donselya

i was supposed to just re-post my previous blog entries from friendster, myspace and blogspot, but then again, i decided to post something unique here in multiply. here goes…

 

last Thursday, april 12, 2007, i attended a seminar-workshop about surveys and opinion polls in Makati City. as i was on my way back to the office that afternoon, the taxicab that i was riding lost its brakes, skidded for several meters and bumped a pickup in front of it. i was imagining to myself: “what if we hit this vehicle?” and suddenly the taxicab did. it wasn’t a major hit though, as the damage wasn’t prominent—at least for the pickup—and mr. cab driver was able to haggle with the pickup’s owner via cellphone. from a thousand bucks, he was able to reduce his ‘sentence’ to P500. all the while, i was watching him haggle with the driver and owner of the pickup as well as watching the meter run—the whole ruckus was worth P20 in a solitary position. as mr. cab driver resumed driving, i pondered on what just happened. i could have been badly injured, or even dead. but i was still blessed to have made it out of that situation unscathed. and it happened a day before Friday the 13^th. i’m a bit superstitious, but not THAT superstitious to really believe in Friday the 13^th and the brouhaha that surrounds it.

 

i was also reminded of the Filipino saying: “ang masamang damo, matagal mabuhay.”

maybe i still have a purpose after all. i just have to continue living to finally find it.

 

thank god.