oohh.

ive had a very interesting taxi ride on my way to school last friday. why? because the moment i opened the taxi door, i was greeted with a rather... perky and bubbly taxi driver. its like... "GOOD MORNING, MA'AM!!! SA'N PO ANG PUNTA NATIN NGAYON??" grabe bai. kung hindi lang ako nakapagpigil ay abot ng school ang tawa ako. as in. AWKWAAAAHHHAAAARRRRDDD. :))

tapos. same pa rin ang perkiness niya throughout the whole ride. pero interesting, though. kasi kung gaano siya kaperky, ganun katragic ang kanyang buhay. his story goes like this.

sixty days ago, he was happily living in manila. he had a family, and a stable job. then one day, a tragic accident was met by his family. the driver lost control of the car while they were tracking the south superhighway. six 360-degrees and a total car wreck later, his whole family died, while he was still at work.

it has now been thirty days since he landed here in Davao. he temporarily left his job, and bought a taxi with his savings. he says he's trying his best to move on. he adds that with the 30 days he has stayed here, he's got eighteen driver's tickets. (super distracted si kuya.) he's so new here that he still even reads a local map to keep track of where he's going. very, very interesting.

at first, i thought he was one of the people na walang pakialam sa buhay, kuntento sa taxi, at walang masyadong nangyayari sa buhay. pero the moment i heard his story, its like everything mocked me.

since then, ive never judged people again.

pero, duh. of course. natawa pa rin ako sa pagbaba ko. go na "THANK YOU PO, MA'AM, SANA MAKASAKAY KO PO KAYO ULIT!!!!" and kalame ko. all i could do to respond was a laugh.:))

kaya kuya taxi driver, thank you for making my day last friday. because of you, masaya pa rin ako buong araw n'on, at kahit naiwan ko cp ko, malas ako masyado, at muntik akong masagasaan ng truck dahil sa mga taong sumasakay ng bike, good mood pa rin ako.

salamat. :D