The woman at the jeepney paid at the
driver but the driver returned her fare. Since she can’t see nor hear vividly,
I relayed what the driver said. “Kilala ya ka kuno La, amo na libre pliti mo,”
(Lola, kilala ka daw po ng driver kaya libre na po pamasahe mo) I told her.
Sino ka man? (Sino ka?) she asked.
But the driver kept quiet all the time. The woman then enumerated random names,
hoping she would pin the tail on the donkey and find out who the driver is,
while me and the other passengers keep quiet. The driver didn’t say anything
until the woman told the driver to stop at Gaisano La Paz. Hopeless to find out
who the driver was, she just said, “Salamat gid kung sino ka man” (Maraming
salamat kung sino ka man.)
Nobody dared to go break down their
curiosity, and still we all kept quiet; until the driver said: (Non-Verbatim)
“Baw wala ya gid ko nadumduman ba. Ginhulat ko na siya sobra 30 ka tuig pero
iba gin pakaslan ya. Siling ko sa kaugalingon ko sang una, kung sabton ya ako,
sagudon ko gid siya kag bisan piso waay gid siya may problemahun sa gasto. Asta
subong gin tuman ko promise ko.”
(“Ay hindi niya talaga ako natandaan.
Hinintay ko siya ng 30 taon pero iba ang pinakasalan niya. Dati sinabi ko sa
kanya kung sasagutin niya ako, aalagan ko siya ng higit pa at wala siyang
gagastusing pera niya ni piso. Hanggang ngayon tinutupad ko yung pangakong iyon
sa kanya.”)
Do you know why humans are beautiful?
Someone inside the bus might actually love you secretly. Perhaps someone you
passed by at the mall adores you in secret. Someone at the same line as yours
in fast food chains probably has a crush on you. You’ll never know that you are
loved.
It’s courageous when you love a
person but you choose to let them go just because you realize that you two
aren’t meant for each other. Most of us would end up finding someone else that
are meant for us instead. It’s peculiar to see somebody who stays in love with
that person that goes for years..
God Bless Us..
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