Tapos, ang mabuting guardia, imbes na tumambay lang at magbantay sa labas ng pinto, seemed to have cooked up a method to while away the time more productively. He started to remove the dead plants from the soil. After a while, he was already re-planting new ones. It was amusing to see him.
Well, it wasn’t exactly appetizing. After all, we were eating the vegetarian pizza (feeling nagpapaka-healthy e hello, pizza kaya yun. Unhealthy to start with…) and it was weird to see plants being uprooted (with bits of soil falling from the roots) while I shoved green leafy vegetables into my mouth.
Nevertheless, it was a happy scene to remember on a Saturday afternoon. A man in a guard’s uniform happily tending a mini garden right outside the pizza place. When he was done replanting, he tenderly maneuvered his scissors to trim off the leaves from this side, and there, to give the plants a 3d cup shape.
Afterwards, he poured water on the thirsty soil, as if to say, “O ayan, inom muna kayo. Tapos tulog muna kayo mga anak.”
Right there, outside Pizza Hut Katipunan was a man who went beyond the call of duty. Where on earth will you see ‘tending a garden’ to be part of a security guard’s job description? Yet he voluntarily heeded the starving plants’ call. Oo na, wala namang yumaman, di nabayaran ang utang ng Pinas dahil sa ginawa nya. Pero nakakatuwa pa din. At aba, he did make a difference in more lives than one; go ask the plants right outside Pizza Hut Katipunan.
**Green Light**
Paboritong traffic light ko yung nasa intersection ng Ultra at Meralco Ave. ext (tama ba?) Basta yung pag andun ka, pag kumanan ka papunta kang Alexandria, pag kumaliwa papunta kang Shaw. Weniwei…
Sa lahat ng traffic lights na dinaanan ko sa tanang buhay ko, yun yung pinakamabilis mag-pula; isa sa pinakamabagal mag-green. Everytime I get to that point, it’s always red. Mabibilang ko lang sa daliri ko kung ilang beses sya green. Kaya pag may importanteng tanong ako sa buhay, yun ang ginagawa kong sign :)
Di ko sinasabing doon lang nakabase ang desisyon ko ha…pero wala lang, masarap mag-laro. Bago ko sinagot si Regi noon, sabi ko sa sarili ko, pag green ‘to game na! Ayun. Green nga.
Di pa ko nakontento. A few nights after that, nagtanong ako uli. Pag green nga ‘to, tooto na, sasagutin ko na…Green uli. Ang kulit kasi ng mukha ko. Pero teka, hindi naman ibig sabihin na yun lang ang basehan ko sa pag-decide ha. Kumbaga, kung point system ang gamit ko sa pagtimbang ng pros and cons, kasali yung green light sa scoring. Mga 10 points ang dagdag nun.
Bago ko makita yung traffic light, meron akong nakakakilig na tinanong nung sabado. Tapos saktong green. Yehey. (Kung ano man yung tinanong ko, secret na lang muna. In 6 years, sana masagot ko kung tama nga. :) )
Kutob ko talaga, merong cosmic force behind it. Basta, magaling. Magaling…
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