako...So the wedding could be set on Wednesday next week," patuloy nito na tila ba ang pinag-uusapan ay ang pagbaba at pagtaas ng stock market. "Yes, Wednesday next week is perfect."
   Jordan proposed to marry her to keep her form doing any more mischief - at upang huwag na niyang habulin pa si Rowel. Proposed? No, he didn't propose. Ipinaalam nito sa kanya na magpapakasal sila - sa ayaw at sa gusto niya!


Dito sa teaser/synopsis nito ay makikita ang ilan sa mga dialogue na nasa loob ng aklat mismo. Paraan ito para makita ang main conflict sa pagitan ng mga character. 

Kaya rin itong gawin sa isang paragraph lamang.

Tulad nito: 

(Suzanna's Surrender by Nora Roberts) 

Burned-out and tired as hell, all ex-cop Hold Bradford wanted to do was relax. But when beautiful single mom Suzanna invaded his solitude to search for the missing Calhoun emeralds, he couldn't say no. Hold had changed from a bad-boy teen to a dangerously sexy man, but Suzanna couldn't risk well-ordered life for a man who made her mouth go dry...


OTHER EXAMPLES:

Raine hated weddings, but only on the surface. She actually loved them, the gown, the cake and the promise of a life together. But in her life men have proven that happily ever after doesn't exist. Between her father who cheated on her mother, to her ex-boyfriends who cheated on her and her ex-fiancee who turned out to have fathered a child while they were together, she was done with men. Hercules loved weddings, but only on the surface. His events company has so many weddings to put together that he never wants to put up with it if it was up to him. Plus, bride's can get a little bit too horny for his own good. As far as he was concerned once a man gets down on one knee, they never get up from that position.

Ang goal ng teaser ay makumbinsi mo, makiliti mo ang isipan ng reader para basahin niya ang iyong sinulat. Kung boring ang teaser mo iisipin ng reader na boring ang story mo. Kung maraming mali sa teaser mo, iisipin nila na sasakit lang ang ulo nila if they read your story. So be vigilant. 

ARCHIVE : N and G (nobelang hindi tapos)

Dec 17, 2009 2:14 PM

N and G

by Pinaywriter

Disclaimer: Ang mga pangalang ginamit ay mga tunay na pangalan ng tao. Syempre pa hindi ko naman pwedeng gamitin ang pangalan ng mga animals para sa kwentong ito, haller naman. Pero dahil natutuwa ako sa mga magsing-irog na tila ba ay hobby na ang ipangalandakan sa universe na sila ay kenkoy in love, naisip ko lang na gamitin silang inspirasyon para sa kwentong ito. Wala ni isang piraso o eksena sa buong kwentong ito ang haliw sa kanilang tunay na love story. Pero para na lang sa kanila yun, alam nyo yung privacy? Basta, natutuwa ako kasi konti lang ang mga mag-asawang tulad nila na sa sobrang ka-sweetan nasusura na ako minsan. Parang nanay at tatay ko lang na nagpapa-cute sa isa't-isa. 


Sila ang tularan nyo, mga taong me balak mag-asawa o me mga asawa na. Kasi kung matino ang lalaki, at sexy mula ulo hanggang braincells ang babae, magkakaron din kayo ng ninipie at Juggernaut. ^^ 


Hindi ko sinasabi na matatapos ko ang kwentong ito. Pero why not di ba?
Ang lahat ng nasisimulan yakang-yaka lang tapusin. Fighting!


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"Naomi,makinig ka muna bago mo ako pagbawalan na mahalin ka."


Lumingon ako nang sabihin ni Gani ang mga salitang un. Naririnig ko ang kantyawan ng mga kabarkada nya mula sa loob ng canteen na madalas tambayan ng mga studyante mula sa UP.


"Pwede ba, bumalik ka na lang dun sa mga kabarkada mo. Panira kayo ng araw." kahit nakatakong at masakit na ang paa ko ay hindi ko pa rin mapigilan ang subukang tumakbo. Sino ba namang hindi matatakot kung kahit saan ka pumunta ay sinusundan ka ng isang grupo ng madudungis na lalaki na puro tattoo ang katawan. Aba, para lang akong hinahabol ng mga rapist nun. At ang kurimaw na ito ang pinuno ng banda ng mga mantsa.


"Makinig ka muna kasi." nagmamakaawa na nitong turan.


"Ayoko, binge ako today. Jan ka n---ay!" hawak ko ang hita ko gawa ng sakit na nagmula sa aking "ankle" na tumataas papuntang tuhod.


"Okay ka lang ba? Alam kong hindi ka okay? Teka lang. Wait." natataranta man ay binuhat pa rin ako ni Gani. Napatili pa ako sa bilis ng pagkakabuhat nito. Napayakap ako dahil pakiramdam ko ay mahuhulog ako dahil sa payatot ang nagbubuhat sa akin. Pero nang tumakbo na ito papuntang infirmary kahit isang beses ay hindi ito nagreklamo sa bigat ko.


Humihingal man ay nakangiti naman si Gani habang binebendahan ang aking paa. "Anong nginingiti-ngiti mo jan?" angil ko dito.


"Wala." nasisinok ito dahil sa pinipigil na tawa. Parang kinikiliti lang ang loko. Sapakin ko kaya ito ng isa?


"Wala mo mukha mo, nakakatuwa bang nadapa ako dahil sa kakasunod mo sa akin? Ha? Ha?" nakakabwisit talaga. "Pano ako magsasayaw sa Social dances ko kung me pilay ako, aber? Naku, pag nawalan ako ng scholarship dahil sa PE na un tatamaan ka sa akin ng bonggang bonga. Pipilayan ko pati yang mga tattoo mo."


Lalo lang itong natawa. Pinanliitan ko ito ng mga mata. Bigla naman itong tumahimik. "Sorry na. Ang cute mo kasi pag nagagalit." Pinalabas ko ang galit ko sa ilong ko. Pakiramdam ko usok na ang lumalabas dun sa sobrang init ng ulo ko. December pa naman ngayon. Dapat malamig ang panahon pero parang nag-summer vacation ang yultide spirit ko sa sobrang bwisit ko sa nilalang na ito.


"Ikaw, cute ka kayang isilid sa kabaong?" Nakangisi kong tanong.


"Wag na muna, ngayon pang nahulog ka na para sa akin. Kailangan ko pang mabuhay ng matagal. sasagutin mo pa ako eh." hirit pa nito. Kailangan ko yatang kumapit. Bumabagyo sa loob ng infirmary.


"Sasagutin pala ha? Pwes!" tumayo na ako dahil tapos na ang pagbebenda ng paa ko."Ang sagot ko ay hindi! Hindi! No, niet, aniyong, ie, never, ayoko ayoko ayoko sabi sa'yo!" nang makita ko na three inches na heels nga pala ang sandals ko ay parang nawala ang galit ko at na-stress bigla ang bangs ko.


"Shemas. Pano ako uuwi sa dorm nito?" bulong ko sa sarili ko.


Humahangos na dumating si Jeff, ang kabarkadang kadikit bituka ng butiking umiirog sa akin. May hawak itong isang pares ng tsinelas. Sa paningin ko ay naging Buddha ang hari ng kantsaw. Inabot ni Jeff ke Gani ang mga tsinelas.


"Teka, teka." pipigilan ko sana si Gani pero naisuot na nito ang isang tsinelas sa paa kong walang benda. Inabot din nito ang saklay na pinahiram ng infirmary. Parang Cinderella lang ang beauty ko. Pilay na cinderella nga lang.


Nginitian ako ni Gani sabay sabi, "Ngayon hindi mo na ako matatakbuhan." Kinilabutan ako sa sinabi nito. Pero bakit parang masarap na kilabot ata ito? Oh nose! Ayokong maging reyna ng mga mantsa!


CHAPTER ONE


"Eh, ano ba talagang nangyari sa'yo?" tanong ni Weng. "Baka naman tinulak ka nung hari ng mantsa na un at natatakot ka lang na magsabi. Ipapa-tribunal natin un tas ang parusa sa kanya ay tatalupin ang balat nyang me tattoo. Tingnan ko lang kung hindi sya magmukhang skinless longganisa."


"Tumigil ka nga jan. Ginagatungan mo pa yan. Baka nga gawin nya un." saway ng kikay na si Melai.


"Ah basta, susumpitin ko ung pag nagkita kami." angil ni Weng.


"Warfreak ka talaga ninang." nagkasanayan na kaming ninang ang itawag sa isa't-isa. Balak namin ay balang-araw ay maging tunay na magkukumare.


"Hindi nya ako tinulak. Nadapa talaga ako habang nilalayuan ko sya. Binuhat ba naman ako hanggang infirmary!" natatawa ako sa malamang ay naging hitsura naming dalawa nung mga panahong yun.


"Binuhat ka ni Gani? Wait lang ha. Ang layo kaya ng infirmary! Wala ba syang konsepto ng jeepney?"naiiling na tanong ni Weng.


"Ganun talaga ang mga in-love, tuliro lagi." gatong ni Melai.


"Ay naku, kung ganun din lang ay wag na lang ma-in-love. Nakakapilay." tinaasan ako ng kilay ni Weng na para bang tinatanong kung tama ang kutob nito.


"Hindi ko rin alam eh." tinuloy ko ang kwento hanggang sa suotan ako ni Gani ng tsinelas at ihatid ako nito hanggang dorm. "Kulang na lang bigyan nya ako ng piggy back ride. Ano kami koreanovela?"


"Gusto lang nun manantsing." tumatango na rin si Melai. "See, two versus one. Wag ka na dun sa isang un. Masasalanta hindi lang bangs mo, baka mapintahan pa yang kamorenahan mo. Naku lang." Alam kasi nito na gusto ko ring magpatattoo pero isa lang.


"Ano bang pwedeng gawin para layuan na ako ng isang un?" feeling ko labas na sa ilong ang sinasabi ko pero baka paulanan ako ng katabilan ng dalawang ito o di kaya ay ng kape kaya hindi pwede. Umuusok pa ang mga baong order naming kape. Mamaya na lang.


"Madali lang yan, magka-boyfriend ka." nakangiti pa si Melai nung i-suggest nya iyon.


"Ninang, ayoko ngang magkaron ng distraction tas sasabihin mo pang mag-boyfriend ako." ginulo ko ang bangs ko sa inis.


"Haller, hindi totoong boyfriend. Japeyk." nakangisi na ito ngayon.


"Sang kamay naman ng demonyo ako hahanap ng boypren-boyprenan aber?" pagkasabi ko noon ay may isang tili kaming narinig.


"Niiiiinaaaaaang!" sumisigaw na nilapitan kami ni Noki, ang aming dakilang kapatid sa pananampalataya. Nakipag-beso-beso muna ito bago kumuha ng isa pang upuan para makasalo sa aming pagkakape. "How's your life in general mga ninang?" Napansin nya ang saklay ko kaya nanlaki ang mata nito. "Ay ano yan, manunulat na pilay mode?"


"Natapilok ako." simple kong kwento. "Na-sprain."


"Weh, bakit bonggang-bongga namang me crutches pa and everything? Don't answer that, gets ko na." parang armalite lang kung magbuga ng salita ang isang ito. "Why naman mukhang pagkatalo sa lotto ang face mo?"


"Hindi ko kasi alam kung pano ko papatigilin si Gani sa pangungulit sa akin. Napilayan na nga ako dahil sa gusto kong makalayo sa kanya. Pero wala pa rin. Kuntodo text or tawag kung kailangan ko daw ba ng tutulong sa akin pumunta sa klase. Hay grabe na 'to."


Sumimangot naman si Noki sa sinabi ko. "Are you telling me na nagrereklamo ka kasi me isang tao sa buong universe na may paki sa iyong nafilay na leg? Namayawang pa ito for effect. "Are you telling me na nasestress ang bangs mo kasi me isang matipunong nilalang na handa kang mahalin, buhatin, ipagtanggol at lasapin?" Tumango na lang ako. Mejo nakakatakot na ang monologue ni ateng.


"Hay naku Naomi Ruth, isa kang dakilang NR. Hindi kinakaya ng powers ko ang pagiging NR mo. Hindi mo ba alam kung ilang libong bading ang magpapakamatay para lang magkaroon ng kung ano ang meron ka? Isang lalaking mahal ka, hinahabol ka, nilalanghap ang pabango mo kung dumadaan ka, nginingitian ka, pinapatawa at higit sa lahat, ikaw ang pinapantasya? Hay naku. Ibigay mo na lang sha sa akin. Kung ako naging lalaki hindi kita magugustuhan mashado kang pakipot. Kaines."


Feeling ko nakabaon na ako sa lupa pagkatapos ng litaniya nito. Nakatingin naman si Melai at Weng ke Noki na para bang me iniisip masama.


"Pwede." sabi ni Weng na tinanguan ni Melai.Tumingin ang dalawa sa akin saka ko lang na-gets ang gusto ng dalawa.


Gusto ko biglang masamid nung naisip ko ang kailangan kong sabihin. "Noki, favor?"


Humihingal pa ito sa haba ng mga pinagsasabi nito. "Ano yun, ninang?"


"Pwede ba kitang maging boyfriend?"


Napabuga ng tubig ang bakla.