--Sir Moses.

Those words slapped me like a fat kid diving belly-first in a pool. OUCH.

Who would ever thought that one day, you'll wake up to see no more, one of the things that makes classes worth listening to, one of the things that makes CHEMISTRY worth learning ...one of the things that makes you happy.

Sir baggay left quietly, opposing his usual noisiness and cheerfulness.. How noisy he was whenever he conducted his discussions with us, how hyper he was especially when delivering his jokes, and how we would all laugh, corny or mabenta, we learned to appreciate them. Somehow, he made us all smile in ways he had never noticed. SIR BAGGAY WAS SPECIAL TO US IN WAYS HE NEVER SEES.

"Matapang si sir baggay" And we are proud of him, he was indeed brave to leave St.Paul, a school he had worked in for the past 7years, he was brave to leave his DEAR STUDENTS (my dear students, how he would often refer to us.) and fellow teachers, he was too brave to leave everything behind for his family's sake.

"sana hindi nalang siya nagpa-atach satin ng ganto kung aalis naman siya bigla." I heared one of my classmates say those words. yes, sana.. pero we attached ourselves to him, thinking that he won't leave us, thinking that upto our highschool graduation, he would still be there. Pero mahirap mag assume.. kaya nga tayo nasasaktan. Grabe, nasasaktan tlga ako.. alam niyo ba ung simpleng picture ni sir baggay, iiyakan ko, kasi all i could think of is "kelan ko ba ulit makikita si sir? kelan ulit nia checheckan notebook ko? kelan ko uli madidinig boses nia?" pero back to reality, it might never happen. Browsing through my chem notebook would make me all teary-eyed, naaalala ko kasi kung pano nia dinidictate satin ung notes, kung pano nia tayo pinapatawa with "..what is the color of the balloon?" .. grabe.

I can't help but to cry nga kaninang chem with mrs. Tamaro, she saw me cry nga eh, and the only explanation i could think of is i really miss sir baggay.

People might say na OA na, tama na. Pero they would never understand the bond that we have developed with sir, hindi lang siya teacher and student relationship eh... we were BESTFRIENDS. kaia ngaun, kahit gano ka simple ung bagay, or even how the simplest words that would remind us of him would make our eyes swell up.

We have to give him space, we have to let him move on... Kasi kailangan din natin mag move on. Mahihirapan lang si sir kung forever tayo magdedwell sa pag alis niya, yes, we would forever miss him kasi nga walang papalit kay sir baggay . Pero let's just think na, his family needs him more than we do, let us not be selfish. :'(

There's something about the way sir stands, the way he talks, those twinkle in his eyes, how he laughs out loud at his own jokes and how he would love it when we would tell him that he's GWAPO... those things would stick like a tatoo in our minds and hearts, for there will never be a person just like him na simpleng tawa lang niya ay napapasaya na tayo.. :'((

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