I lied down on the day bed. Face to the sky, looking at the bits of clouds in between the spaces of the coconut leaves. It was like looking at pieces of the sky cut by sword into thin slices.
I covered my legs with red batik sarong and my arms with blue sarong. The colors doesn’t match but both serve their purpose: protect me from mosquito bites.
I slept lightly. Half awake most of the time. I could hear the waves. It kept coming and going, producing the same sound over and over again, like that favorite song that you put on repeat.
The tide was extra high that day and the waves kept coming closer to me, inch by inch, almost reaching the day bed. Afraid that they might take the only pair of slippers I have, I stood up to move it somewhere a bit further.
My phone kept vibrating. Messages kept coming.
Where are you?
Are you sleeping?
??????
I cannot find you!
?????
I checked the messages but didn’t reply to any of it. I wanted to be alone. I wanted to have a time when I don’t need to laugh at jokes and I don’t have to force myself to answer questions. When I don’t have to respond. When I don’t have yo do anything but lie down and look at the sky. When I just wanted to have a short break from the noisy world. Think about anything I want or just nothing at all.
I kept the phone inside my beach bag and tried to sleep again.
Lightly. Aware of the sound around me. The waves. The coconut falling from the tree. The leaves swaying. Footsteps from few meters away. Boat engine. And then that static sound.
That sound when the radio station signs off or when the late night TV show is over.
It’s that sound that looks like a long line, that gets thicker and thicker as it gets louder and louder. I felt that my ears were about to bleed as the static sound filled in my world.
I uttered some words to break the noise in my head.
You want silence right? This is what you get.
The sound of the waves came back, the swaying of the leaves and then follow a whistle of another human being and a soft laughter from another.
They found me again.
Hoy! Ano yang pagsesenti na yan? Keep yourself busy. The sun will surely come out tomorrow. Kanta yun!
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HAHA…minsan po gusto ko mapag isa kaso may makukulit
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isa sa pinakagusto kong sounds, yang waves touching the shore. Enjoy the silence while it last, then balik ingay ulit 😅
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Hehe…ang bilis nga nila ako mahanap ulit kahit anong tago ko
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Inang Bibe nakakatakot yung coconut falling from the tree. Naexperience namin yan sa Siargao during photoshoot. Afraidy Aguilar na kami nung may bumagsak.
I feel you dun sa point na gusto ng katahimikan, gustong mapag-isa. Gustong mag-isip ng mga gustong isipin, or hindi mag-isip at all. ❤
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Hihihi, nakakatakot talaga mabagsakan ng buko….
Minsan kasi parang naguguluhan ako pag laging maraming kasama…napaka clingy ng mga tao dito nakakasuffocate…ako siguro may problema kasi gusto ko mapag-isa….
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Siguro kasi sa setup mo eh hindi mahiwalay yung environment during and after work. Kayo-kayo pa din ang nagkikitaan at nagkaka-usap. That’s why nakakasuffocate at may desire na lumayo paminsan.
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Saka ugali talaga nilang magsama sama lagi..para bang di sila nagsasawa sa isa’t isa. Pumasok lang ako sa room ng ilang oras hinahanap na ako. As if mawawala ako sa napakaliit na isla 😅😅😅
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Hehehe. Ikaw kasi yata ang lider nila. LOL.
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Hahahaha Lider Bibe
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Been busy lately, but once I visit WP, yours is always on my list to visit. Keep going! You are doing great ❤️
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Salamat sa pagbisita lagi ❤
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Bakit kasi hindi ka nag pa alam? 😊✌️
I feel you. That’s what am craving too, esp these past few months. Love the silence.
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Hehehe…hindi naman nila naiintindihan ang aking need to be alone kaya tumatakas na lang ako
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I hope with this quarantine naka pag alone ka na din finally? Naki ayon ang panahon.
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Mahirap makapag isa dito sa maliit na isla….palagi may kasama
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Beautiful 🌞
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