ahh...another day finally done with. riding home from school na. home is just a few minutes away. i can see the beige gate that is the entrance to our subdivision. i can hear other schoolkids chatting as they walk home. i can feel the familiar cool breeze that blows. i can almost taste that good ol' home-cooked dinner. i can smell...


KUYA JOE
something stinks.

ME!
yep. i smell it too.


we open the windows. i look around outside. nothing, just trees. no landmines. i look around the van. just my busmates. and the younger kids playing. suddenly--

ME!
kuya! sina aj and elisha naglalaro kasi eh!

KUYA JOE
ha?!

ME!
they took off their shoes! yung socks nila yung naaamoy natin!


haha. grabe! tawanan daw ba ako nila judith, kate, and gisele! parang sila di naka-cover yung noses nila. hmp!


ELISHA
kuya, why did you open the windows?!

KUYA JOE
because something stinks.

ELISHA
huh?! what stinks? i don't smell anything.

KUYA JOE
there is! something stinks.

ELISHA
really? how does it smell?


heehee. by that time, nagpipigil na lang talaga ako ng tawa. pagka-drop-off ni kuya sa 'kin and kay jinx...ahh...FREEDOM! fresh air! haha. tagoink!