April 11, 2008 2:18 AM
The housemates were busy sewing name patches onto the tie-died shirts. Spread throughout the house, each found their own nook and little group to be as comfy as they could to finish their task. After several needle pokes and crossed eyes, Josef and Nikki reverted to their recently developed pastime: massaging each other’s hands. Josef was lying down on the sofa, trying to get some shut eye while Nikki prods him awake to continue massaging her hand. With a few grumblings, Josef obliges and they settle down, quite oblivious to the other housemates walking around them. Nikki returns the favor as Josef takes his turn at being comfy.
With Josef spending most of his time with the In-Chick, his former buddy Linda sews by the pool. “Paano ba maging masaya?” Linda wondered out loud. Jieriel, who was the only one with her, answered, “tawa lang ng tawa.” The Bubbly Girl explained that laughter and sleep are her coping mechanisms for things, and it doesn’t necessarily follow that her laughter means that she is happy. Linda agreed, adding that singing is her vent for her emotions. When she sings, it has a reason; whether as a form of escape, release, entertainment or frustration, belting out songs serve a deeper purpose. For the moment, Linda admitted that she needed attention, and so far only Kuya has given it to her. Another exception is Rona, who regularly asks her how she is. Everyone has their own groups, and she didn’t want to push herself into any.Beauty had the “twin towers” and Josef is now with Nikki. Jieriel pointed out that she has no group as well, and offers friendship to the Bikini Babe. She explained how hard it was to guess what was on another’s mind or how to approach the other properly. All of them were still feeling their way around each other, and unless she speaks up, no one will truly understand what Linda was thinking or feeling. Because if this, it would be hard to avoid offending her, since she kept everything inside. The conversation then turns to Saturday’s eviction, and both feel they would be the one booted out. Jieriel reminds Linda to do her best if she’s the one left inside. Since they couldn’t agree which of them would be evicted, they even joked that they could go out together, like a 2-in-1 tag team.
