Siberian Cat

Every so often I go out for a stroll after lunch. This time, on my way back to work earlier, I came across this new pet shop in parksquare. This white-gray furred, silver-eyed cat on the window caught my attention. I decided to take a closer look. Since it seems like I’m inside my own world when I’m wearing my earphones for music, sight will be my primary sense. I noticed the person beside me pointing finger at the cat. As I looked towards her, I realized she’s talking to me. So I removed my earphones and started listening to her. She’s talking about the comparison between cats and dogs, and how she loves cats for the reason she described as, “hindi masyadong alagain”. I smiled and agreed. The conversation goes on..

While I’m in the middle of reading between gestures, I heard her say the term, “pang-kama”. Being the “grin-minded” I am, I paid more attention to what her saying. Just to be clear. The next she told me, “Maganda talaga siya “pang-kama” lalo na kapag kasabay mong matulog. Hindi katulad ng aso na kapag nag “se-s*x” kayo ng boyfriend mo, eh mangugulit pa yan!” That somehow scared me off. At first I thought of her as plain “tactless”. Then after a moment she once more mentioned the “s” word. My senses are now disrupted. Does this woman thinks I’m gay just like what most of people thought of me at first sight? Is she a hooker? Or, well, just another stranger you see everyday on the streets? I collected my self and said, “Sana humarap ung pusa. Gusto ko kasi makita kung magkaiba ung kulay ng dalawang mata nya e.” She didn’t respond. I didn’t bother to look at her for her reaction, scared thinking that the look in my eyes might betray and expose my thoughts. Then I remembered about the time. I think I only have four minutes. So I just made a final look at the cat, last glace at her, smiled (she smiled back), one step back, a partial wave, then I turned around to my left. No looking back, still confused, I smiled to myself while walking, I put both of my earphones back. ^^

Blue and Yellow

I believe everything in this world is connected to each other. And I also believe that there’s always a reason for everything that happens. And sometimes, moments in your life come when you least expect it. Thinking of that, I took pictures of signage, bulletins, and even news I see in the streets, malls, and even in bathrooms, and upload it to the photo album I created in “facebook” named "I saw the sign". Some pictures are grabbed from other profiles, or anywhere that has to be related to the albums theme. It features irony, wrong grammar, wrong spelling, or something that can be hilarious or serious as compared to where it was placed, or anything that might have any connection to what’s happening (current events) or what I’m doing at the moment. I also do this when I need to think out-of-the-box. Basically, I just take a look around for signs.

Sometime in my past relationships, I felt so demanding, and wanted my partner to do this or that, be like this or that. I always looked for something. Then I heard the song “Blue and Yellow” from the (emo) band, “The Used”. The song goes, “well you’ll never gonna find it if you’re looking for it, won’t come your way”. I thought to myself, “can I answer that song with “papa don’t preach” of “Madonna”? Haha! Oh well, that song really taught me something.

The other morning, which I was really having a very rough one, I go to work, just like the usual. I put on my headset, connected it to my phone, and played a random mp3. Things got interesting when a song “Here we go again” by “Paramore” played. It just seemed like someone’s telling me something or trying to comfort me. Anyway, I ignored that thought and continue walking towards the jeep terminal. As I stepped in the jeep, my phone shuts down (battery problem). So I turned it on again and played the mp3 once more. While waiting for the random song, I looked and noticed the woman in front of me, and oh, am I in heaven? How could it be that an “angel” simply sits in front of me on a typical Thursday morning, in a typical place, and on a typical means of transportation in the Philippines?… Snap!! I got back to reality. But still, I couldn’t just ignore the beauty in front of me. The next thing that I noticed really got my attention. She’s wearing a “blue” sleeveless vest on top of a “yellow” tube (or spaghetti type) shirt. O… M… G!!! That’s also the time my phone played a song, and guess what, it’s “Blue and Yellow”…

Is this a dream?
Why can’t I take my eyes off her?...
…
I can feel my heart beats faster…
…
And faster..
... Geez, I think she just caught me staring at her..

Then my brain dominates over the situation. It said, “ Yeah right! You have just experienced one of the million coincidences that could happen! Remember, the whole world is a big coincidence”. Ok fine!

Suplado mode…

Yet once more, I stared, and got caught..

Oh well, I’ll just savor the moment. Now I’m caught between the thought of getting off the vehicle along with her and ask for her name, or, staying since I will be late for work. Then the jeep driver asked us (the passengers) to transfer into another jeep during the traffic stop sign for some reason (I don’t know)… And I got to sit beside her this time… As I’m guessing what perfume she’s wearing, I focused my peripheral vision towards her direction. I got so close to an “angel”, as her arms are almost on my back while she holds on to the window. Minutes later, she got off in front of PLDT in Greenbelt. Once again, my brain dominates. I did not follow her. My heart just gave off one big pump before going back to normal. But that one pump, threw a thousand questions for my brain to answer. But only one really pierced through:

“Will I ever see her again?”

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