A cab ride
One Saturday evening, we had a gig at My Bro’s Mustache. The best gig ever ended pretty early so I was still able to catch a glimpse of the bands which will follow before I left. I walked towards the sidewalk in search for a cab; it was 9:30 in the evening. Past experience tells me that it is difficult to get a cab when it’s late. I was wrong. I extended my hand like a New Yorker trying to get a cab until one cab, opened windows stopped in front of me. The windows were already open and I peeked in.
*note: all translated from tagalong to English
Jio (J): Good evening, sir can you take me to Manila Peninsula?
Cab Driver (CD): The on in Makati?
J: Yeah
CD: Sure, hop in.
The worse was over. I was afraid I couldn’t get a cab to drive me all the way to Makati but this was my lucky day, or was it?
CD: Sir, do you know how much it is going there?
I started to wonder, isn’t that what the meter is for?
J: No
CD: Sir, my meter is broken
No wonder, I got into a cab with a broken meter
CD: it becomes either too fast or too slow, it’s whacked up! Just like our country
J: okay, so estimate, usually how much does it cost going there?
CD: Around 145 pesos, no traffic. I just sure hope this meter works.
J: *thinking: Me too…*
When we reached EDSA, I started to smell something. The cab started to smell really bad, I didn’t want to ask him, it’s not good to ask about touchy subjects, especially hygiene, whether the car or the person.
CD: There it goes! The meter is moving too fast. It’s already 100 pesos and we haven’t even reached Ortigas yet
J: *going with the flow* Yeah yeah!
Oddly the smell started to get stronger. I started getting really dizzy; yet breathing through my mouth seemed grosser than breathing normally. In front of me was a clipping of a news article about driver with Body Odor. When I first entered he told me how the Jeepney drivers can be so unhygienic. Look who’s talking.
And almost the entire journey, every time the meter goes up by 25 pesos, the driver would remind me how fast it goes. Once we reached Guadalupe, I changed the topic
J: Have you watched the Da Vinci Code?
CD: Not yet, but I wanna watch it. I’ve heard that they banned it already here
J: *playing along* really??
CD: Yes! In fact it’s already banned in the United States, India and now here. They arrest all those who buy Da Vinci Code DVD’s
J: I didn’t know that…
CD: Yes, now no cinema is showing it
At that moment we pass by Greenbelt 3, with the big sign up there “Now Playing: Cinema 1: The Da Vinci Code, Cinema 2: The Da Vinci Code” and the other I already forgot..
J: I didn’t… know that
CD: Yes!
J: Want me to tell you the story? I’ve already read the book
CD: Sure!
And I summarize the story for him. I end just in time and I’m dropped off at The Manila Peninsula.
J: Thanks a lot!
CD: Sure no Problem!
I offered him 200 pesos, but he was too modest and he didn’t accept it. He asked me to pay 150.
*note: all translated from tagalong to English
Jio (J): Good evening, sir can you take me to Manila Peninsula?
Cab Driver (CD): The on in Makati?
J: Yeah
CD: Sure, hop in.
The worse was over. I was afraid I couldn’t get a cab to drive me all the way to Makati but this was my lucky day, or was it?
CD: Sir, do you know how much it is going there?
I started to wonder, isn’t that what the meter is for?
J: No
CD: Sir, my meter is broken
No wonder, I got into a cab with a broken meter
CD: it becomes either too fast or too slow, it’s whacked up! Just like our country
J: okay, so estimate, usually how much does it cost going there?
CD: Around 145 pesos, no traffic. I just sure hope this meter works.
J: *thinking: Me too…*
When we reached EDSA, I started to smell something. The cab started to smell really bad, I didn’t want to ask him, it’s not good to ask about touchy subjects, especially hygiene, whether the car or the person.
CD: There it goes! The meter is moving too fast. It’s already 100 pesos and we haven’t even reached Ortigas yet
J: *going with the flow* Yeah yeah!
Oddly the smell started to get stronger. I started getting really dizzy; yet breathing through my mouth seemed grosser than breathing normally. In front of me was a clipping of a news article about driver with Body Odor. When I first entered he told me how the Jeepney drivers can be so unhygienic. Look who’s talking.
And almost the entire journey, every time the meter goes up by 25 pesos, the driver would remind me how fast it goes. Once we reached Guadalupe, I changed the topic
J: Have you watched the Da Vinci Code?
CD: Not yet, but I wanna watch it. I’ve heard that they banned it already here
J: *playing along* really??
CD: Yes! In fact it’s already banned in the United States, India and now here. They arrest all those who buy Da Vinci Code DVD’s
J: I didn’t know that…
CD: Yes, now no cinema is showing it
At that moment we pass by Greenbelt 3, with the big sign up there “Now Playing: Cinema 1: The Da Vinci Code, Cinema 2: The Da Vinci Code” and the other I already forgot..
J: I didn’t… know that
CD: Yes!
J: Want me to tell you the story? I’ve already read the book
CD: Sure!
And I summarize the story for him. I end just in time and I’m dropped off at The Manila Peninsula.
J: Thanks a lot!
CD: Sure no Problem!
I offered him 200 pesos, but he was too modest and he didn’t accept it. He asked me to pay 150.
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