Who enjoys walking through a huge crowd? Unless you’re a snatcher, I wouldn’t understand why you would want to be in this kind of situation. It’s hot, it’s not easy to move. Ugh. Hell on earth. This reminds me of old days when I had to file something in PRC. I died in different ways and countless times. That old memory somehow is getting nebulous, especially when just days ago, things went smoothly when I renewed my license. Ah yes, one has to carefully time his visit on PRC and move away from dates when people register.
This license is annoying, but I still love it. I can’t put it to good use as of now and a lot has to be done in this life. I have to take advantage of this time by writing and teaching some young minds. I can’t tell if I’m too busy or not. I just know that I need coffee especially when I sleep past 10:30PM. With that said, two weeks ago, I realized that I had to buy coffee from the grocery so I went there right after work. I had just entered the place when I saw that it was full of people. I never got discouraged. I walked fast. I got coffee and some other food. I wasn’t surprised when I saw the long lines to the counter. I just never thought that it would be that long. I was ready to abandon my loot and just head to the exit when I heard a voice: “Do not give up. That’s just a line with like 20+ people. Screw the fact that the cashier seems slow.” No, I don’t have schizophrenia. I am still very much in touch with reality. And I can’t simply be discouraged because I badly need the coffee. I had not choice but to fall… not in a rabbit hole but in line. I have Folgers at home and I’m not used to its taste so there’s just one thing to do: soldier the hell on!
It was traumatic. I spent twenty minutes waiting in line. In my head, I’m never repeating that move. For what is experience if I won’t ever learn? But just yesterday, my sisters wanted me to buy some things from the grocery so I just bought the stuff in the morning so I can avoid the rush hour later in the afternoon. And I thought I’m so wise, learning from experience and all but no. Because by the time I was going home, people flocked in to see Coco Martin. I discovered then that he has a mall show. Wow, he’s just so popular. A lot of people really wanted to see him. I would have wanted to see him as well. After all, I am already there. [The learning center where I work is in the mall] But there were just too many people and trying to get near the stage where he was supposed to perform would just get me injured by fans who got there earlier. The way out of the mall was a struggle. There were flocks of people like there was a SALE and all.
You should have seen my face when I got out. Sure, I was unscathed and all but I was scarred. I would never fall… in LINE again. Haha.
