Lena : An Unexpected Encounter

A late night dinner, KTV, and send-off party (for Pot) with my high school BFFs was a blast! It was a work night and we're off to call it quits before we end up tired and wasted at around 1am. We then opted to go home in pairs (except for us).

Onat and Pot is off to QC

Reggie and Sugar will be heading home to Cavite.

Mike and me's going down south (Sucat) with Misty tagging behind us (will be dropping her off in Taguig)

Since late night cab-catching might turned out unpleasant due to unpleasant drivers and fare haggling, I was very particular in getting a green colored cab (MGE, R&E, EFE). But then, unknowingly, I flagged down a white cab. Looked down the driver, decided that he seemed O-OK and immediately hopped in with Mike and Misty.

And so the story goes.

We we're talking about the recent bus bombing when Kuya interjected that it was an inhumane thing to do. Whoa! Closing my eyes will just made me imagine that a radio announcer or a fluent anchor is talking to me about a crucial event. As the ride goes on and on, so did our interactive conversations. I must say that he's been very helpful in providing real life experiences and know-hows. He got our attention, stimulated our senses and in no time, all three of us were engaged in a heated, spontaneous yet genial exchange.

During the course of our profound chat, I then found out that he was an overage and overqualified hotelier who had worked on numerous local and international hotels. Came from a family of lawyers -- his dad and brothers. Out of necessities, Kuya's recently driving a cab for almost 8 months now , been in three failed relationships which resulted to three children (1 each) and was left and abandoned by all three of them for the same reason -- another man. :(  Whew!

Riding my way home has never been this fun, real and inspiring. You're a great eye opener Kuya! An unexpected way of getting unsolicited yet very timely (on my part) piece of advice on life and love. Such a great conversationalist!

Now, it's time to bid goodbye. I hope that our well wishes and a few extra bucks will made you feel so appreciated (which I'm sure, you're very much confident about).

Kudos to Kuya of NAUTILUS taxi (UVA 162).