.,an abled disable....

.,haizz.... i wonder why the world we live in is not fair... i have been to bagac a few minutes ago.... and i was really happy to be there the fourth time around i think.... even though it is just me and mi anghel dela guardia, the time that we have spent there has been fun .... how can i be sad when every time i go there i do nothing but eat... eat and guess what more???.... EAT!!!!!!......=) (thanks tita edna....)
ok now back to the title....
the story happened during the 'departing time'... i, myself and anghel dela guardia waits for the Jeep to gather more passengers and make the vehicle 'full' so that we can go....
Manong: "Oh pakiabot na lang yung bayad nyo oh..."(can you just please pass on your fares...)
(mi anghel dela guardia gave our payment to manong...)
Manong: "estudyante?...." (students?)
Mi anghel dela guardia: "opo manong"... (yes manong)
A not so old lady heard that conversation and said....
Ale: "etong bayad, dalawang liang, isang balanga...."(here's our payment two passengers going to liang and one to balanga....) the NSOL gave a hundred pesos and the conductor asked for an additional six pesos...
Ale2: "magkano ho ba hanggang liang?...." (how much is the fare to liang?...)
Manong: "beinte otso ho isa... 56 kayong dalawa tapos isang balanga 50...." (28pesos each, 56pesos for the two of you and 50 pesos for the other lady...)
Ale: "estudyante eah..."... (the other one is a student...)
and she looked at me upon saying those words to manong... what is that thing that she wants to imply?.... well, it is not my problem anymore.... i paid for my part.... and we are recognized as students because we are in our uniform... and the girl that she was talking about is on a civilian outfit... so it won't be valid...=) hahahaha....lols....
while we are waiting there all things are just in a normal condition... but not when this entity showed up having a non typical 'getlook'.... yes... he's the one that i am pertaining to in the title.... he is a disabled man on a wheel chair... i do not know what was the reason why he went to a far off place having no one with him.... his legs are like a rotten vegetable... with no definite support... it sways as he climbs his way through the Jeep....
it is like, the clocked has stopped ticking for all the people in there... as in all the people waiting for another trip to balanga.... they are all merely looking at the disabled human being like it is the only time that they have seen one.... what those people don't know is that some other observant individuals also look at them waiting for their reactions.... i do not know what are those that they feel during that time... all i know is that they are looking at that 'fighter' with all those 'judging' eyes....
good thing for that individual, he was helped by the conductor on climbing his way up to his seat.... near the door...
Fighter: "salamat po manong, salamat... eto pong bayad ko... magkano ba hanggang balanga?..." (thank you so much mister... thank you.... here's my fare... how much is it?...)
he was asked to pay just forty pesos coz he is a disabled citizen... and thanks for the consideration of the conductor.... and he did not stop saying 'thank you' to those concerned individuals who helped him up to the time when he already need to get down the vehicle.... even if he does not get even a single 'welcome' he continuously says thank you to every one....
i was really touched by that man's condition... i am walking with my two feet with my legs all functional.... but at times i make indifferent or negative comments when i feel so tired from walking... his condition made me realize how blessed am i to have all my body parts working or functioning well.... that there are things we posses which in most times- not appreciated... that we, on our every day life should be thankful about all the things that we have and be contented on it.... rather than to seek for those things that we can classify as a 'better' one which in turn can disregard those important little details we posses....