It was not long since i last received one
And at that time, i really dont appreciate cards being sent to me
All i know is greeting cards are just school homework that your supposed to craft
Which gives us the license to lie to anyone we wanted to by greeting them a happy ’sumtin’
I even managed to craft greeting cards for my puppy love,
high chool crashes
so called BFF
so called "she has a crush on me" schoolmates
to my family which i must admit is very "for bussiness matter only" and not the deep-in-my-heart-i-want-to-greet-them-a-merry-xmas-slash-happy-bday type
i even managed to create one of the best greeting cards for not so-important-person-but-i-just-have-to-send-someone-a-card-so-he’ll-do type of person
what im really trying to say is, i was never really sincere at sending cards.
and that i dont find cards "sweet" or "treasure-box material"
i must blame my school for teaching me that whenever an occasion comes, you MUST send some cards, or else, you’ll fail her class.
Now that i dont even go to classes, or dont have to pass someone’s standards,
I must say its quite a relief knowing that cards are no longer part of my Merry Xmas / Happy Bday
But its just this,
I would really love to get a card from a very sincere friend
reminding me of how ‘merry xmas’ is spelled
how ‘happy birthdays’ goes well with glued glitters
how ‘happy halloween’ looks if they are written in spooky way
how ‘will you be my valentine’ is sweet if they are written inside a heart shaped card.
and most especially how ‘just saying Hi!’ will look if they are written in green neon markers inside a blue bground
and i would love to have someone
special enough to give me a reason
a reason to grab the most expensive paper
to find the most colorful crayons
to create the most stylish fonts
to cut the most sophisticated patterns
and to spend the longest 1 hour of my life
just to craft the grandest most special greeting card my pruned brain would ever craft
I just wish i could…
"pabili nga ng isang folder’
bungad ko sa isang tindahan
at saka 24 colors na crayon
may gel pen po kayo?
yung iba iba kulay?
nasasabik kong sambit kay ate lisa
pinapadala kasi kami ni maam martinez nito
gagawa daw kami ng krismas kard
project namin ngaun para sa MSEP
nagsimula ng maglikot ang aking isipan
pano kaya ako gagawa??
sabik na sabik na akong gumawa ng isa
kaya nagpraktis na ako
gumawa na ako ng plano
kung anong itsura
at anong kulay
maganda ang naiisip ko
makulay
nakakatuwa.
Kinabukasa’y pumasok na ako sa iskul.
ang haba pa nga ng araw nun e
panghuli kasi ang MSEP namin
halos mainis insi ako sa mga titser ko sa bagal magturo
Eto na, MSEP na
sinabi na samin kung pano gagawin.
kung anu dapat ang ilagay.
nagpakita pa nga sya ng mga eksampol e
kinuwento pa kung ano anong mga magandang nagawa sa ibang klase
nakakatuwang makinig kay maam martinez!!
simulan na daw namin.
tapos nung gagawa na ako, pinaalala samin…
igagawan daw namin ng krismas kard ang pinaka espesyal na tao.
Haha… yun lang pala.
akala ko kung ano na.
pwede na daw kami magsimula.
magsisimula na sana ako,
kaso hindi ko pa pala alam kung kanino ko ipapadala ang kard
nag isip na ako…
hmm…
kay mama at papa na lang!!!
teka, parang ang korni kung sa kanila.
alam ko na!!
kay rosemarie, yung crush ko!
baka hindi nya pansinin, sayang naman. saka baka lalo syang mailang saken.
ah, kay glenn!
bestfriend ko since grade 4!
naku, baka isipin nila may gusto ako sa kanya. wag na lang
hmmm.. si Nunoy kaya??
yung kaibigan ko na kapitbahay namin!
Ay!! Hindi pala nila kilala si Nunoy, baka isipin nila wala akong pagbibigyan talaga nito…
sino kaya??
lumapit na ang titser ko sakin…
Huy!! bakit wala ka pang ginagawa?? matatapos na yung klase ah!! gus2 mo bang bumagsak??
hindi po maam…
kanino ko kaya ibibigay yung kard??
hay nako, dito na nga lang sa katabi ko!!!
ginupit ko ang folder,
gumawa ako ng isang card,
may nakasulat na ‘Merry Cristmass Ray and Happy New Year’
muntik pang hindi magkasya
Tapos kinulayan ko na
pinaganda…
yan…
tapos na!!
….
Hindi na ako babagsak.
‘Krrrrnnngg…"
O, ipasa nio na ang mga card nio!!!
sabi ni maam martinez.
mula no’n,
hindi na ako natuwa kay maam martinez…


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