I have convenience of travel ways from home to work and way back because it only took three rides for me. Prior to my time in (2 p.m. to 10 p.m. work), I can leave the house thirty minutes before.
First, a tricycle from home to Staff House in 3 minutes, second a jeepney from Market-Market to Edsa-Ayala in 12 minutes and lastly, another jeepney from Edsa-Ayala to Cartimar in 8 minutes (traffic-free). It travels along Ayala Avenue and I stops in unloading area right after Paseo de Roxas Street (I allotted the remaining minutes riding jeepney along Ayala Avenue because the traffic there was unpredictable). Then takes thirty steps walk to get into Insular Life Building - to where my workplace or rather my employer where located in its 9th and 10th floors respectively. To sum it all, I can get into my destination in about less than 30 minutes. Hassle free ang commutes ko, kaya naman no worries. I have time pa to lit one stick of Marlboro Lights cigarette before proceeding to work.
No doubt, I have more energy saved and high level of alertness compared to my co-employee pagdating na sa work. But what the heck when I am going back home na, because there and then my stupidity comes out. Tatanga-tanga. Reasonably, haggard na ako, pagod na and sleepy kaya nagkaka-memory gap. It is tiring din kaya na naka-seat ka lang sa swivel chair and faces your computer the whole dumb day. Visits all these websites for some data to gather or collects, do this; do that and everything in my computer alone – duh. Researching data as it seems for short. Pero nga, ang katangahan ko ay ‘di ko maiwasan. Blush.
Kahapon Friday ng gabi, muntikan ba naman sana akong maglakad from Edsa-Ayala passing through McKinley Road in Forbes Park and cross the entire Global City in Taguig before reaching Staff House in C5. Just to imagine, it is too far to walk through because the roadway lengthens about four kilometers or so. Para naman na akong nag-walkathon niyan. And it’s not that it threatens me danger or I’ve felt scared to walk all alone at night because the roadway was all bright that comes from its post lamps. Preferably, the whole vicinity was safe. Pero ‘nga lang mapapagod talaga ako lalo sa paglalakad. I’d love to walk but not in this odd circumstance.
Stupid, I have left my coin purse pala in the jeepney pa. I was really in a hurry noon kaya ayan nagkalimot-limot ako sa belonging ko. After I paid my fare to the driver, I hold my coin purse in both hands. Since the jeepney was loaded, hindi ko agad maibalik sa back pocket ng pants ko dahil baka maka-siko ako ng katabi. I waited patiently until all the passengers may step down pagdating ng Edsa. That time I can keep it back na. But never did I – my mistakes, instead I just put aside it merely besides me. I feel confident enough that no one will grab it since wala na ngang passenger in my row.
In the other bench I barely sighted a lone passenger na kasama ko sa jeepney but she is afar from me. She maybe in her mid-30’s and nakaupo siya sa likod ng driver. What draws my attention na was when I received a text message, I read it and unknowingly malapit na rin pala akong bumaba. Tatawid na lang kasi iyun ng Edsa. Right after the jeepney stops, I looked up the area and it was my destination na nga - jeepney terminal ng Edsa-Ayala to Market-Market. Mapupuno na sa haba ng pila and soon it will go. Hurriedly, I stepped down and walked through the long line of passengers to meet with the end. Doon ko na nakalimutan ang coin purse ko at naiwan sa upuan.
Tamang-tama naman naniningil na ang barker (nagtatawag ng pasahero) sa akin. I slowly slipped my left hand to my pocket reaching a nothing-at-all-there coin purse ko. I used my other hand to tap the other back pocket in my right and wala rin doon. I started to get panic sana, hindi ko pa naman dala ang wallet ko to get extra pamasahe. Kakaubos lang ng load kaya hindi rin ako makakapag-text message man lang. Nothing at all, akmang tatakbo na ako pabalik sa jeepney na sinakyan ko from Ayala Avenue. But the lady in her mid-30’s whom I have accompanied in the jeepney was approaching na to where I stands. Medyo madilim but I can see her face smiling and extended her hand with my coin purse on it. I was relieved with a shame feeling (she is the angel who saves me from disgrace). I accepted it and said thank you to the lady. And for gratitude into her good deeds, I quickly get coins to pay fare for two persons na sa barker because we both are going to Staff House in C5. Thank you, lady.
Inside the jeepney, I never used to sleep for awhile that supposedly I did every time I traveled but never was I to do it. I was mesmerizing instead the possibilities of doing something to my disgrace. Perhaps, if not with that lady, I will take a long walk to get home or maybe used to make palimos sa ibang tao doon. Nakakahiyang gawin iyun kasi I am very obvious na galing pa ako sa work in my suit and mamalimos lang ako for my pamasahe way back home (what the fuck!). I said to myself, I will do it talaga if ever maka-uwi lang ng house. Tawagin na akong tanga and I’ll accept it wholeheartedly. Going through and through the road, I kept on mumbling alone in disgust. I cannot even look directly into the eyes of the lady though she smiles at me. And I guessed everybody took noticed my unlikely behavior inside the jeepney. Who cares, siguro naman they will understand me if I narrates it to them. I even think of trading my cellphone number sana for about twenty pesos pamasahe (at para namang may bibili ng digits ko, ano? pakialam nila diba?). Risky move but I have to.
Gosh. The whole biyahe for me was heavy na para ba akong na-stuck sa traffic. I have felt the burden and stressed out. Kulang na lang pagpawisan ako pero hindi because the weather is cold. It seems I’ve traveled from Manila to Cavite na ganoon kalayo. Pagdating sa bahay lugtong-lugto ako. Exhausted.
First, a tricycle from home to Staff House in 3 minutes, second a jeepney from Market-Market to Edsa-Ayala in 12 minutes and lastly, another jeepney from Edsa-Ayala to Cartimar in 8 minutes (traffic-free). It travels along Ayala Avenue and I stops in unloading area right after Paseo de Roxas Street (I allotted the remaining minutes riding jeepney along Ayala Avenue because the traffic there was unpredictable). Then takes thirty steps walk to get into Insular Life Building - to where my workplace or rather my employer where located in its 9th and 10th floors respectively. To sum it all, I can get into my destination in about less than 30 minutes. Hassle free ang commutes ko, kaya naman no worries. I have time pa to lit one stick of Marlboro Lights cigarette before proceeding to work.
No doubt, I have more energy saved and high level of alertness compared to my co-employee pagdating na sa work. But what the heck when I am going back home na, because there and then my stupidity comes out. Tatanga-tanga. Reasonably, haggard na ako, pagod na and sleepy kaya nagkaka-memory gap. It is tiring din kaya na naka-seat ka lang sa swivel chair and faces your computer the whole dumb day. Visits all these websites for some data to gather or collects, do this; do that and everything in my computer alone – duh. Researching data as it seems for short. Pero nga, ang katangahan ko ay ‘di ko maiwasan. Blush.
Kahapon Friday ng gabi, muntikan ba naman sana akong maglakad from Edsa-Ayala passing through McKinley Road in Forbes Park and cross the entire Global City in Taguig before reaching Staff House in C5. Just to imagine, it is too far to walk through because the roadway lengthens about four kilometers or so. Para naman na akong nag-walkathon niyan. And it’s not that it threatens me danger or I’ve felt scared to walk all alone at night because the roadway was all bright that comes from its post lamps. Preferably, the whole vicinity was safe. Pero ‘nga lang mapapagod talaga ako lalo sa paglalakad. I’d love to walk but not in this odd circumstance.
Stupid, I have left my coin purse pala in the jeepney pa. I was really in a hurry noon kaya ayan nagkalimot-limot ako sa belonging ko. After I paid my fare to the driver, I hold my coin purse in both hands. Since the jeepney was loaded, hindi ko agad maibalik sa back pocket ng pants ko dahil baka maka-siko ako ng katabi. I waited patiently until all the passengers may step down pagdating ng Edsa. That time I can keep it back na. But never did I – my mistakes, instead I just put aside it merely besides me. I feel confident enough that no one will grab it since wala na ngang passenger in my row.
In the other bench I barely sighted a lone passenger na kasama ko sa jeepney but she is afar from me. She maybe in her mid-30’s and nakaupo siya sa likod ng driver. What draws my attention na was when I received a text message, I read it and unknowingly malapit na rin pala akong bumaba. Tatawid na lang kasi iyun ng Edsa. Right after the jeepney stops, I looked up the area and it was my destination na nga - jeepney terminal ng Edsa-Ayala to Market-Market. Mapupuno na sa haba ng pila and soon it will go. Hurriedly, I stepped down and walked through the long line of passengers to meet with the end. Doon ko na nakalimutan ang coin purse ko at naiwan sa upuan.
Tamang-tama naman naniningil na ang barker (nagtatawag ng pasahero) sa akin. I slowly slipped my left hand to my pocket reaching a nothing-at-all-there coin purse ko. I used my other hand to tap the other back pocket in my right and wala rin doon. I started to get panic sana, hindi ko pa naman dala ang wallet ko to get extra pamasahe. Kakaubos lang ng load kaya hindi rin ako makakapag-text message man lang. Nothing at all, akmang tatakbo na ako pabalik sa jeepney na sinakyan ko from Ayala Avenue. But the lady in her mid-30’s whom I have accompanied in the jeepney was approaching na to where I stands. Medyo madilim but I can see her face smiling and extended her hand with my coin purse on it. I was relieved with a shame feeling (she is the angel who saves me from disgrace). I accepted it and said thank you to the lady. And for gratitude into her good deeds, I quickly get coins to pay fare for two persons na sa barker because we both are going to Staff House in C5. Thank you, lady.
Inside the jeepney, I never used to sleep for awhile that supposedly I did every time I traveled but never was I to do it. I was mesmerizing instead the possibilities of doing something to my disgrace. Perhaps, if not with that lady, I will take a long walk to get home or maybe used to make palimos sa ibang tao doon. Nakakahiyang gawin iyun kasi I am very obvious na galing pa ako sa work in my suit and mamalimos lang ako for my pamasahe way back home (what the fuck!). I said to myself, I will do it talaga if ever maka-uwi lang ng house. Tawagin na akong tanga and I’ll accept it wholeheartedly. Going through and through the road, I kept on mumbling alone in disgust. I cannot even look directly into the eyes of the lady though she smiles at me. And I guessed everybody took noticed my unlikely behavior inside the jeepney. Who cares, siguro naman they will understand me if I narrates it to them. I even think of trading my cellphone number sana for about twenty pesos pamasahe (at para namang may bibili ng digits ko, ano? pakialam nila diba?). Risky move but I have to.
Gosh. The whole biyahe for me was heavy na para ba akong na-stuck sa traffic. I have felt the burden and stressed out. Kulang na lang pagpawisan ako pero hindi because the weather is cold. It seems I’ve traveled from Manila to Cavite na ganoon kalayo. Pagdating sa bahay lugtong-lugto ako. Exhausted.
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