Monday, September 18, 2006
RUN baby RUN!here is "part 2" of my encounter with Murphy's Law.
mom said that is what most people do when they go to cebu from iligan, go to ozamiz to catch up with the boat. so i figured everything was going to be ok.. until i missed the earlier bus to ozamiz by a few minutes. i even saw it on the highway on my way to the terminal. (
JOH's tsk tsk counter: 1) but that didnt disourage me, the time was still 5:00 pm so i knew i would make it.
i was able to get on the bus after a "few" minutes (5:30 pm). and finally i was on my way to ozamiz. i was both fortunate and not when a lady and her 4 year-old (i think) kid sat beside me.
apparently, the girl knew the place where i was going so she said that the trip would take an hour and a half so at 5:30 pm i figured i would make it (the boat leaves at 8). so one the way i just listened to my mp3 player and tried to enjoy the scenery despite the gut feeling inside me telling me that i might not make it. oh, did i mention that the 4-year old (i think) kid was eating ice cream? well just like any kid that you see eating ice cream, the ice cream was all over his hand, melted and sticky. so just like any kid you need somewhere to wipe your hands...
Inner kid: nuts, my hands are wet and sticky, oh look, this kids pants are perfect!...
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JOH's TSK TSK counter: 2)well aside from that, things weren't looking too good for me, i was running late, apparently, the bus had many "short-ride" passngers so we ended up stopping frequently. i had about 30 minutes left and the time was already 7:00 pm. (
JOH's TSK TSK counter: 3) and to top things up, it was raining (
JOH's TSK TSK counter: 4) so after a few more stops, finally i arrived at Mukas, where one rides a barge to get to Ozamiz. and just when i reached the terminal, i saw the earlier barge leave, right in front of me, if i were just stupid enough, i might have even jumped! so i missed the barge (
JOH's TSK TSK counter:
5) by a few meters.
so i had to take the next barge (duh!) the time was 7:30pm. mom told me that i might not make it so she suggested that i go to the captain of the barge and ask them to tell the captain of the boat that there was still a passenger (me) in the barge. so being the "thick-skinned" bastard that i was, i approached that guy who might look like a captain on the barge. i asked him what time would the barge leave and that im in a hurry to catch the boat.
Inner Captain, or something like that: oh great not another one of those late passengers.
the captain (or something like that) said that we were going to leave at around 7:45pm (
JOH's TSK TSK counter: 6) and unfortunately for me the barge was slow! (
JOH's TSK TSK counter: 7) so what else could i do but sit and wait, unless i was willing to swim all the way to the otherside (come to think of, it must have been better if i did that)
finally the barge leaves... or at least i think it is. (indeed the barge was so slow, i had to look at the water to know if we were actually moving or not)
it was a case of the strange phenomena known as "so close yet so far." i could actually see the boats including the one i was about to take (or at least the boat that i might take). and just when i was nearing the dock... the boat was undocking (
JOH's TSK TSK counter: 8) something in me was compelling me to jump and swim for it (kindda like the feeling one gets when looking down from a tall building, or is it just me, hmmm.. i must be psychotic) but anyway, as much as i wanted to, i didnt, it wasnt worth all the "hassle." so practically speaking, right in fron of me, the boat was leaving right in front of me while i stood helpless... (
JOH's TSK TSK counter: 9) oh well, life is isnt always fair. immediately i rode the same barge back and for some strange reason, the thing seem to have moved faster back compared to when i was headed for ozamiz! (must be a conspiracy of some sort) i reached home at around ten (i still had enough time to go to the city and drown all my sorrows away, nothing like a good game of DoTA usually does the trick). buyt hey, i enjoyed the little adventure and the following day i WAS able to ride the boat to cebu (thats right, my mom made me catch up) but if you ask me there's one thing i learned from this experience... don't join the Amazing Race, it might just end up being a heart breaker.
drummerboi at 4:17 AM
Monday, September 11, 2006
TSK... TSK...We all go through some crazy stuff once in our life, times when Murphy's Law starts to take effect, the time when you-know-what hits the fan, the time when nothing just wont seem to go right, the time when... i think you've had enough...
so anyway here was one of those days...
The Misadventures of .... whatever (Part I)as far as i can remembr, i didnt wake up on the wrong side of the bed (heh, i dont even sleep on a bed in the first place, i sleep on a couch) i was finally going to cebu, but since it was the institute palakasan (intrams) i had to represent our college in the quizshow competition (bummer, i would've preferred a burger eating contest). since the boat here in this poor little city leaves at 4 pm and the quiz show was moved to 1pm, if ever i missed the boat here, i would catch up with my mom and the boat at ozamiz, approximately an hour and a half away from iligan.
so yeah, it didnt seem much, just answer the questions and get out of there as soon as possible, plain and simple. but it wasnt what i thought, joh has just entered the zone where ordinary things dont happen... very often.
to make things less wordy and short, at the quiz show, the coordinators (from the other colleges) wanted to disqualify our team because we didnt "register" (sounded more like appear) on time. as expected, my teammates, the teachers, the entire college was disappointed... but me? ha! i was pretty happy, at least i didnt have to catch up and risk the chance of being left behind >:)
but just like anyone else, no one would go down without a fight so of course the teachers and the students complained, pleaded, petitioned, demanded (blah blah blah...) that the decision was unjust (to be honest, it really wasn't fair on our part, but i didnt care, what mattered most was to get to cebu right? >:) so after wasting an hour or so on wether or not were disqualified or not, we ended up being included in the contest anyway... which was good news for the college but definitely bad news for me! we finished at around 4:30 which meant that i had no other choice but to catch up with the boat at ozamiz...great... thus began a series of unfortunate events
drummerboi at 4:48 AM