Waterproof College Students

Early this morning the radio announced: Classes suspended today for all elementary and high school levels, according to the Department of Education. Wow. Lucky little children.

I was waiting for news from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) of additional suspension for college people like me. I only had four hours of sleep.  The water was ice cold when I took a bath. I was too lazy to heat water and was too groggy to even think about doing so. So I was sitting on a chair shaking involuntarily and anticipating the news that I had been hoping to hear. But then, no news for us. Not even one.

I called up my school to check and see if they decided to cancel classes upon "parental discretion". The man on the other line said that I should call again some time later for updates from the registrar or someone else associated at the office. Maybe he was a janitor or something. And maybe there was nobody there yet who can help me know about the suspension issue.

I did that three and a half hours ago. So let's see. I haven't called back again--see how lazy I am today. Maybe they do have classes today. If they do, then my first class for the day would be going on right now. I am a bit relaxed and worried at the same time. There is a part of me that wants to go to school and catch up on my only subject for the day and there is also a part of me that wants to stay home and recover a little bit more from my insect bites. I am telling you, they are terrible insect bites. It irritates me really, seeing my legs--my once white and not-that-flawless-legs but still-pretty-innocent-legs turn into something like polka-dotted underwear. Those bites came from the cats. It's not that the cats were the ones who bit me but rather it was the insects who live in the fur of the cats who bit me. Ticks? Is that what they call them?


Anyways, back to the original topic. After I called up my school to ask about the possibility of our classes being suspended, I went straight to this laptop and went online. Of course, the first site that I would always visit would be Facebook. The News Feed always interested me, seeing the status messages of my friends. So related to the situation, some of my former classmates at my former school complained about not suspending classes for us college students. One friend of mine wrote:

"Wait, high school, elementary, and pre-school students got their classes suspended due to the [heavy rains]. So does everyone think that we college students are freakin' waterproof or something?"

For me, he has a point. Like the high school students, we also commute and experience the driving rain. We are not like human umbrellas. And our campuses are most of the time larger and more prone to floods, like those located within the university belt in Manila. So we have the greater right not to attend classes than they do.

But then, we have nothing to do and we have nothing to complain about. So I believe that guy I've quoted (my former classmate and constant sarcasm lover) must have gone to school still. And me? Well, I'm here at home, trying to regain my healthy skin back little by little. I also stayed at home due to Mom's orders.

Rain or no rain, I'm still going to stay home. That's what she said.  ^_^

This Fine Life: A Novel