It's another normal Friday afternoon. I know that the bell will rings at 1:30pm for my afternoon class, but I go to school one hour early to meet my classmates at the back of the school and play Chinese garter. The sun shines so hot and I can feel my sweat falling down at my back. My blouse is like a rug already and my feet are aching because of the long walk I am taking from my house to school. I can almost see the front gate of my school. I can also see those naughty kids running after their school service. Whew! They never change. I have to stop by the store of Ms. Margie to buy a glass of juice because I am so tired with my long walks.

They are almost complete and already starting the game. I don't know who's going to be my team this time, since I am almost late, they came in earlier than me, and I have to wait for the last team to lose so we can start all over again. I am playing with my barefoot, playing so good to have my team wins when the bell rings. Ugh! I wish school is all about play. We need to stop the game now and go to our classrooms for our afternoon class. I wear my shoes back on, comb my hair with fingers and enter the room.

Almost recess time, can't wait to eat the cup of soup for 1cent and bread for 1cent. I am staring at that replica of that horse again outside the window while waiting for the time. I wish I can have the time adjusted on my own. Finally, after the very long talk of my teacher, its recess time. I need to eat for 5 minutes because we're going to continue our Chinese garter game earlier.

Twenty minutes before the end of the class and I almost win with the SOS game that I and my classmate are playing while my very old teacher in Home Economics is doing a lecture. She is always like that. She will go in front of the class, sit, wear her extra large eyeglasses and dictate stuff from her old book for our lecture.

Mom is not home again, not even dad, not even my brother, my sister is sleeping in her room. I need to check what food to eat in the kitchen. Goodness. No food! Whew! These people are like crocodiles. Oh! I need to check if my kisses already born their baby kiss. I've been waiting for two weeks now. I am almost sleeping when I hear my cousin Jona calling my name. Yeah, it's Friday night, and like what we always do every Friday night, paper dolls!

We are at our Grandma's old wide house stairs, creating paper dresses for our paper dolls before the film shooting begin. Well, that's how we call it, with

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