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joyni: tara kitaro! di ko pa natry dun eh..
me: ay oo! may narinig ako kahapon na nagsabi na masarap daw dun..!

rain: (i'm not sure if it really was rain who said this): sino naman?

me: ewan. nagkkwentuhan lang na napadaan. hehe. di ko kilala.

joan: ngek.

joyni: tara kitaro!!!

and so we went to kitaro which is a short walk from the main building. little did we know, our nosebleeding anatomy class has its continuation. let's just say we aren't japanese nor do we love japanese food, so when we were given the menu, all we did was fall silent and look at each other's confused faces. all we know about japanese food is sushi and wasabi.

me: sino naman kasing nagyayang magkitaro tayo eh..... grrr..

joyni: sino naman kasing nagsabing masarap dito eh...

me: ay excited na ko sa swimming bukas! hihihi.

but it tuned out all right. we ordered the beef thingy (i've forgotten). it was ok, but i'd still choose tokyotokyo over kitaro.

at dismissal time, as usual i am to wait for thony coz he still has classes. but today, i didn't spend the time alone at the internet cafe. thony's class was having this newscasting activity for english class. they had to act like real newscasters, dress like them and face the camera. their individual performances were recorded and graded. anyone can watch so i went over and watched him. he actually looked good with his coat and tie. i felt like it's prom season again. haha. : )

today, thony also got to borrow his brother's phone coz he needed it for the activity. nung una, nagmamayabang pa nga siya na sa kanya daw yun. hehe. it was a sony ericsson something. i don't know exactly what unit it is but i kinda like it (but i'd still choose my phone over it of course).

after thony has changed back to usual clothes and after alfred, his friend and classmate, borrowed his coat for his performance, we hurriedly headed home because it looked like the rain is striking again. true enough, it did. and yet again, we got caught under it. what's new?!

when we got home (soaking wet again), walang power. great. just then, thony realized something...

thony: nasan yung fone ng kuya ko? di mo ba nakita?!

me: huh? binalik ko sa'yo yun ah..

the phone was gone. nowhere to be found. we kind of panicked coz if he didn't find it, lagot siya sa kuya niya.

naisip naming magtawag ng mga classmates niya, coz they might have seen it somewhere back in school. pero wala ni isa sa amin sa bahay ang may load para tumawag. ehe. di kami makalabas para makapagload dahil sobrang lakas ng ulan at malayo pa ang bahay ng nagloload. we also can't use the landline to call his mates' cellphones coz our landline is locked.

and so there we were. fidgeting helplessly in the dark. waiting for the rain to stop and for a miracle (lost cellphones usually don't come back).

then suddenly, a savior came. dumating si tin (at kasama pa ang bagong manliligaw niya, naks, tig-isa kami ng lalaki sa bahay noh?! buti na lang wala si dad nung time na yun, lol) at MAY LOAD siya! at pwede pang pantawag.

we started calling thony's classmates whose numbers, for some odd reason, he memorizes. but no one was answering... minutes passed, still no one got on the line.

me: hmm.. eh kung tawagan mo kaya yung mismong fone ng kuya mo?!

thony: (hindi lang niya sinabi pero alam kong naisip niya na ang galing ko dahil naisip ko yon. at dinayal ang number ng nawawalang fone)

at may sumagot nga!

thony: hello? sino 'to? ibalik mo fone ko!

(me *whisper*: anung sa'yo.. hiniram mo lang yan eh..)

alfred: tol ako 'to, si alfred. naiwan mo fone mo sa pocket ng coat na pinahiram mo sa kin kanina!

(me*grin* : ngek. katangahan lang pala ang dahilan).