Me: Hello mommy?
Mom: Blablabla…..
Me: Yeah I’m doing good, really stressed but I’m fine.
Mom: Ladidadidaduda?
Me: Mom I’m really sorry but it’s quite impossible for me to do that, I am piled with tons of requirements. Saturday or Friday would probably be good, but tomorrow, I don’t think so, I’m super sorry mommy…”
Oh Lord, forgive me for I have sinned!! I did some serious repenting after that phone call believe you me, LOL. I’m not a very good liar, but I’m a smashing actress, that I can tell you! So there, thanks to my acting worthy of an Academy award, I got my mom believing that her daughter can’t make it to the most special day of her life. But what can I do? It was just such a classic prank to pull to a mother who hasn’t seen her college girl for months, and who has been thrilled for weeks that shed finally get to come home and celebrate her birthday with her… Well, I guess I broke her heart when I told her I’m too busy on October 17.
But little did she know that while I was calling her, saying that it would take a week before I could leave Cebu, I already have a plane ticket booked and all of my bags were already packed, three hours away from my departure. That day was the conclusion for the excruciatingly stressful period UPians dub “hellweek”, well its more like a month of hellish torture actually. That day, almost all of the final requirements were to be passed, and like the exemplary student that I am, what made it crazier was this art that I’ve come to master over the years… cramming! But despite of how crazy that day was, and how oh so convenient it would be for me to delay my coming home, I just had to pull this surprise on my mom, I just had to!!!
So after a very long and tiring process of finishing all of my paper work and submitting them all , I finally got inside the cab at around 2pm, with the help of Sheena and Edsa. And with my last remaining strength we placed my luggage at the trunk since the cab driver was too lazy of an ass to help out. “Bye Nice! I miss you already…” Sheena yelled as I closed the door and bid goodbye.
I was trembling the whole time and my head was spinning like crazy because of so many sleepless nights and no food intake the whole day… I still didn’t get to purchase my ticket so I was in such a hurry to get to the airport that I thought lunch would be a waste of time. I couldn’t possibly miss this flight.
I was going home with my good friend Jay-jay and I felt bad that I was too busy to keep him company before our flight. So there, to cut the long story short we got inside the waiting lounge, went straight to the first snack bar we could see, because man was I starving big time!!!!!!! I was sooo hungry I could eat a whole cow… or maybe not. Actually it was just half of a sandwich, weird but true. After starving myself for hours, I already felt full after eating just a morsel of the chicken sandwich that I bought for a fortune.
So there, we were on the plane, we got picked up by a nice friend of Jay’s mom at Davao International Airport, was dropped off to the van terminal, commuted (yes we commuted) to Kidapawan, waited on the official waiting shed of the city (DBP) and waited for Jay’s mom to come pick us up. I was so careful not to be seen by anyone I knew since I didn’t want to spoil the surprise… But after like 15 minutes of waiting, Jay suddenly said with a terrified-ish tone, “Nice your dad!!” and sheer panic rushed through my senses! We both saw daddy’s ride drive by… It was breath-taking! Scary even. Actually it was a combination of fear and hilarity as I rushed to anything that could hide me from my dad’s sight (it turns out it was just the driver inside). I seriously looked like a complete nut hiding behind first Jay and then the durian tree and then ran to the ATM booth!! I was like Charlie Chaplin in one of his antics! Realizing that I didn’t get caught, I was so relieved and just laughed off my foolishness.
You don’t know how excited I was as we got closer and closer to our street. And when I stepped out of their car, I could almost hear my heart pumping; I was so thrilled to see the look on their faces!!! I’m sure they would be surprised to death!
And surprised they were. Boy was my mom stunned when she saw me!!
I went to great lengths to pull up a surprise like this one, and the fact that I commuted home was something! LOL. I agreed to subject myself to severe inconvenience so mommy would have an extra special birthday, haa… the things I do for that woman. LOL. Actually it was no biggy. It was worth all the hassle when I saw how delighted my mother was! She couldn’t believe her eyes when I started singing her a birthday song as I walked in for my grand entourage… It was as if she’ve seen a ghost! LOL. Without a shadow of a doubt my mom was very happy with what I did, and my daddy too! I just luuurv surprises………………..
