Series of Fortunate Events

this was last tuesday…

and started at 1am when dez texted me that she will have an interview at intramuros and she invited me to watch Cinemalaya after…

then i planned a solution so that i can watch Cinemalaya 6 entries that day, so i told my mom that i’m going to apply that morning at Makati around 10:30am when i went to our shop.

so i traveled going to Manila by bus going to Buendia or Gil Puyat ave. to reach the office of my target agency that i’m going to apply. but as the time goes by, the E&A bus conductor said that their bus is going to stop under the overpass of Buendia so we need to be unload before it.

but there were these passengers that were going to stop at Baclaran, but they were to late at the dropping zone, and they need to ride a LRT unit off to Monumento so the conductor requested that they will drop to the nearest LRT station but i suggested to be drop at Buendia, because it is the last stop then. as we reached to Buendia it was around 11:40am, but the group of passengers that i’m talking about is not familiar to the place, so they were asking me about what they are going to ride to reach the LRT station, or how to get there, but i suggested to ride a bus or jeep from the corner to the station, but road was full packed of buses and private vehicles, it was so jammed…

right then while we were walking at the same path going to the corner of the avenue, i was making ‘para’ or calling some taxi cab so that we could reach the station on time, it took more than 5 minutes that i got a cab, so first i suggested that cab was for them, and i will call another cab for me, but suddenly grandma said: “sumabay kana samin…” so i did what she said, due also to time constraints, because it was almost lunch. as we going to reach the LRT station, and also in the cab, im chatting with the group, like getting to know stuffs… right then we had a small argument who is going to pay the taxi cab fare, i said that i’m the one who called the cab, so i should pay the fare, but grandma said: ok lang naman daw, kasi may pera naman daw sila. but at the end, i’m the one who won who is going to pay the fare, btw fare causes only for about Php40 for 4 of us.

it was lunch time when dez texted me that she was going to take her lunch w/ her co applicant, and also that time i think to go somewhere else because it was already lunch time, so texted jules to have a lunch with him, because his class that day was til 12:30pm only.

so we rode the same LRT unit, but grandma was the one who paid my fare that time (nakakahiya naman talaga, nakikipagtalo pa nga ako, kasi naman mura lang naman ang fare papuntang central station, pero nauna na siya sa ticket booth, kaya wala na akong nagawa). even at the platform of the LRT we had a little conversation about Cavite, because they were from Tagaytay, and that day they need to Caloocan for her to have her dental check-up (grabe ang layo pa ng dentista ni nanay…)

we waited for the 3rd to come so we could fit in… as we reached the Central Station, i waved a goodbye and safe trip for them… while walking at the path going to the jeepney stop, beside the Lawton/Park ‘n Ride terminal, while im preparing my jeepner fare, someone called me from the back, and giving me a hundred bucks, he said that i fell it from my pocket, i’m really thankful for him, that he returned and gave me my bill, the only thing i remembered about him, that he is a student of Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU), a student from college of hospitality, if am i correct? KUYA! who ever you Maraming maraming salamat po sa ginawa niyo, isa kang bayani! pag nakita kita uli, may medal ka sakin! :)