If
you have ever been to España,
Manila- infront of the UST Campus, you may be familiar with this
overpass/ student shops that sells slippers, umbrellas, scientific
calculators, pens and almost anything a student studying in a
wet-prone university needs. Well, this overpass is also home to some
less fortunate people. You'll be surprised to know that these people
aren't your typical pushy, mad-if-you-don't-give-'em-any type of
beggars. They're calm and contented with what they get. They are even
the type to give students a run for their money when it comes to
loving learning. You can see them hitting the books and jotting down
notes like a true-blue student which brings me back to an
unforgettable story I remembered set in that place itself:
One
faithful 6:30 in the morning, I saw this gorgeous girl in her college
uniform making her way up the overpass. You could tell she came from
a well-off family all with her movie star face and locks and her
matching neon pink Iphone case and her designer shoulder bag and
killer black high heels. I was walking behind her and I couldn't help
but notice how she strutted with such grace and took out her phone.
She spoke in the most attractive English I have ever heard. I was too
awed to actually tune in to the entire conversation but I did hear
enough to know she called to check on some projects if it were all
ready. Also she was talking about being okay with doing most of the
work in a research they had. I thought, “Beauty and brains! Could
this girl get any better?”. I think the universe heard me there
because then and there she took out her purse and gave a handful of
coins to this poor man's cup. The man wore a straight-face and didn't
say any thanks but I'm sure the woman wasn't expecting one either.
She knew she gave without expecting anything in return. My heart
teared-up right then. I figured the world, even with all it's shit,
still has a few good souls and this woman was one of them. It made me
think if I ever did something like that, if I did was it as sincere
as the woman's or was I just doing it because it's what society
suggests I do to people like them. I thought if doing so was ever
enough, if doing so would make any change in the world or atleast in
that man's life. Because didn't the Bible always stress that rather
than to give a man a fish, teach him how to fish? I guess the
beautiful woman didn't have the time yet to go fishing with some
stranger. I figured she'd do that eventually, though. In that random
moment, so many thoughts circled around my head. I may have even
looked weird, meditating like that- blankly staring at the girl's
back and conducting a revolution of reflection inside me the whole
time. I was too busy thinking to notice that the cup which the girl
dropped her coins into was the man's morning coffee. That explains
the poker faced reaction and steam generating from that cup. I
thought the woman wasn't so perfect after all. She could use some
eyeglasses from now on I'd say, but nevertheless, I'm still glad that
that encounter made me more conscious of the impact that I bring to
this world by being affected of the things I see. She unconsciously
ruined someone's morning and continued to make it into someone else's
blog for the unexpected antic. And so I'm greatly looking forward to
meeting another person that could restore my faith in humanity, or I
guess something close enough such as this one. :)
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