HOMECOMING II

        Lhy’s family was not able to go back in Manila even though her grandfather mourning days is already finished. Her father decided to stay in Mindanao because he was afraid if the case of her lolo will be happened again to her lola. As according to her father, her lola is severely sicked. So, her father decide to stay and take care of her lola and as according to her father also, he does not want that her lola will leave without him in her side just what happen to her lolo because that thing is the big regrets of her father.

          Her father required Lynah and her ate went back in Mindanao and continue there study here,   their house and store in Manila has been rented and they will have the money through her aunt there.

          Lynah continue her study in Marawi City National High School where she enrolled Third Year. Here, she had been a cultural shock. All her girl classmate is wearing vail or kombong and she forced to do so because it is an Islamic city. She can’t wear her old fit dresses because her relatives are angry and tell her that it is not Manila. Even the way she speaks is commented by her relatives specially the old ones. They say that she is a meranao so she must speak meranao. So, she needs to make a big adjustment in all of these things.

         

          In her first years in school, she saw that her classmate is irritated on her because she use to speak in tagalong language and they see her boastful. She cannot explain that she is from Manila because she was afraid what will be their reactions and she thought that they might expect a lot from her. But, when she tried to be true to her seatmate they did not do what she thought so, she is now confident. As the time passes by, she knew more of her classmates and some of them became her friends.

          She had a new circle of friends and all these friends of her are her seatmate at the front seat.  As what common friends do they are always together and talking about the things that is nonsense it just to have a topic to be talked. At exams, they shared their answers to each other and if there is one friend who is absent they will make her a quiz if there is a quiz. Lynah study hard to fulfill the expectations of her classmates and relatives, so at the end of the class she belongs to the top students.

          In fourth year, all of her classmates in third year became her classmate and they belong to same section which is the section one. Here, the competition became closer. There are some wherein their top place is not consistent and she was afraid if she falls to the last but hopefully it did not happen. She graduated as the first honorable mention in this school.