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Napatingin na lang ako nun kay Ervin. Sya?? Ako??Kami?? Bakit…bakit ako ang pinili nya?
“You’re my club partner right? I guess you could be my culture day partner,too.”
In-explain ni Miss Peralta yung mga bagay-bagay tungkol doon sa Culture day. Pinaghati nya kaming mga nasa Team Philippines in groups of two at binigyan ng kanya-kanyang task para sa Culture day.
“Ervin and Alexandra are group B so you two are in charge of the performance. You’re going to dance the national dance of the Philippines”
For three seconds, I froze. I think we both froze. Sino ba naman ang hindi? Ako? Sasayaw? Kasama itong masungit na ito? Ang hirap naman ata nun! Baka mamaya hindi pa marunong sumayaw ‘to.
“Are you serious?” hindi pa nakakasagot si Miss Peralta eh may tanong na agad si Ervin.
“Miss Peralta, care to explain about that tinkling whatever dance?” tinkling? Ahaha.
Nakalimutan ko, dito na nga pala sya pinanganak at walang masyadong alam sa pilipinas.
“Tinikling is a Filipino folk dance--”
“It’s a folk dance?!?” nag-interrupt naman siya.
“Let me finish!.. a folk dance also known as bamboo dance, that involves ……” blah blah blah and so on.
Kinabukasan, pinabalik ulit kami sa room ni Miss Peralta para magpractice.Nilabas yung dalawang bamboo stick doon at pinagpractice kami. Ako naman,since marunong din naman sumayaw dahil jazz dancer ako at isang folk dance teacher ang lola ko eh malamang marunong ako ng Tinikling. Pinasubok sa akin ni Ms. Peralta na gawin yung steps na alam ko.
“Wow. You're good.”
Yung iba eh busy na sa pagplaplano ng kani-kanilang task. Ilang beses ko na rin nasubukan yung tinikling pero mukhang itong partner ko, walang balak maki-join.
“Are you just gonna sit there and not dance?”
“What, you want me to do that folk dance?” sabay turo nya doon sa mga bamboo sticks. “with that kind of music?” native nga naman yung music.
“Yes?”
“Dream on, because I won’t. I’m not gonna dance at all.” Nag-lean sya sa upuan nya at tumingin ng diretso.
“Why not? Oh, you don’t know how, do you?” inasar ko naman ang loko.
“Haha. Ervin doesn’t know how to dance!” isinigaw ko naman sa buong room para marinig ng lahat.
Ahhh. That felt good. Nakabawi ako sa kanya ngayon. Ginaya ko lang yung sinabi nya dati na “HAha. She doesn’t know how to play soccer.”
Hindi naman ako makapagsalita nun ng bigla syang tumayo sa harapan ko. Sobrang lapit na ng mukha nya sa akin, one and a half inches na nga lang yata. At hawak din nya yung dalawang arms ko.
“Let me go.” Pumapalag pa ako nun kaya lang waepek naman.
“Can you hold on for a minute? I hope you don’t regret what you said.Alex” Aba, at nakangiti pa ang loko. Pagkatapos eh tumalikod sya at naglakad palayo.
“Where the hell are you going?”
“You want me to dance right?” sabi nya sa akin habang nakailngon.
Lumabas sya sa room nun at tama nga sya, eksaktong one minute eh nandoon na ulit sya. Pinagkaiba lang eh may dala na syang cd at may kasama pa syang isang lalaki. Nilagay nya yung cd doon sa Cd player ni Miss Peralta.Ini-move din yung ibang chairs at desk at pagkatapos eh pumwesto sila sa gitna.
click here for the song
the music started playing...
Shady
Konvict
Upfront
Akon
Slim Shady
I see the one,
because she be that lady! Hey!
I feel you creeping on,
I can see from my shadow
Wanna jump up in my Lamborghini Gallardo
Maybe go to my place
and just kick it like tae bo
and posibbly bend you over
look back and watch me …
Napamulaga ako nun at napalunok. Hello? Billy Crawford? Ikaw ba yan?
Ang OA mo Alex! Pero parang gusto kong bawiin yung isinigaw ko kanina sa buong classroom. Nagkamali lang naman ako ng husga. The guy is dancing right now and he is… well…very good at it.
Smack that all on the floor
Smack that give me some more
Smack that ’till you get sore
Smack that oh-oooh!
My jaw dropped when he finished. Napasarado lang ng biglang…
*clap* *clap* *clap*
Pumapalakpak ng malakas si Miss Peralta nun. Ganun din yung ibang kasama namin sa Team Phil. Ako lang yata ang hindi kaya naman nakipalakpak na rin ako. Habang nasa state of shock.
“Aww.Still the same Ervin that was the Best perfomer from last year’s V-show.” Sabi ni Miss Peralta. Talaga? Nangyari yun? Hindi ko alam yun ah! Malamang, hindi naman ako nagpunta sa last year’s variety show eh.
“What a dancer!”
Thanks Miss Peralta but I don’t think I can do that bamboo dance.” Tumingin naman sa akin si Miss Peralta.
“I don’t think his dance wasn’t like any folk dance in the Philippines.” Sabi ko naman. Nag-turn around si Miss Peralta at mukhang nag-iisip.
“What about we make the Tinikling a modern and folk mix dance. I mean you know, the bamboo dance with a modern music.You mix it. Modern-folk and vice versa. ”
“Sounds cool to me.” So nag-agree na nga si Ervin.
“Miss Peralta, you’re gonna teach me his dance right? Those hip hop moves and all that?” hindi nya ako sinagot.
“Ervin, you don’t know the bamboo dance? Right?” umiling naman si Ervin.
“Well I guess the problem here is solved. Alexandra, you teach him the bamboo dance.” Sabay turo kay Ervin.
“And you..”points to Ervin again “you teach her your dance. Deal?”
“Deal.”
Hoy teka lang, pano yung sagot ko?
Um…no deal?
Napatingin na lang ako nun kay Ervin. Sya?? Ako??Kami?? Bakit…bakit ako ang pinili nya?
“You’re my club partner right? I guess you could be my culture day partner,too.”
In-explain ni Miss Peralta yung mga bagay-bagay tungkol doon sa Culture day. Pinaghati nya kaming mga nasa Team Philippines in groups of two at binigyan ng kanya-kanyang task para sa Culture day.
“Ervin and Alexandra are group B so you two are in charge of the performance. You’re going to dance the national dance of the Philippines”
For three seconds, I froze. I think we both froze. Sino ba naman ang hindi? Ako? Sasayaw? Kasama itong masungit na ito? Ang hirap naman ata nun! Baka mamaya hindi pa marunong sumayaw ‘to.
“Are you serious?” hindi pa nakakasagot si Miss Peralta eh may tanong na agad si Ervin.
“Miss Peralta, care to explain about that tinkling whatever dance?” tinkling? Ahaha.
Nakalimutan ko, dito na nga pala sya pinanganak at walang masyadong alam sa pilipinas.“Tinikling is a Filipino folk dance--”
“It’s a folk dance?!?” nag-interrupt naman siya.
“Let me finish!.. a folk dance also known as bamboo dance, that involves ……” blah blah blah and so on.
Kinabukasan, pinabalik ulit kami sa room ni Miss Peralta para magpractice.Nilabas yung dalawang bamboo stick doon at pinagpractice kami. Ako naman,since marunong din naman sumayaw dahil jazz dancer ako at isang folk dance teacher ang lola ko eh malamang marunong ako ng Tinikling. Pinasubok sa akin ni Ms. Peralta na gawin yung steps na alam ko.
“Wow. You're good.”
Yung iba eh busy na sa pagplaplano ng kani-kanilang task. Ilang beses ko na rin nasubukan yung tinikling pero mukhang itong partner ko, walang balak maki-join.
“Are you just gonna sit there and not dance?”
“What, you want me to do that folk dance?” sabay turo nya doon sa mga bamboo sticks. “with that kind of music?” native nga naman yung music.
“Yes?”
“Dream on, because I won’t. I’m not gonna dance at all.” Nag-lean sya sa upuan nya at tumingin ng diretso.
“Why not? Oh, you don’t know how, do you?” inasar ko naman ang loko.
“Haha. Ervin doesn’t know how to dance!” isinigaw ko naman sa buong room para marinig ng lahat.
Ahhh. That felt good. Nakabawi ako sa kanya ngayon. Ginaya ko lang yung sinabi nya dati na “HAha. She doesn’t know how to play soccer.”
Hindi naman ako makapagsalita nun ng bigla syang tumayo sa harapan ko. Sobrang lapit na ng mukha nya sa akin, one and a half inches na nga lang yata. At hawak din nya yung dalawang arms ko.
“Let me go.” Pumapalag pa ako nun kaya lang waepek naman.
“Can you hold on for a minute? I hope you don’t regret what you said.Alex” Aba, at nakangiti pa ang loko. Pagkatapos eh tumalikod sya at naglakad palayo.
“Where the hell are you going?”
“You want me to dance right?” sabi nya sa akin habang nakailngon.
Lumabas sya sa room nun at tama nga sya, eksaktong one minute eh nandoon na ulit sya. Pinagkaiba lang eh may dala na syang cd at may kasama pa syang isang lalaki. Nilagay nya yung cd doon sa Cd player ni Miss Peralta.Ini-move din yung ibang chairs at desk at pagkatapos eh pumwesto sila sa gitna.
click here for the song
the music started playing...
Shady
Konvict
Upfront
Akon
Slim Shady
I see the one,
because she be that lady! Hey!
I feel you creeping on,
I can see from my shadow
Wanna jump up in my Lamborghini Gallardo
Maybe go to my place
and just kick it like tae bo
and posibbly bend you over
look back and watch me …
Napamulaga ako nun at napalunok. Hello? Billy Crawford? Ikaw ba yan?
Ang OA mo Alex! Pero parang gusto kong bawiin yung isinigaw ko kanina sa buong classroom. Nagkamali lang naman ako ng husga. The guy is dancing right now and he is… well…very good at it.
Smack that all on the floor
Smack that give me some more
Smack that ’till you get sore
Smack that oh-oooh!
My jaw dropped when he finished. Napasarado lang ng biglang…
*clap* *clap* *clap*
Pumapalakpak ng malakas si Miss Peralta nun. Ganun din yung ibang kasama namin sa Team Phil. Ako lang yata ang hindi kaya naman nakipalakpak na rin ako. Habang nasa state of shock.
“Aww.Still the same Ervin that was the Best perfomer from last year’s V-show.” Sabi ni Miss Peralta. Talaga? Nangyari yun? Hindi ko alam yun ah! Malamang, hindi naman ako nagpunta sa last year’s variety show eh.
“What a dancer!”
Thanks Miss Peralta but I don’t think I can do that bamboo dance.” Tumingin naman sa akin si Miss Peralta.
“I don’t think his dance wasn’t like any folk dance in the Philippines.” Sabi ko naman. Nag-turn around si Miss Peralta at mukhang nag-iisip.
“What about we make the Tinikling a modern and folk mix dance. I mean you know, the bamboo dance with a modern music.You mix it. Modern-folk and vice versa. ”
“Sounds cool to me.” So nag-agree na nga si Ervin.
“Miss Peralta, you’re gonna teach me his dance right? Those hip hop moves and all that?” hindi nya ako sinagot.
“Ervin, you don’t know the bamboo dance? Right?” umiling naman si Ervin.
“Well I guess the problem here is solved. Alexandra, you teach him the bamboo dance.” Sabay turo kay Ervin.
“And you..”points to Ervin again “you teach her your dance. Deal?”
“Deal.”
Hoy teka lang, pano yung sagot ko?
Um…no deal?
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