Last Saturday

            Woke up in the morning, getting ready to roll. It was a good day. I was all prepared for lab on the Saturday at Arrak Campus but didn't get the chance to bring along a machete. As I was waiting for our transportation, many other students were also getting ready to head to the other side of the island for picnic and community service. It took a while for us to really get to our transportation. On our way, the rain fell on the bus. The rain was unexpected so it lasted early. There is a saying where they say, “When it rains, it is blessed day.” As I was looking out, I saw the other students who were heading to Laura all wet for they were sitting at the back of pick-up. I felt sorry for them. It was really a good day for us Agriculture Science 101 students. We had one of the brand new school’s buses.

            It took us an hour and a half to reach our destination. When we were at the Arrak Campus, the rain started to fall again. We hurriedly ran to the cafeteria and waited for the rain to stop. As soon as the rain stopped, we all went straight to the school’s garden. Whish! The garden looked old to me. Though, many of the plants were ready to be harvested. There were different kinds of plants which I never knew of.  I was amazed by their bearing and how huge their fruits were. Despite all that I saw at the garden that were grateful and colourful, our instructor moved us to another garden but it was at the far right of the campus. There, the plants looked so wary and needed help. We, the students, had to bring them all back to life. We did a lot of work.

            Being exhausted from pulling up grasses to make spaces for the plants, our instructor told us we were going to the Taiwanese Farm at Laura. At the farm, it was like a miracle to me. I never knew that pigs can grow huge to how huge the pigs I saw. Their balls were as big as my head. Dang! As I was still didn't believe how big they were, one of the co-worker climbed into a pig’s room and took out a dead baby pig. They said maybe the mama pig might have been sitting on it for a long time. When I saw the dead baby pig, I almost vomited. I took a rest after I saw the commotion.

            All dizzy and tired, we headed back home. I didn't do many chores at home when I arrived for I felt dizzy and tired. I went straight and changed. I slept from the time I finished changing my clothes until the next day at 10 AM. Never slept like that ever before. It was just because I was tired. That’s all.