Wer Na U, D2 Me Buks!

It is our requirement to have an interview with one Filipino author. One of my groupmates have already contacted Mr. Eros Atalia, writer of books 'Ligo Na U, Lapit Na Me', 'It's Not That Complicated' and many more fun stories, and had an appointment, but Mr. Atalia had already gone. So we set another day for us to interiew him, and that will be at the University of Santo Tomas, but it rained cats and dogs that time and UST is known for street floods whenever there is a rain/typhoon, so we cancelled our trip going there and set another appointment. It is then he said that we go at the University of the Philippines Manila because they will be having 'Biyaheng Panulat', a caravan of good Filipino writers that tour on universities and schools.

My groupmates in our Filipino subject went to UP Manila for us to interview him. And again, as I expected it, there came so many inconviniencies on the way, like Mr. Atalia being late on the expected time, the UP guards, and we almost not got the chance to interview him because the program already started.

While waiting him INSIDE the UP Manila campus, I personally made-up a negative impression to them and that's one thing I will not say. The ambiance is very different from our campus, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, even though we are of the same conditions, they are a state university, also us, but we differed on the tuition fee.

The little theater of them already started accepting audiences for Biyaheng Panulat, and we hesitated if we will go inside or not. But we decided to go inside. I am so naiilang when we entered because we are 'outsiders' they say. When we are already sitted at the back of the theater, Mr. Atalia texted Tennesy Busilan, one of my groupmates and also is the one who contacted him, to go IN FRONT. I don't know why?

We went through with the program, and the authors are already introduced and are at the stage. Suddenly, the authors/writers exited the stage. That's the time when he texted Ten this message, "Y di kau punta harap. Dito me buks"

Rushing, we went to the bookstore outside the theater. There we saw Mr. Atalia waiting. At last! The feels! You got to interview him after many delays, and you got to interview him, an award-winning author!

So many questions he had answered well, and so many answers touched me. It made me more competent to write as he said, "Isulat yung mga bagay na HINDI KAYANG isulat ng inyong panahon, isulat yung mga bagay na AYAW isulat ng panahon niyo ngayon. Chances are, kayo ang magiging BOSES ng panahon niyo".