Though it might be quite surprisingly ironic to widely humiliate yourself in front of everybody by telling them your embarrassing moments, that is what I would likely do now. I have many humiliating experiences in jeepneys(and when I say humiliating, I swear it truly is), just like hitting your head in the upper part of the jeepney or when you suddenly slip while stepping out from a vehicle. These experiences are just minor humiliations that I've experienced. But this one I'm going to share to you is somehow different. It is still undeniably humiliating but it's different. Why? Because it didn't happen in a jeepney, it happened in a bus..
I was still in first year that time it happened. I have stayed late in school so when a I went to North Bus Terminal, the sky was already gloomy. I rode on a bus and I was sitting near the window so as to feel the cool breeze of the night. The bus wasn't full yet so I got bored waiting. I didn't notice that I fell asleep which was very unfortunate considering what would happen next. I had no idea that the bus was already running because I was out there in the middle of my dreams. Just then, I suddenly woke up, looked out into the window and I didn't know what got into me that I quickly, shamelessly shouted, "Lugar lang!!Lugar lang!!". Of course with my perfect articulation and my booming voice, I've perfectly got the other passengers attention. And to my utmost horror, I realized that I was not yet in Danao, I was still in Consolacion!!So I then abruptly said not to stop the bus. Luckily, the driver and the conductor of the bus didn't hear me shouting because there were many people standing in the bus. The only thing left for me to bear was the interminable stares of the people around me. Maybe, they were confused or they were thinking that I was out of my mind which wouldn't surprise me at all considering how foolish I looked like that moment. I just dropped dead and bowed my head. It was such a shame!! Then suddenly,a girl asked me if where do I really stop. It took a great toll for me to say Danao thinking that I was shouting "stop" even if we were still in Consolacion. And to think, Consolacion is absolutely very far from Danao!!Deciding that it was kind of futile to lie to her, I told her that I was going to Danao and not in Consolacion but she kept on telling the people that maybe I was just shy to stop the bus because of my "show" and that I really was about to stop in Consolacion. That girl really disturbingly annoyed me and had I not controlled myself that time, I would have grabbed her hair and told her to shut up which was very unappropriate taking into account her concern for me!! Because of my irritation to that girl, I didn't notice again that I fell asleep. But this time, I made sure I'm not freaking out again.When the bus was already in Danao, I was determined not to make a fool of myself again So I then said again the magic words "lugar lang"lugar lang!!" in the right place and in the right time already. Though when I stepped down in the bus, I heard someone laughed and I saw someone re-enacted what I did there. I can't blame them,it was such a show.Such an incredibly unbearable show!!
That experience greatly placed a mark on me which made me have second thoughts on riding a bus from the North Bus Terminal.Until now, I'm afraid that some people might still remember me as the girl saying the magic words,"Lugar lang!!Lugar lang!!.
I was still in first year that time it happened. I have stayed late in school so when a I went to North Bus Terminal, the sky was already gloomy. I rode on a bus and I was sitting near the window so as to feel the cool breeze of the night. The bus wasn't full yet so I got bored waiting. I didn't notice that I fell asleep which was very unfortunate considering what would happen next. I had no idea that the bus was already running because I was out there in the middle of my dreams. Just then, I suddenly woke up, looked out into the window and I didn't know what got into me that I quickly, shamelessly shouted, "Lugar lang!!Lugar lang!!". Of course with my perfect articulation and my booming voice, I've perfectly got the other passengers attention. And to my utmost horror, I realized that I was not yet in Danao, I was still in Consolacion!!So I then abruptly said not to stop the bus. Luckily, the driver and the conductor of the bus didn't hear me shouting because there were many people standing in the bus. The only thing left for me to bear was the interminable stares of the people around me. Maybe, they were confused or they were thinking that I was out of my mind which wouldn't surprise me at all considering how foolish I looked like that moment. I just dropped dead and bowed my head. It was such a shame!! Then suddenly,a girl asked me if where do I really stop. It took a great toll for me to say Danao thinking that I was shouting "stop" even if we were still in Consolacion. And to think, Consolacion is absolutely very far from Danao!!Deciding that it was kind of futile to lie to her, I told her that I was going to Danao and not in Consolacion but she kept on telling the people that maybe I was just shy to stop the bus because of my "show" and that I really was about to stop in Consolacion. That girl really disturbingly annoyed me and had I not controlled myself that time, I would have grabbed her hair and told her to shut up which was very unappropriate taking into account her concern for me!! Because of my irritation to that girl, I didn't notice again that I fell asleep. But this time, I made sure I'm not freaking out again.When the bus was already in Danao, I was determined not to make a fool of myself again So I then said again the magic words "lugar lang"lugar lang!!" in the right place and in the right time already. Though when I stepped down in the bus, I heard someone laughed and I saw someone re-enacted what I did there. I can't blame them,it was such a show.Such an incredibly unbearable show!!
That experience greatly placed a mark on me which made me have second thoughts on riding a bus from the North Bus Terminal.Until now, I'm afraid that some people might still remember me as the girl saying the magic words,"Lugar lang!!Lugar lang!!.
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