you’re alone in the jeep at midnight, you lend your money to the jeepney driver
the driver was confused because the money is not enough and said “kulang yung bayad mo, dalawa kayo diba?”
and you noticed that there was no one else but you
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9 PM. I passed by the playground I used to play with my parents. As I walked by, I heard heavy footsteps, charging towards me as I ran home and hid under my covers.
9 AM, the next day. I woke up and remembered. It was my dad's death anniversary.
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This was a long night. You’re finally down to your last patient after that Code Blue. You ride the elevator only to meet someone familar.
You’re standing next to the woman you pronounced dead several minutes ago.
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#ManilaEncounter “Manong bayad po.” I reach out to ask the passengers to kindly pass the money to the driver. But no one seems to notice me. I asked again for the second time catching the driver’s attention.
M: “Ate sino kausap mo?”
And I realized, I was his only passenger.