Tuesday, March 20, 2007

stop or i'll jump!

my day was going real great today... had a nice time watching the store. a good online surf. achievement on a couple of things. inspired by the little blessings. cultivated by different changes.
anyway, i was on my way home... yup... after all the great things that happened to you, you're excited to be home and just savor a nice good rest.
but it happened. i rode the jeepney. there was just me, and an old man on it plus the driver. a woman who was dressed very at home, meaning not so good, wave the jeepney and came in. the driver was running the vehicle quite fast, for me that was well okay, eager to be home. then i heard a soft mumble of "para" (that's how you tell the jeepney to stop so you could go down) but it was really really low that even i who was sitting near her didn't think she actually said anything. i even thought she was talking to herself or something. these thoughts happened for only a split second i think coz i looked over to her side to check if she did say something but then all i saw was her back already on the steps out of the jeep! the jeep was speeding the hell on the road and she just walked out. all three of us saw her drop on the floor, then lay there not moving.
what i couldn't stand is that the driver slowed down to check through his rear view mirror, and i was expecting we'd stop and help, bring her to a hospital or something, but then the driver accelerated and went double the frequent speed and before i could react i realized i was already about to say "para" as well.
thoughts ran through my head: hoping that i'd be able to say it loud enough for the driver to hear... im thinking is this driver okay? he's driving too fast. he didn't help the woman. is he in his right mind or is his conscience killing him? would he stop if i ask him to? i just said "para" although numbly but loud enough i guess. with matching a knock on the roof.
im still in shock right now. i managed to memorize the jeepney's plate number. but what am i to do? in the end as i was walking home i just prayed so hard someone helped that woman... may God forgive me for not doing anything as well. i feel so darn confused but all i could do was pray that she's safe, and hope the driver came back to help her later in his drive.
what a night! God bless us always.
sometimes we really have to expect, the unexpected.

6 comments:

Glenna said...

siguro sa pagkabigla mo d mo na nagawang magreact.

kahit ako.. mashoshock at matatakot ako sa nangyare.

and sana ok ngaun babae.. siguro problemado kaya siguro wala sa sarili.

Unknown said...

nainis ako dun sa driver..hehe.. pero ok lang un kahit di mo natulungan.. ganyan talaga minsan, shocking... let's just pray especially for the driver na sana eh makonsensya naman siya..hehe

Unknown said...

yay! kawawa naman yun, sarap banatan nung driver ng jeep........ fuck you mamang driver!

wew!

B said...

That WAS crazy! Nagulantang rin ako dun ah! Baliw man siguro ung driver oi! Mygawd. Tingin mo, ilang taon yung girl?

andianka/jadiebrat said...

she's somewhat in her late 40s or something. she was chubby, but the problem with her was that night she seem to be out of her self or something like that.

kung baga, siguro tuliro din yung ale kasi ba naman, kahit naman ako nagulat, no one could hear that whispered para noh?! nakapambahay lang sya. dko nga sure kung may sayad. pero, syempre kung baba ka ng jeep hihintayin mo naman tumigil diba? sigh... pero kahit ganun, nakaka-guilty talaga yung di cya natulungan.

B said...

Waaaah! Pro-life baya ako. Hehe.