"Someone who is at peace is at home anywhere."
This saying has been raised to another level by our feline friend.  Photo credit: Sherly Dojello, Subject Coordinator, Marangal NHS

      Not really. Just almost come into fruition.

      The cat which happens to be a UFO--Unidentified Feline on the loose--did the unthinkable.

      She slept for sleeping almost the whole exhibition day of December 16, or the penultimate Day of the Education Week celebration.

     The almost "criminal act" of being a frequent photo bomb threat happened right  inside Marangal National High School's booth at Graceville Elementary School.

Sir Marlon Daclis, our Division Supervisor for English, and this writer-reporter, Rex Bayson, show their jolly game face for the camera. Photo credit: Sherly Dojello, Subject Coordinator, Marangal NHS

     First to feel her presence was Reading coordinator, Mr. Florenz Lopez. It was in the early morning.

     "Looks like we got company," said he or something to that effect.

     And it kept sleeping. Zzzzzzzzzzzz…Unmindful of the week's DepEd importance.

     "Wake up!" One teacher and I actually yelled but it just fell on her seemingly deaf ears. Hahaha.

     But undeniably, the cat is a thing of beauty.

     Mr. Marvin Neil Medina, teacher and known breeder of cats, believed it has some foreign blood.

"From the looks of it, she is not an ordinary feline," he claimed.

      Indeed,she was not, for when English Supervisor, Mr. Marlon Daclis dropped by to check outputs and displays, her sleeping spree continued.

Mr. Mark John Marquez, MNHS's Curriculum chairperson for Grade 9 steals some personal shot while the cat is away, literally (for a moment). Photo credit: Sherly Dojello, Subject Coordinator, Marangal NHS

      But we let her bee. Although I must say, it was tough having a photo-bomber like this whisker owner. I just looked for the right angles. I did not know if our dear supervisor noticed our painstaking effort at all, given his inspection chores.

     And even before that, when the sun's light was already kissing her fur, she still took her forty winks time.

     I caught her a couple of times opening her eyes wide and looking at me as if to say, "Hey, mind your own business." And after each occasion, a resumption of her true-blue catnap happened.

     I saw another cat in the exhibit but it just passed by. I missed the chance of asking for the special cat's name. Hehehe.

    Someone suggested, "Why not call him Richard?"

     "That would be crazy. She is female."

     "No, what I meant was Richard is to be her last name."

     Then we both burst. Hahaha.

This writer-reporter (right), with teacher and cat breeder, Mr. Marvin Medina who thinks the cat is a mongrel (mixed-breed) of sort.  Photo credit: Sherly Dojello, Subject Coordinator, Marangal NHS

      The Education Week was not purely education at all.  There was fun and excitement.

      She was the living example as she provided the kind of comic relief that every stressed-out teacher so needs every given day.

     CAT-Tindi niya.

written by Rex M. Bayson, Teacher and Vice President of Marangal National High School Faculty Club

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