Chocolate Paper, Chocolate Scribbles

    It was 7:25 am. There I was – running,
panting, running, panting…. in a distorted rhythm. I only got 5 minutes to save
myself from the 1-kilometre line of students getting admittance slips. Worse, I
was only 50% sure where our new classroom is! Without further ado, I rushed to
the 3rd floor, assuming that classroom of 3^rd year science high
section A last school year is still our classroom. Having second thoughts, I
asked Ms. Licay “San po ang St. Peter?” but she replied, “Ewan ko.” Waaaah! So
I just run, run, run in the aisle of the unfamiliar students who primly formed
their queue. Luckily, I saw sir Abat (my hero!) and he pointed where our
classroom is. Whew! I was almost late. Sir Abat even said, “Walang pasaway ha!”
Hehe.

    After the flag ceremony, I sat on one of
the chairs in the front row. No choice. As I was scanning the faces of my
classmates, I felt a tingle of joy! Tina’s there, Bea’s there, Karen M’s there,
Debbie’s there, Dominic’s there… The extraordinary super hilarious jokers are
also there - Edmark, John Ruben… I bet III - St. Peter will be a very happy
class. Anyway, Ma’am Agnes Rimando is our adviser. She’s been teaching in SLC
since the world begun. What’s the best word to describe her? She said it’s
STRICT – as in serious, straight-forward, and not a smiley face. She never
failed to bombard us with pieces of sermon. “Wala nang pa-cute cute, pa-baby
baby, at pa-bully bully,” she said. Since the top 50 students are in the class
(33 girls, 17 boys) and it’s a homogenous section (all are intelligent), there
will be high expectations, more pressure, harder quizzes, and maybe extra-tight
competition. I just hoped that there will still be a hostile atmosphere. No
daggers or weapons of mass destruction please! We also have 3 electives –
Statistics, Elementary Linear Algebra, and Research. When we were copying our
schedule, I found that we have new teachers. But Ms. Solis and Mr. Ormita, my
favourite teachers, will be our teachers! Hurrah!

    We will voyage into another chapter of our
lives – The Junior Life. As the new heirs and heiresses of this crown (ahem!),
big responsibilities and trials will surely come. All I know is that all of us
will emerge as victors in this battle no matter what!