The WISIWYG Blog

The title of this post may make you think that it will again be a long and boring one. After all, it sounds like writing about four events in just one blog post. But allow me to make this post as short as I can, and as interesting as it can ever be.

I may be talking about four things, but the celebration of these was held all in one day... last April 30. It was the birthday celebrations of Jojo (May 3), Akiyo Sensei and Gian (May 4). At the same time, it was also the/our farewell party of/for Akiyo Sensei. After two years (not sure), she's finally bidding the company and us farewell, just like everybody does.

But to make this long post short, let me just focus on one person... on Akiyo Sensei. And while some (or most) of what I'll be writing here has already been said in our April 30 morning meeting, let me relay to you what Sensei has been to me and to us during her two years stay in the company.

A Sensei

That's why we call her Sensei! But why would I create this section if it is already too obvious that she is a Sensei? Because there are a lot of things we'll miss with her being the sensei. From now on, we will no longer be hearing the all too familiar "Kiite Kudasai!" or "Nikyuu hajimemas!" calls. We'll also miss the sensei with whom we talk in tagalog and readily responds even if she's not sure of what we are saying :D She may not be the best sensei that our company has, but it was surely always fun to attend her classes.

A Friend

All of the sensei's in our company are our friend, but Murakami Sensei is probably the closest to our batch, or maybe just the Alabang group of Action Batch 7. Why? I don't know. Probably because she is the most "makulit" among them.

An Intelligence Officer

A military intelligence officer, I mean. I don't know where she gets her information, but she just gets a lot of them. There was one time when we met at the 7th floor and she was smiling at me. When I asked her why, she said because she knows something about me. She said that I like a certain girl and she knows about it. Well, it turned out that she's right about her information... but I never admitted it.

A Newscaster

Because she shares the intelligence information she gets with everyone, and she won't wait for you to confirm it! Or maybe I am just complaining too much :p There is this one issue in our batch about me and a certain batchmate. It was never really a big issue then, because everyone in our batch knows that it was plain teasing. But everything turned big when it reached Sensei's ear. It was not actually her fault, because she actually believed the information she received. In fact, when I asked her why she is always matching me with the girl, her answer to me is "Chigau?".

A Secret Bearer

Because she asked and I just have to tell her. On her last day, she asked me who my crush is. I was actually serious about the girl, so I wouldn't tell anyone, in the fear that whatever plans I have will fail if I tell anyone. But I think I owe it to her... to tell her who I really plan to court. After all, she has been asking for the name for quite a long time now. So before she left last Wednesday, I told her my secret, with the dismay of my batchmates because I haven't told them anything... yet.

That would be the five things I'll remember most about Murakami Sensei. There are still a lot of other things, but I have to settle with this five to make this post end.

So again, Sensei, we bid you good bye and good luck. I know we will all meet each other again (if I'm invited in the wedding :p) and I know that my secret will be safe with you :D And to the other two persons included in this post's topic, just a belated Happy Birthday to Jojo and a Happy Birthday to Gian.