Humility route

We lost power the other day. The office was dark and in minutes, it began to get hot. No wifi. We waited for over an hour. Still no power. We tried going to a nearby restaurant to have Internet access, but the blackout hit them, too.

Then I blurted out some words of wisdom.

"Ano ba ito? Walang koryente. Walang wifi. Walang boyfriend. Walang sex. Walang farm. Walang farmhouse. Walang fun!"

The whole barangay that is the office laughed.

Two of us went to Trinoma to work there instead. After a few hours, I decided it was stupid to be in the mall and not see Kung Fu Panda. My second movie this year. Hah!

The following day, with Jiminy da Cricket still in the casa, I decided to walk home.

Tomas Morato was fine. It's E. Rodriquez that's tough. The smell of diesel and fumes hurt even my smoker's lungs.

There's a slice of city life in every corner.

There was a family of seven having dinner in a corner which they converted into their room for the night. There was an old man with hollowed cheeks and sunken eyes lying sideways on a wooden bar staring at the people and traffic that passed him by. Could it be that he spent his life this way, staring at people and life and letting it all pass him by? Or did one wrong decision bring him here?

There was dog poop and an open manhole in front of an old church which looked stoic amid dozens of old trees.

There were people competing for the last available seat on a jeepney driven by a road maniac. What's waiting for them at home? Why are we all in such a hurry that we snarl at those who unintentionally block our way? Then we end up snapping at those we find waiting for us at home, which was why we were rushing home in the first place.

I walked home again last night.

I reacquainted myself with myself, where I was years ago, as a working student who didn't know if the universe would bother to support my weight.

These walks tell me this: "Ang arte-arte mo. Koryente at wifi lang ang nawala, akala mo pinagkaisahan ka na ng planeta. Huwag ka ngang drama queen!"