Passenger Tales

Earlier, it was my misfortune to ride a jeepney with a hotheaded driver. My first inkling of his temperament was when he turned left and encountered a fellow driver who was competing with him for passengers. They called each other “Buaya” (crocodile) and it was not a sweet name-calling mind you. They […]

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Last Friday when I got in the jeepney I saw the jeepney driver hand P2 change to the passenger and heard him ask her if she had P.50 since her change should only be P1.50 and not P2. The passenger answered no. She was the only passenger before I came aboard. When […]

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I was running late again this morning. As usual I left the house at 6:40 instead of 6:30 to ensure that I will be at our meeting place by 7:00am. We have a five minute grace period but it can still be extended if we just text ahead and ask Kuya Alvin to wait for […]

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Last Thursday I was commuting to work because as I mentioned earlier, Kuya Alvin was absent. The jeepney was full to overflowing with two men hanging out the jeepney. One of them was in his sixties. He struck a conversation with the younger man. The older man was talking about […]

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I was reading Oceans of Fire by Christina Feehan in the jeepney earlier this afternoon while waiting for the jeepney to be filled up. It was a hot day and there were no conversations inside while the bored passengers waited. The silence was broken by a very unexpected sound, the squawking and flapping of […]

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Yesterday in the jeepney, the girl in front of me tore open the candy wrapper. She threw the small piece of the wrapper out the window then after eating the candy, threw the rest of the wrapper out also. Since the jeepney was moving fast, the girl beside her caught the wrapper. She […]

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I woke up late earlier and I was already anticipating that I will be late for work. However, I decided to try to beat the clock. I opted to ride the tricycle and pay so much more so that I can take the road with lighter traffic. Unfortunately, the tricycle driver was a […]

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Heard from a conversation inside the jeepney:
“Di ko naman talaga sila kamaganak. Kamaganak sila ng tatay ko.” (ah ok?!?)
(”They’re not really my relatives. They’re my father’s relatives.”)

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There are days when commuting really gets to me. If you are riding a jeepney, you will inhale all the air pollution from the other vehicles on the road and even those from the nearby factories before you can reach your destination. There are really times when I wish I had a car, […]

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I was on my to the office the other day riding the jeepney. My bottom was barely occupying one fourth of the seat and traffic was barely crawling. Aside from that, the heat was really heavy, even at 7:30 in morning. I was perspiring a lot (ladies don’t sweat like pigs, hehe), care […]

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