the good manongs and kuyas.

back in high school i had a very very interesting and heart whelming experience in riding the common public transportation here n manila.. no, not the jeepney but none other than the fx transpo :D

i dont know why i am posting this entry but all of a sudden i just remember that experience of mine and just poof, decided to write it down here :D

it was monday, i think, but i dont have my usual classes..for what reason? i can't seem to remember haha instead i have a violin lesson as early as 7 or 8 am i think..

anyway, my day started as the usual, i left laguna as early as 5 and then arrived at PGH arround 6am maybe and by 7am together with my violin, i was already on my way to Buendia

back in high school. money wasnt really that big of a problem for us, so at a daily basis, i have a "baon" of 200-300 pesos..swerte na kung nasa mood si papa at bibigyan ako ng 500 hahaha anyway.. at that day, my father was in a good mood and so he gave me 500 pesos as a whole..

my usual transpo everytime i have my violin with me is fx since well, it is much easier and people tend to not to look at me or to my violin i should say too much :D

nag para ako ng fx.. yung hindi pa puno..thinking..maybe he already had his first route and for sure may panukli na siya sa 500 peso bill ko.. the moment i fixed my self in the passenger sit, i automatically hand him my money and smiled sheepishly

"manong, buendia po, pasensya na po buo pera ko"

which the manong driver replied

"nako hija, wala pa akong panukli, hawakan mo muna yan"

moments later...we have already passed quirino, vito cruz, then approaching the end of buendia..

there was only one passenger who ride the fx..

when my stop came, i said:

"manong, diyan nalang po sa tabi.. ahm, paano po bayad ko?"

which the good manong driver replied with a smile

"sige hija, pabayaan mo na yun, ingatan mo nalang yang guitara mo."

and after my thank you and smiles.. off i go.


after the violin lessons.. it was already 10


nagpara ulit ng panibagong fx..thinking na for sure may panukli na ang mga driver

"manong, bayad po, pgh lang"

then another passenger "manong" ride the fx taking out a huge and i mean huge bulk of 500s, 100s. 50s and many more from his pocket

the driver said

"nako hija, nalate kasi ako ng gising, wala pa akong panukli diyan"

then the passenger beside me said

"hija ako na magbabayad sayo, manong eto oh *hands the 20 peso bill*"

and i said

"hala, kuya maraming salamat po!"

which the kuya replied

"ok lang yun, violin ba yan? mahal yan diba? alam mo pangarap ko yan noon eh"

which i aumatically replied with a smile

"opo, violin po toh.. hindi naman po masyado mahal, sure po akong kayang kaya nyo tong bilhin hehe"

then when i arrived in pgh, i aumatically said my goodbyes to kuya pasahero beside me and said my gratefullness.


hayysss.. this days napaka rare na ng ganyang mga kuya anyways.. i couldnt say na hell weeks are already over.. may isa pang exam whew..PARA!