The Visitation

When I woke up his morning, I was shocked when I looked at the clock. It was already six o’ clock in the morning! My mother is still searching for firewood because we will use it for cooking. I still have to fetch water in the artesian well.

Just as my mother arrived, I was done fetching water. After taking a bath, I was surprised when I saw an apple in the table. You may think that I am ignorant in apples but for your information, I am not. We sometimes have an apple in the table. My mother ate the apple while we are going to the waiting shed.

I arrived in the school at seven fifteen. It is just fifteen minutes before the time. I reviewed my notes thoroughly because we will have a test in health, our subject in the second period. I thanked God because I have answered all the questions that our teacher gave us.

It was lunch break when the vice president of our scholarship came with his wife and two Japanese, A lady and a teenage boy. The lady is twenty years old while the boy is fifteen years old. To think that he is just fifteen years old and he was very tall. I am going to be fifteen years old this April and yet he is much taller than me. I think that he inherited those characteristics to his parents. They came for Yvon, who is a new recruit to become a scholar. The vice president also brought the kimono that I asked from my foster parents. We will use the kimono in the family day because we will dance the “Japanese Parasol”. My foster parents also gave me some goods and face towels.

Few minutes later, my stomach ached. It is because I have not eaten my lunch. While I am eating, my classmates asked some questions about my sponsor. I answered all their questions.

This afternoon, in our homeroom class, Mme. Kerr asked us to fix ourselves because we will have a picture taking. We are taken one by one. Mme. Kerr followed the alphabetical order. After Mme. Kerr has taken us pictures one by one, she took it by barkada. I was with Macky, Cherry and Rosalina that time. After that some love teams were taken. The first in the line are Milcah and Aldrin. Then Kristine and Samuel, Jamaica and Paul, Kristie and Levi, and the last but not the least, my very own beast friend Kathleen with Rangie. Mme. Kerr planned to take our pictures by batch but it is already time. “Verns…..” someone called me. It was Sweenie. She remembered the thing that Mme. Maglasang told us yesterday. We have to go to the guidance room at lunch break but I was busy talking with those Japanese. Mme. Maglasang said that we will talk about it tomorrow in recess time. What we will talk about is the Recollection for the sacrament of Confirmation. We will be the quiz masters for the games. We are also assigned in the registration table.

After that, I went home. I walked from Lahug to Mabolo. I studied my lessons in English. I slept early. I still have to do some things tomorrow