Friday, June 27, 2008
As a city dweller and a middle-class student, madalas akong mag-commute. LRT, MRT, jeep, bus, FX...halos lahat na ata ng land public vehicles eh nasakyan ko na. Wala naman akong reklamo sa pagkocommute ko. Kaya lang, minsan you I can't help but feel a twinge of irritation when some of these circumstances happen:*Dahil halos lahat na ng jeep eh pumipila na ngayon, hindi sila pwedeng umalis hangga't hindi pa puno all thanks to some barkers na napaka-greedy sa pasahero. I can't totally blame them naman kasi I know that it's their job at dun sila nabubuhay. Kaya lang kasi madalas, kapag 9 na tao ang pwedeng i-accommodate ng jeep, kahit lahat na ng katabi mo eh pawang matataba, ipipilit pa din nilang punuin yun ng 9 na tao kahit kalahati na ng pwet mo ang nakalabas para magkasya ka. They are defying the laws of physics. Sana man lang, they consider the "sizes" of the passengers. Okay, ang upuan ng jeep na yun ay para sa 9 na tao, but have they tried estimating it while considering the sizes of the possible passengers? Hindi naman lahat ng sumasakay sa jeep eh payat.
*As studies have shown, mas malaki ang possibility ng taong nakakalanghap ng smoke ng cigarette na magsuffer from lung cancer. There are times na may makakasakay akong nagyoyosi at naiinis ako tuwing nangyayari yun. It's one sign of impoliteness. Mas nakakainis pa pag sa direksyon mo binuga. Kahit napakabait mong tao eh hindi mo mapipigilang mag-isip na suntukin yung katabi mo.
*Kapag sa dulo ka ng jeep nakaupo, obligado kang mag-abot ng bayad ng mga tao sa kabilang dulo. Okay lang naman yun kaya lang minsan kasi, if you don't notice someone na nag-aabot ng bayad, sila pa naiirita. I mean, come on! Ikaw na nga tong nagpapaabot ng bayad, ikaw pa tong magagalit. The words "please" and "thank you" are very pleasant to the ears and it's not hard to say it lalo na kapag nagbabayad ka sa jeep at malayo ka sa driver at nakikiabot ka lang.
*Some drivers play they music too loud. Loud enough to not hear the passenger kapag nag-aabot ng bayad or pumapara. There was one time, while I was on my way to Novaliches, yung sinasakyan kong jeep eh nanginginig na sa sobrang lakas ng tugtog. Grabe, talagang yung heartbeat ko eh naginginig na din.
Kaya mga friendships, sa pagsakay ng jeep, alalahanin ang kapwa mo tao; ang kapwa mo pasahero at kapwa mo driver dahil hindi lang natin alam na kahit isang kilos lang natin, pwedeng maapektuhan ang ibang tao.
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One of the subjects that I get into debate most about is RELIGION. I am neither an atheist nor an agnostic. In fact, I am a firm believer of God and though I'm not really much of a Church-goer, I am a believer.
Madami na ding mga nagkalat ng religions dito aside from Catholic such as Iglesia ni Kristo, Born Again Christians, Protestants, Saksi ni Jehova, and some others that aren't reallu popular but existing. I have nothing against those other religions (I'm a Roman Catholic), nirerespeto ko yung mga paniniwala and cultures nila. Ang kinaiinisan ko lang eh kapag iniinvite ka nila na magpa-convert sa religion nila, they would tell you, "PARA MALIGTAS KA".
PARA MALIGTAS AKO? Pano kung hindi ako magpaconvert pero I'm living in God's ways and wills and follows His commandments, hindi ako maliligtas? Isn't that blasphemous? We only have one God, and no matter what our religions are, as long as we believe in Him, walang masamang mangyayari. Bakit kelangan pang manghila ng tao at magsabi ng mga sly comments about sa current religion nila? God gave us free will and we have the right to choose which religion we're going to join. Sa pamimilit nila, parang inaabuse na din nila yung right natin and dinidisobey nila si God. Kung gusto kong sumali sa religion niyo, sasali ako. Nobody has to force me kung yun talaga ang gusto ko.
Madami na ding mga nagkalat ng religions dito aside from Catholic such as Iglesia ni Kristo, Born Again Christians, Protestants, Saksi ni Jehova, and some others that aren't reallu popular but existing. I have nothing against those other religions (I'm a Roman Catholic), nirerespeto ko yung mga paniniwala and cultures nila. Ang kinaiinisan ko lang eh kapag iniinvite ka nila na magpa-convert sa religion nila, they would tell you, "PARA MALIGTAS KA".
PARA MALIGTAS AKO? Pano kung hindi ako magpaconvert pero I'm living in God's ways and wills and follows His commandments, hindi ako maliligtas? Isn't that blasphemous? We only have one God, and no matter what our religions are, as long as we believe in Him, walang masamang mangyayari. Bakit kelangan pang manghila ng tao at magsabi ng mga sly comments about sa current religion nila? God gave us free will and we have the right to choose which religion we're going to join. Sa pamimilit nila, parang inaabuse na din nila yung right natin and dinidisobey nila si God. Kung gusto kong sumali sa religion niyo, sasali ako. Nobody has to force me kung yun talaga ang gusto ko.
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Oh well. Sorry if I ranted too much. Sa totoo lang, there sre still so many ideas running through my head right now but I feel soooooo tired! We had our presentation kasi at Rhetoric kanina at napakadami kong bitbit. Hindi na nga ata pantay ang balikat ko. Haha!
It's been a long day so, until here. :)
It's been a long day so, until here. :)