When it is what it is.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
When you are in a circumstance where there's no other option but to go through it, and no amount of cussing, or shouting will make any difference, accept your circumstance, and smile.
I was writing a dear friend about what I went through last night and I'm posting it here to share it with everyone as well.
Smiles and laughter should always be in abundance. Even in the face of adversity.
After work yesterday, I hitched a ride with Steven. He was on his way to Mactan so he couldn't drop me off where he usually does and since we were still having fun talking, we agreed that he drop me off Gaisano Super Metro in Mandaue. It's far from my place but I told myself maybe I could check out their shoes and clothes–if I'm lucky, I could find a really good bargain. Also, maybe they have flavored Quaker Oats in the grocery department. So I went down at Gaisano Super Metro. After an hour of browsing through the shoe shelves and clothes racks, absolutely nothing caught my fancy. So I decided to go down to the groceries and buy my Quaker Oats.
After I bought 8 packs each of my favorite flavors (Strawberry, Cinnamon Roll and Hazelnut), I was ready to go home. When I got out of Metro, it was raining HEAVILY, and I didn't have an umbrella. Hundreds of people were outside waiting for jeepneys and taxis. Note: It was my first time there, and I was alone. I didn't know where to go or where to get a cab. People were all over the place, the rain was making fun of everyone, everyone does not trust everyone, everyone was desperate to go home, and despearate times call for desperate measures. I was out there running in the rain, hailing cabs,getting inside only to have my ass rejected by the cab drivers because my place was the other way around.
On my way back to the shed, an elderly woman opened her umbrella right into my face making the entire length of the umbrella's cloth wipe my face before it came to a full open (I am now convinced I have superhuman powers to control my anger). By now, I was dripping wet from head to foot, my shoe was about to give up from the abuse, and to think that the ONLY thing I bought from that place was QUAKER OATS! I was ready to cry and scream… Then I decided to cross the road and stand in the rain for however long it would take. A little later I finally got a taxi. When I got in, I swore I am never going back to that place again… then I smiled… then I laughed… Were the 24 packs of flavored quaker oats I bought worth all that trouble? HELL FUCKING YEAH! You have no idea how much I love my Strawberry, cinnamon roll, and hazelnut flavored quaker oats.
But still, I am never going back to that place alone again! Hahahah!
`sj
