My friend Joan Piñon once said that I was her lucky charm on the MRT rides. Every tiem she rides with me, the car is not as crowded as normal. I think she was proven correct yet again.
The other day, I had to go to Mandaluyong. I went to the Quezon Avenue station to ride a train. When I got there, there was a train that just got into the station. I decided to wait for the next one because I did not want to rush. The space I wanted was probably occupied already.
So I let the first train go and stood on the platform as it sped off. I did not wait long for the next. In about two minutes time, another train was coming into the station.
And lo! It was empty. The train was meant to take off from this station. All of us got on and all of us were able to sit down (or stand by choice).
Because we were so close to the one before, our train never got full. I will bet that the one I did not ride was crowded to overflowing. In our case, there were a few who were standing but there were seats that were still available.
On the same day, I took the commuter train from the end station at Taft. Of course I got a seat, that's one of the things I like about coming from the end station. It was rush hour so we did not wait long before the train left the station.
We got to the Magallanes station and already there were some people standing. I thought we would be fulll by the time we left the Ayala station. I was wrong.
In fact, until I got off at Cubao the car was not crowded. Oh there were lots of people standing right in front of me but if I tilt my head just so, I could still see out the window across the train.
Lovely, isn't it?
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Strange Reality
An interesting happened to me today.
A common opener but you know truth is really stranger than fiction sometimes. We can dismiss some anecdotes as trivial. Then again, we can look at the mystery underneath each experience.
I was wearing flipflops today when I went to Trinoma. As I got into the main entrance, one endo of the strap suddenly popped off the body of the slipper. To me that was strange because I didn't even feel the strap pulling loose and suddenly it was broken. And the ATM at school was out of commission so I hardly had any money left in my pocket.
The guards helped me out. They had me sit in the Concierge area while one of them looked for tape and fixed up my flipflop so I could walk with it. I was hoping the tape would last long enough for me to walk around the mall and find a new pair. The best place to do that was at the other end of the building.
Well, when the guard was done, I got up and proceeded to Landmark. It was a slow walk because I was so concious of thetape. I wasn't feeling it under my foot but I knew it was there and that any moment it could give out.
At Landmark, it didn't take me long to find a pair I liked that was within my budget. It was a flat sandal with a garterized back sling in copper. I would have preferred black but that color was out of my size.
However, the gilrin charge of the area I found it in was nowhere in sight. I had to goto the next area and ask the guy there for assistance. He was the one who found the girl who was supposed to assist me and made here get a pair in my size.
Then I had to wait. When the pair arrived, the girl and I played a short waiting game. She was waiting for me to approach her while I was sitting on the couch where you normally sat to fit shoes. Of course she lost.
Finally, I paid for the sandals. At least there was no line at the check-out counter. I asked the bagger not to staple the paper bag shut because I saw that my handbag would fit nicely above the shoebox.
Just when I was leaving the cashier area, the tape gave.
PS to the Landmark staff. This sale belongs to the guy in charge of Figlia and not to the girl in charge of Alexandria which was the brand I got. That guy did more to assist me than the person in charge of Alexandria. Pa-cute lang yung girl na yon. After she made out a receipt, she just handed me the box and expected me to know what to do next.
A common opener but you know truth is really stranger than fiction sometimes. We can dismiss some anecdotes as trivial. Then again, we can look at the mystery underneath each experience.
I was wearing flipflops today when I went to Trinoma. As I got into the main entrance, one endo of the strap suddenly popped off the body of the slipper. To me that was strange because I didn't even feel the strap pulling loose and suddenly it was broken. And the ATM at school was out of commission so I hardly had any money left in my pocket.
The guards helped me out. They had me sit in the Concierge area while one of them looked for tape and fixed up my flipflop so I could walk with it. I was hoping the tape would last long enough for me to walk around the mall and find a new pair. The best place to do that was at the other end of the building.
Well, when the guard was done, I got up and proceeded to Landmark. It was a slow walk because I was so concious of thetape. I wasn't feeling it under my foot but I knew it was there and that any moment it could give out.
At Landmark, it didn't take me long to find a pair I liked that was within my budget. It was a flat sandal with a garterized back sling in copper. I would have preferred black but that color was out of my size.
However, the gilrin charge of the area I found it in was nowhere in sight. I had to goto the next area and ask the guy there for assistance. He was the one who found the girl who was supposed to assist me and made here get a pair in my size.
Then I had to wait. When the pair arrived, the girl and I played a short waiting game. She was waiting for me to approach her while I was sitting on the couch where you normally sat to fit shoes. Of course she lost.
Finally, I paid for the sandals. At least there was no line at the check-out counter. I asked the bagger not to staple the paper bag shut because I saw that my handbag would fit nicely above the shoebox.
Just when I was leaving the cashier area, the tape gave.
PS to the Landmark staff. This sale belongs to the guy in charge of Figlia and not to the girl in charge of Alexandria which was the brand I got. That guy did more to assist me than the person in charge of Alexandria. Pa-cute lang yung girl na yon. After she made out a receipt, she just handed me the box and expected me to know what to do next.
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