stopover

i've been riding on jaro cpu jeepneys in the middle of the night ( or early morning ) for almost 2 years now. paranoia never struck me. last night, was the first. 

i bade goodbye to andy and berl and the statue of honorable jalandoni after chowing at chowking when i saw the midnight blue jeep. it was nameless ( jeepneys usually have names, like "god is watching", "arlene joy" or "scorpio", among others.)i didn't notice the other passengers until i was settled in the jeep. there were 3 guys inside the jeep. the other two were seated at the far back and the other one was seated behind the driver. they all looked creepy. i was alarmed when the driver drove the jeepney like we were in a good friday procession. i swear i could have ran faster than the way he drove the vehicle. it seemed like they all knew each other and i was the odd one in there. i started to feel alarmed. i looked for my pen in my bag and held on to it. i could have gotten off if only the road was not so dark. i felt thankful when we finally got to mcdonald's. i said "lugar" to manong and hurriedly got off the jeep. i was so nervous. i went inside monsteriffic to calm my nerves for a while. when i felt okay, i got out of the convenience store and took another jeepney. this time, i didn't feel anything uncharacteristic.

ugh! i guess it's time to learn martial arts or get another can of tear gas.