can you believe it? because i cant!

so here i was, in the university arcade, past 4pm, about to eat merienda before the exam on civ pro at 6pm. then, i heard a slightly audible ringtone. at first, i looked around where the sound was coming from because i wasnt familiar with the ring tone, so i thought, it couldnt be my phone. but when i looked around, im the only person there! the manager of the cafeteria was somewhere in the kitchen, and the phone that was ringing was somewhere near, very near. so i checked my phone and well, to my surprise, it was my phone! holy crap, when did i set that ringtone? how come i never heard it before?

anyway, that's not the important part. so i opened the text message, and it was from jason. and his message said: "wala exam. sa wed exam. postponed. no joke". and my reaction was: "what the?". and since my phone didnt have any load, i immediately called the attention of the manager of the cafeteria to ask whether there's a nearby autoload store, and she said, the store right beside the cafeteria sells phone credits. so i asked her, whether she could look after my food for awhile, i really need to load up. so i quickly went to the store, asked for a P30 load, for globe. she said it wasnt available, they only had smart at the moment. so i asked, is there any other denomination available? i sounded like i really need to make a call as if it was a matter of life and death. she said the P100 prepaid card was available. so quickly, without giving it much thought, i bought the card, loaded it, and called jason to confirm. and he did confirm it wasnt a joke (and so did grace). and being the skeptic that i was, i still went back to malcolm hall to look for blockmates to confirm it. which they also did, saying "its true", "postponed", etc. still, a part of me is still filled with disbelief as if something that is contrary to reality just occurred. after almost an hour, and seeing my blockmates heading home, i finally said to myself, "ok, it seems the exam is indeed postponed". so i headed home too, and thinking if the exam did push through, im just going to drop the subject. i dont know why im excessively skeptical of things. is it an addiction or an illness? not that i dont believe my classmates, but i just found it hard to believe.

oh, i was so overwhelmed by the news, that i was heading for the waiting shed to ride a jeepney to go home, i forgot that i wasnt wearing my bag and that i had used the van that day! if i had noticed i wasnt carrying my bag, i would have realized it was in the van. if not for keisie asking me whether i commuted that day, i probably realized that i had a ride by the time i reached the shopping center.