Si LQS (Part 2)

Ang nakaraan...isang pangkatang proyekto...isang pagsasaliksik sa kontemporaryong kasaysayan...isang napiling paksa...isang napiling tao...si LQS...at si sonofaditch...nagharap sa CM Recto Hall...katugnaw sang aircon hehehehe

Ang mga tauhan (Dramatis Personae kung gusto niyo sosyal; nalimtan sang ginasulat ang Part One)

Sonofaditch - Negrense, mag-aaral ng Masterya sa Kasaysayan, feeling freshman
Krisdel - mag-aaral ng Masterya sa Kasaysayan, nagmula sa Miriam College (shucks!)
Maricris - nasa unang taon sa pag-aaral ng B.A. History
Lovely - nasa nth(?) year na sa pag-aaral ng Education. Masayahing bata...sobrang daldal...may topak
Carlo - Unique ni siya...nag-aaral ng Business Administration...slightly autistic...mabilis mawala...("uy, 'asan na si Carlo?")
Lydia Quindoza Santiago - makatang de-kalibre
Isang masungit na propesora sa FC

so I faced LQS and asked her if she's available for an interview. And to my great relief she agreed to be interviewed and told us she'll be available on Monday, July 23, 2:30 PM at her Room at the Faculty Center (FC). So having obtained her "matamis na oo", I met with my groupmates the next day and told them of the news...

In my haste (or nervousness, or maybe its the aircon, or maybe its because i haven't read the newspapers lately...) I didn't realize that the SONA was scheduled on July 23, Monday. So what has it got to do with the interview, you may ask? well we're in UP for crying out loud and the SONA automatically means MASS PROTEST ACTION....the tibaks were mobilizing and there were rumors that classes will be suspended on Monday -- the day that we were supposed to interview LQS...patay...

Still we refused to be daunted by the expected suspension of classes...after all, it was still a rumor last Friday. So our group agreed to meet at Palma Hall on Monday morning, before the traffic becomes horrendous, and plan on our interview, and wait until 2:30 PM...

and so Saturday passed without event and without any announcement regarding Monday. Sunday came and a lot of text messages were arriving asking me if I heard anything about Monday...hehe the clueless asking the clueless...it was only around 2 AM of July 23 that a text arrived from the CSSP Student Council that announced the suspension of classes for Monday...Thank you very much for the prompt announcement grrrrr....

But our group still had to push through with the scheduled interview...we had to assume that LQS is expecting us on Monday -- it was the only time that she'll be available, and since we had no way of contacting her, we had no choice but to come on Monday....

Monday morning: I was standing outside of Palma Hall, and text messages were arriving...

Krisdel: here na Palma Hall, wer u?

Lovely: Kuya Michael, asan na po kau?

Carlo: wer u?

Maricris: andito na po kami...

We finally managed to find each other at the lobby amidst the crowd of tibaks preparing to march toward the Batasan...good thing I didn't wear red or else I would be swept into the crowd and automatically drafted into the tibak movement...

And so we met and discussed the outline of our interview and the information we have gathered so far on LQS...we had our books on hand, Krisdel had her tape recorder...Carlo had his video camera...possible questions were discussed and agreed upon...we were ready...as in...ready na gid ya...

it was around 10:30 AM, we decided to go to the FC and check if LQS was already inside her office, it might be possible that we might conduct our interview earlier so my groupmates could come home earlier before the mass protests go full swing...

when we checked if she's available in her room, we met "ang masungit na propesora". Actually I already had a run-in with Prof. Masungit (whoever she is...) when Krisdel and I first went to see if LQS is in her room on Friday. Most of the faculty rooms at the FC are shared by some professors -- in this case LQS and Prof Masungit are, shall we say, roommates...

I went inside and asked if LQS was in, Prof Masungit replied "No, she's on leave right now..." and before I could even ask another question she said. "Don't ask me, I'm busy..." pointing to her laptop.

well OK...sorrrreeeee

so when it was Monday and we had to come inside LQS' room, I did not want to be the one to face Prof. Masungit again. So this time, Krisdel went in and according to her, before she could even get a word out, Prof. Masungit waved her hand in a "No" gesture and pointed to her laptop, as if saying:

"Don't ask me, I'm busy..."

(So now it's possible to be a bitch both verbally and non-verbally...)

so we went outside and that was when we saw a note posted on the door addressed to LQS. It was confirmation that she was there -- all we had to do was wait.

And so the long wait begins...


Next time...the FINAL CHAPTER of this epic trilogy...kadto ko anay library...hehehe


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