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Finding Emhara: Unsent Letters For My Love
Chapter #3 – Unsent Letter #3
“I wonder
ilang taon si Emhara nang isulat niya ‘to? Maybe ten or nine?” Kausap ni Aleia
ang sarili.
Napakamot
pa nga siya ng ulo habang nakakunot ang noo. “My curiosity wants to kill you now,
Emhara. Sino ka ba talaga?” At napabuntong hininga na lamang siya.
“My dad won’t
tell me anything. Sana kapag natapos kong basahin lahat ng sinulat mo ay maging
malinaw sa akin kung sino ka nga ba talaga at kung ano’ng papel mo sa buhay ko
o sa buhay ni Daddy.” Nahiling na lamang niya.
Sinimulan
na nga niyang basahin ang ikatlong liham.
Dalawang
pahina iyon.
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(A Letter
For Addie)
Date:
Today is Sept 26, 1990
For: Jed
Addie
From:
Emhara Grace
To my
ever dearest Addie,
Hello,
classmate!
How are
you?
It’s me,
your classmate and also neighbor, Em-em.
You know
what? I have a big crush on you. The size of my crush for you is just like our
house. It is big because we have a second floor.
I really
like you since the day your family transferred here. Nine years ako noon nang
makilala kita at sobrang nagustuhan na kita kasi ikaw lang pinakaguwapo dito sa
street natin. Tapos palagi ka pang nakangiti. Kamukha mo si Richard Gomez pero ikaw
yung white version niya. Palangiti ka pa at laging nalabas yung dimple mo sa
right cheek.
Alam mo
ba’ng excited akong bumili ng taho every morning kasi paglabas ko ng house ay makikita
kita kasi bibili ka rin.
Mag-smile
ka sa akin, then mag-smile back ako sa’yo.
Tapos
mag-greet tayo ng good morning at tapos sabay din tayong papasok sa school kasi
pareho tayo ng school bus.
Lagi
akong masaya everyday kasi nakikita kita. How I wish that you’re also happy seeing
me.
At alam mo
rin ba’ng ikaw ang first crush ko? I never had one since you came to my life.
Ang
bait-bait mo pa at lagi kang nagpapatawa sa bus man o sa classroom natin. Kaya
siguro mas naging crush kita because you’re a clown. You always make us laugh.
Ang dami
nga ring nagka-crush sa’yo eh.
Pero okay
lang ‘yon. At least alam ko naman na ako yung pinaka-close sa’yo ngayon.
I’m so
happy to be your friend right now.
Mga bata
pa naman tayo eh.
We’re
still in grade five now pero promise ko sa’yo, ikaw lang magiging crush ko hanggang
high school and sana hanggang college!
Tapos
kapag pwede na ako mag-boyfriend – sabi ni Papa kapag nurse na daw ako then I
can already have a boyfriend, sana close pa rin tayo.
Tapos
pwede mo na akong ligawan! Ha-ha-ha!
Kidding
aside, I pray to Jesus that He will help us to do good in school. Sabay sana tayong
ga-graduate at sana friends pa rin tayo until forever!
Si Mama
at Papa, they were also bestfriends sabi nila. And I want you Addie to be my
bestest friend in the whole wide world! Iniimagine ko palagi na sabay tayong
pupunta ng school at sabay din uuwi.
Tapos lagi
akong pumupunta sa inyo para gumawa ng assignment. Kumpleto kasi yung
encyclopedia set ninyo. And I love reading books. Salamat sa palaging
pagpapahiram sa akin ng mga libro lalo na yung favorite kong Almanac.
Ipinag-pi-pray
ko rin na sana hindi mauubusan ng bunga yung puno ng mangga sa front ng house ninyo.
You always climb that tree and then I will throw the fruits that you’ll drop. Favorite
din ni Mama yung mangga kaya happy din siya kapag umuuwi akong may bungkos.
You know
what, Addie? I can live like this forever. Yung palagi tayong nagkikita sa street
at sa school.
Ikaw
kaya? Masaya ka ba kapag nakikita mo ko? Happy ka ba kapag binibigyan kita ng
cookies na bini-bake ni Mama?
Tapos
minsan yung baon ko hinahati ko para sa’yo lalo na kapag di ko gusto yung ulam
na pinapabaon ni Mama.
Tonight,
I pray to Jesus that you will be my bestfriend forever.
At sana…
maging crush mo rin ako.
I wish you
all the best in life, Addie!
Pero
okay lang pala kahit hindi mo na ako maging crush ngayon.
Kahit i-love
mo na lang ako kapag matanda na tayo like 27 years old!
Oh my
God, I’m so dreaming!
Loving
you,
Emhara.
P.S.
(date
written: Nov 5, 2000)
Thank
you, Addie for being my inspiration and source of happiness when I was still a
kid.
My grade
school life and even high school life has been so wonderful because of you.
Our lives have changed and life changed us and it’s okay.
It was still a happy and wonderful
childhood memory though.
Love,
Emhara.
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