LIFE IN A JEEPNEY

Life in a jeepney

It's 5 minutes til 10pm, I was running late, really as my shift is supposed to end by 6pm (ok, 5pm because I was late for one hour). I hopped in the jeepney and waited for the passengers to come along, it was boring and a little sleepy so I put on my headset and listened to Chico and Delamar's Podcast last Wednesday, can' get enough of them. Anyways, as the jeepney started to fill and passengers started to come by, it was a pleasant view for me as workers after a day converged in a location like this. I would love to have my own car or course, and not be with the other people (you don't know if they are sick or what, I'm sorry maarte lang ako) and siksikan kau, and the odor or whatever. I'm not complaining, don't get me wrong. My mother always scolds me for complaining the smell of other people as they earned it after a hard day's work. Anyways, it was a bunch of workers - industrious workers all cramped up in this tiny piece of moving metal. Students - qualify as workers as well because they worked they out of this day, you know. And after 3 minutes, we were all dosing off and in 10 minutes, most of us are asleep, except for me which was in awe really. This must have been an exhausting day for all of us, the students (they were lovers) are holding their hands, the mall workers are leaning with each other, the other guy is just asleep on his back and the workers from the hospital are sharing their experiences in high note battling the sound of the jeepney engine. It was a little chilly, that contributed to the mood of the night. I can't really let go of this experience as I myself is very proud to be in the company of these people, they are really the working masses that after a day's work, welcomes another day with gladness or at times just being forced out of survival but the commitment is there to survive. Tomorrow's another day.