Jar of Hearts - Part One

It's been a while since I have announced publicly (well, this is a public blog, so, it's sort of like that) that I have moved on. I won't retract that, but rather, I would share something that happened last night.

Around 7PM yesterday, I saw two of my colleagues eating in the dining hall. The older one, invited me over at his table and invited me to eat out (Yeah, despite the fact that he is eating already). However, due to this 'diet' that I believe I am having, I flatly declined. It was just like any other night-- I went back to my room, watched a movie, surfed the internet and after a few more minutes, I finally ate. While eating, my name was announced in the paging system-- I was being summoned.

I went to our office timidly. When I entered the office, my colleague (from earlier) greeted me with these words:

"Uy, andiyan 'ata yung ex mo sa labas. Naandito, sa may gilid, hinihintay ka yata."

("Hey, I think, your ex is outside, waiting for you. He's standing there, near the corner of the veranda.")

Thinking that, like most of the time, he was just bluffing, I went:

"Hala, kuya, ano ka ba? Ano naman ang gagawin no'n dito?"

("What the? Why would he be here? He's got no business here anymore.")

"Tinignan mo na ba 'yung cellphone mo?"

("Have you checked your phone?")

"Oo kaya, bago kaya ako lumabas dito, tinignan ko yun, wala namang kahit na ano."

("Yeah, before I went here, I checked my phone but there wasn't anything.")

Dismissing his utterly weird joke, we then continued with our usual chit-chat. However, after a while, he insisted that he believes that the person outside, was actually my ex. He was describing the man outside, but, it really did not mean anything to me-- my ex was not even striking at all. Wanting to badly prove his claim, he went out, and surveyed the lobby. Seeing him doing this, I started laughing real hard because he was already being so serious with his joke. He went back to me and convinced me to take a look myself.

Being definitely sure that I was making a fool of me, I went out and looked around. As I expected, no one was there. I was laughing so hard (yes, I laugh a lot) when I saw my other friend (and yes, I have friends. LOL). I was talking to her about something, then after a few minutes, the security officer approached me, and she asked me if I know someone named Gavin.

"Ate, baka naman po kasi, Gabbie, hindi Gavin."

(Isn't it Gabbie? and not Gavin?)

"Nako, hindi po ma'am, Gavin po talaga."

(Uh, no, ma'am, he said he was Gavin.)

Bewildered, I started walking towards the main door and I asked her where that person was. The SO told me he was downstairs, so I went down.

Since there was this HUGE post, I was not really able to see who that person was until I was several feet away from him. My mouth fell open in utter disbelief.

The new 1-peso coin.