Tuesday, March 23, 2010
It was a rainy Wednesday afternoon. I was in an FX taxi when i first saw her. I was looking at her from the inside of the taxi that I'm in. She boarded the taxi and she sat right in front of me. We were at the back-most part of the taxi. We were literally face to face - I froze up. She was stunningly beautiful.
She might've noticed that I was staring at her, and she smiled at me - probably because everybody from the taxi was watching her as she hastily crossed the street. Right then and there, i knew that i couldn't let this moment pass. I knew that it was going to be a once-in-a-lifetime moment - I might never ever get to see her again. But then, I also knew that she was way out of my league. She's probably every guy's dream girl, and I'm just a boy whose heart and jaw dropped the moment I saw her - but I really, really need to make the most out of this moment.
Fortunately, we were stuck in a massive traffic jam. I had time to come up with a ruse to talk to her. I took out my cellphone and keyed-in this message:
"I'm mute and deaf, can you please give my fare to the driver?".
I waved my hand to get her attention and I showed her the message. She gave me a thumbs up. I keyed in another message:
"How much is the fare to Sta Lucia?".
At this point, she took out her own cellphone and keyed in "25."
I handed 25 pesos to her and she gave my fare to the driver, and I keyed in -
"Thanks. :).. I don't know where Sta Lucia is, can you tell me what it looks like?" -
I was trying my best to hide my smile because I was there, actually having a conversation with her.
"That's where I'm going too. I'll tell you when we're near."
I had to keep the ball rolling so I had to make excuses to talk to her.
"Where are we?" was the first question on my mind. Again, I keyed that in to my cellphone and showed it to her.
"Santolan" was her reply
I was having so much fun that I forgot that the trip was about to come to an end.
Of course, I knew where and what sta lucia looks like. I knew that we were nearing our destination when I keyed in my last message:
"Just in case I get lost, can I contact you to give me some instructions?"
She gave me her number without any hesitation.
And just when we were about to reach our destination... I was the first one to say...
"MAMA PARA PO SA TABI LANG!"
I opened the door and I was the first one to get out of the taxi. She was staring at me, clueless and confused, when I reminded her - "We're here"
She got off the taxi and walked away, like nothing happened.
A week later, I called her up. I've never heard her voice before, and It was the sweetest 'Hello' that you could imagine. I stuttered and slipped through the conversation but I battled my way through it. A few days later, she agreed to have lunch with me. We met up, a few awkward smiles at first, but we managed to get each other laughing. I felt like we knew each other from a long lost world, and here we are, rediscovering each other.
She talked about how much she loved gardening, and I again made a ruse to make her steer the way I wanted her to. I told her that my mom loves gardening too(which is true) and I'd want to go to tagaytay to buy my mom a plant (which is a lie. Not that I don't want to make my mom happy, I'm just not that crazy about plants). We went to tagaytay and I bought her a pretty flower instead.
~me~ at
12:48 AM
