"Celestine, anak, umuwi ka na." Bungad sakin ni Mother pagkasagot ko sa tawag nya. I ended the call immediately after what my mother told me. I'm actually in a study cafe of some sort, I don't know what this place is called, but students from my uni go here to study.  Past 5:00 am, I arrived at our house. This is the time my siblings would wake up to go and get ready for their day, while here I am the "Ate" of the house getting ready to go to bed. 

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I'm not really the oldest in our family. I have two older siblings, One is now a lawyer and the other taking up his masters abroad. And I also have two younger siblings, they're twins, both in senior high school. Anyways, yeah, since my Ate and Kuya moved out already, I'm the oldest sibling here in this household.

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"Samantha Celestine Escudero Perez, bakit ngayon ka lang umuwi?!" Great, I just had to run into my mother. "Ma, please lang 'wag ngayon. Sobrang pagod na po ako." I reasoned out. I just want to sleep all day. Thank God it's Friday! My mother's face softened, she looked at me from head to toe, nodded, and proceeded down the stairs. 

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"Good Morning, Ate" Ian and Ishie, the twins, greeted me. I opened my arms gesturing for them to hug me. I love Ian and Ishie, they're my favorite siblings. "Ate, someone was looking for you," Ishie said as she broke out of the hug. "Oo nga, ate. Ate ha, It's a boy eh, do you have  a boyfriend na?"