Bad News 2013 =(

As usual, after my first period class in the morning I go out of the lab to give the privacy floor and freedom of feelings to the next teacher who's going to use the lab on the next period. I took all the quiz sheets of my students and my phone together with its headphone.

I went inside the reading centre in which right next to the reading corner is where the office of the School Head situated. I sat silently and checked all the works of my students with headphones attached to my ears. I don’t know what made me took off one of the earphone from my ears. It's when I accidentally ear-dropped the conversation of our school head with I don't know who. Could be the guest. I really don't know who. But that's not the point.

The conversation more or less went this way.

Don’t know who: Sir, tinuod nga mohawa na daw ka? Tapos si Teacher Gina and mopuli?

(I thought it was just a silly question. In my mind I answered, dugay pa oi, diri nah moretire si sir.)

The conversation went on. I don't know what's next but I tried to not to skip a heartbeat when I heard this from sir.

Sir Jose: Wah ta kabalo ug i-transfer tah. …

It went on. And I feel like there's something important in Sir Jose's line. Something serious. Something heart-aching. Like a bad omen it seemed to me. I don’t want to anticipate it. But I did not know why it seemed so real. Like it's happening. I silently wished that it will not be too soon. How true is that? I have to ask someone. It filled my head all morning till noon. I went back to lab on lunch break.

I asked Teacher Gina about the matter.

Me: Teacher, tinuod mo transfer daw si Sir?

Teacher Gina: (Smiled impishly.) Asa ka nakahibalo? ( She seemed to know something.)

Me: Nadunggan nako sa storya-storya nila Teacher Leonila ug ni Sir ganina sa office nia.

Teacher Gina: Sa tinuod lang galihok na baya si sir ana. (Like a bad weekend. Or like a rotten evening. This is the shit I heard.)

Me: Nyee…laina ni Sir teacher oi.. (I don’t know why I feel like my tears seemed to flow out. No. Almost flow down.)

I learned that Sir Silva will actually be promoted to SSHT-IV. Good for you Sir. But the unpleasant news is that he'll be transferred to another station. And accordingly, he himself seemed to be a bit faint in riding his motorcycle from Kabasalan to Bacalan everyday. I know. Sir is not getting any younger and with respect to his health, it'll do no good to him. I completely understand sir. But my mind and all my system seemed to be closed to accept the fact that you are leaving. Perhaps because my system is conditioned to have you everyday as my father and my grandfather that I hold on to in this school. I put to my mind that we still have a long years to go together. A very long years that I didn't even let my mind to bother the question-how long? Until when? Now it seemed so real and it seemed so awful to my mind.

Just like the line from a song that I used to love, 'we don’t know what the next day life could be'. It seemed like just yesterday I want to come to school very early, so that I can prove to you sir that I will not take for granted the item I have and with my house just at the back side of the school, I will really come early to school everyday. I did it everyday sir. And just the other night I planned perfectly in my mind about what I would do with my classroom instruction so that you will know that I always give my best and I don't want to disappoint you. Those are so incredibly beautiful vision in my head. And today I walk to school with all those things in my head. I never expect the news I heard today. I didn’t and don’t want to anticipate it. Hopefully not too soon. Hopefully long enough that I would have time to prepare the courage to accept the fact that you are not going to stay with us forever.

I know you are so blessed Sir. And I hope more blessings will come to your life. And I hope you will continue sharing your blessings to everyone. Just like me, you are one of the blessing that has come into my life sir. People come and go in my life, but the goodness of people like you will stay forever in my heart sir. I am very sure that not only me, but to all the people who knew you will always consider you as one of the best blessing that had came into their lives. I don’t know and I don’t even want to know when you are going to leave, but right now I started to miss you sir. God bless you sir. We love you.