my girlfriends and i planned to meet at the national hero's shrine at 5pm today. i didn't know how to get to Luneta from our place. but i'm a smart kid, i'd figure it out. so i hailed a jeepney [yes, i'm a fan of jeepneys] to quiapo and asked the manong how to get to luneta. yey me! i'm on the right ride. the jeep goes straight to rizal park.
the travel time took forever so i busied myself with cutie sightings. there was a ust boy wearing orange and i thought he looked okay. so i stared at him from behind and i realized, no he was not. but he's the best looking thing in the jeep so i focused on him for a while. when he got down, i decided to do something else [like i had a choice] so i daydreamed winning the 2 million jackpot from deal or no deal. [kris says it like, "djeel or no dzeel!"]
in my mind, i keep saying "no deal" or "hey hey hey banker" or "say it again kris" or "ohmigosh, ohmigosh" and i really had fun turning down the banker's generous offers. i know i have the top amount on the briefcase i picked which was 3 or 18 or 13 or 8. i am very confident i'd win. and then kris aquino jumps up and down and almost trips at her long green gown from excitement. and i am like, "ohmigoodness. i won! i won!" and she goes, "oh my gosh xaris, you are our first 2 millionaire!" and i go, "i know, i know. thank God" and i plan on giving half my prize money to church and to inter varsity and keep the other half in the bank or buy the banker a new phone. everyone is screaming with happiness and i keep thanking everyone and i go, "i just knew i got the 2 million in that briefcase. may peace ako when i said no deal. grabe praise God!" and kris says, "God really is good. what can you say now?" "Banker, baba ka dito, party tayo!!!"
when i got back home later, i watched deal or no deal and guess what, somebody missed the 2 million jackpot on briefcase 18. *guho ang mundo*
i believe i had tears in my eyes after my award-winning daydream. the amused manong driver smiled at me and said, "neng, dito ka na bababa. rizal park na o." i looked outside and blushed. "ay talaga manong?" "ikaw lang mag-isa papasyal?" "hindi po, may imi-meet po ako. salamat ho." and i got down.
walking through the park gave me a sense of serenity with the light breeze cooling my sweaty forehead. i can't help but smile and feel kilig while strolling. i looked down on the tiled walkway and looked up at the lamp posts half expecting that suddenly everything will turn sepia. and that i'll come across stern guardia civils. i like the idea of time travelling. that's my communion with my old soul. you see, i think i was born in the wrong century. hehe.
i came ahead of my friends, so i chummied the manong sikyu at the monument. i asked him why tourists couldn't go near the statue. i vaguely remember that when i was a kid, we could go near rizal's statue. the manong said, "eh kasi ginugulo ng mga tao yung mga nagbabantay, nainis na sila. nagkakalat pa. mga pilipino talaga." i nodded sympathetically feeling gulity that once in my life i thought about pestering the marines on duty. *shame* i understand completely now. history and culture 101.
ten years passed and snow and sleet fell, no friends came. so i walked alone looking like a defeated househelp stood up by her pen pal who's supposed to eyeball her. i sat down and slumped and bought c2 [na duh, bente pesos, ang taga taga talaga].
i was observing the passers by and counted more boy-pairs than male and female lovers against the world. brokeback ba ito? they were so many i could only sigh and say, "why God?" [insert props and set for jesus christ super star]. kidding. *lugmok sa bitterness*
a maya was eating clover chips nearby. nainggit tuloy ako. but i couldn't eat so i decided to write. after finishing a novel [sobrang wala pa rin ang mga ka-meet ko] while the sun was saying buh-bye already, i thought it best to leave. grabe naman isang oras na ko dun, ano bur? i wanted to ride a calesa but i couldn't spot one. so i walked until i found a jeep to take me home. astig. door to door ang moda.
i love manila now. and the jeep to quiapo. and many other things. as for my girlfriends, we can always set a new date. nothing beats the trip i had today. :)
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