I left home at 6:30am. Yet passed 7am, I still haven't been able to
ride a bus or any decent vehicle going to Makati.
There were a lot of people waiting in vain for transportation.
There were buses, jeeps and taxis that have passed but they
stubbornly declined commuters to ride them.
I, and the commuters, walked with nowhere to go.
The istambays were making fun of the crowd.
I came up a plan to ask people who are bound to Makati.
There's this lady whom I met at the gasoline station, timely
there's a taxi there.
Nagi: "Miss, pa-Makati ka rin ba?"
Ale: "Oo"
Nagi: "Taxi na tayo. Hati na lang tayo sa bayad."
We approached the taxi and almost begged that he drive us to Makati.
He was very reluctant because he's afraid of kuyog or mass attack(?)
of his colleagues to halt driving for this day.
We managed to convince manong that I will act as if the ownder of the taxi.
Nagi: "Manong, akong bahala pagka-may kumuyog sa inyo ulit sa Makati.
Sabihin natin na ako si Athena at ang taxi ito ay pangalan ko."
(he claims that he already transported one passenger but was stopped by the protestors
and he was afraid to encounter it again)
Hehe, Manong can't help but laugh at my silly suggestion but it was enough
to move him to drive.
We paid him twice the normal rate.
But he didn't dropped us at our building since of the protestors.
Worth it? Somehow because I got in the office on-time.
When I arrived at the office I exclaimed, "I survived!"
On the way home, Takumi picked me up with his Subaru.
So I was safe and arrived fast. Argh, he was asleep during the day because his assignment
requires him to do work early, which at that time I'm still peacefully sleeping.
I heard in the news that the request of the protestors have been granted.
-sigh- Kailangan ba mag-strike pa para mapagbigyan sila?
Pilipinas! Anticipate. Plan. Act.
Hindi yung kung kailangan madami na nadadamay saka kikilos.
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