There are moments when we wonder why we are the person that we are. At some point we wish we could have done something the other way around. But feeling this doesn't necessarily mean we regret things that happened. We just wished we could have done more or less so the situation could have been better. I think we all feel this way sometimes. Though we wish we never did. But we must also understand that there's nothing wrong in feeling that way. There is nothing wrong in feeling anything at all. Feeling is a blessing and a curse. We just got to weigh things right and figure out how the blessing could be heavier.
One evening before going home, we were buying McDonalds to bring home when my Tita realized we needed to pass by the gas station and load up. Along the way, we noticed a man with a baby. We see quite a few homeless people around the city yet this time, what we saw was something different. The father was playing with his baby, the baby with nothing on, and trying to have fun out of the nothingness they have. So we decided to buy them food and it was a good coincidence that my Tita has extra baby clothes in the car too.
What’s the point of my story? It is not to brag about that we did. It is to emphasize what I realized after that very incident. I believe that the greater blessing right there was not poured out onto the homeless man and his baby. I think it was poured on to us. You see, we were on our way home. We were supposed to be passers-by. But God has this amazing way of leading us all into something different. In the short span of time that I was handing over the food to the man, the short few seconds that I was giving him the clothes and asking him to put it on his baby, I was able to feel and saw one of the few most genuine gratitude I ever encountered in my life. You know why? Because this is what he was telling me all the time:
“Ang grasya sa Ginoo, Ma’am. Salamat. Bantayan jud mo sa Ginoo mabuntag, magabii. Salamat sa grasya sa Ginoo.” He said these lines repeatedly with teary eyes.
Brothers and sisters, how many times have we experienced hardships in life? And in those hardships, did we ever see how God was working? Most times we feel betrayed and abandoned. We feel like the Lord stopped caring for us. But the truth is, every single time, God is working in us. It’s amazing how this man was able to see God despite his circumstance. They were homeless, he has a baby with no clothing, they have no food, not even a blanket to warm them during the night. But he was able to see the grace of God moving in the simplest things life has to offer them.
I hope we, too, see the grace of God in everything. That whenever we start complaining about the things we don’t have yet, we remember that there are people who doesn’t have anything at all. When we come to a point where we feel empty, may we be reminded that if we have God, we have more than enough.
At certain times, they very best thing you can do for a friend is to be there. Not to say anything. At certain times, we take the pain instead of passing it on to them because we know it would be easier to feel it for yourself than to hurt them. And at that point, you just want to grab them and hug them so tight.
We all have our own biases in this world. But sometimes, I just hope we would consider looking at a person in a different way, in a different angle. And then maybe we might be able to see that there is more to a person than what we think he/she is. I've learned that.
Playing the good friend part, again.
We all have our own biases in this world. But sometimes, I just hope we would consider looking at a person in a different way, in a different angle. And then maybe we might be able to see that there is more to a person than what we think he/she is. I've learned that.
Playing the good friend part, again.
"Change is inevitable." This is a famous quote by John C. Maxwell. It has been a cliche since then.
Let's see how these two concepts are defined.
In short, one cannot avoid being different from the way it was before.
Personally, I don't really like change. I like things to remain the way it is especially if I am very comfortable with it. I never want to move out of my comfort zone. Yet eventually, we actually have no choice but to embrace changes whether it may be big or small ones.
People change. That's the change I find very hard to accept. It hurts and at the same time, you cannot do anything about it because (1) you don't have any hold on that person's life and (2) you never know that reason for that change.
Friends come and friends go. Some things last and others just fade into memories.
But you know what hurts the most? It's the change of those person that was really once close and dear to you. Those who you consider one of your best friends. And then one day, you just became someone ordinary to them. Someone like every one else around them.
I never understood the occurrence of such change. Why some people just ditch you after everything that you've shared and can even pretend like the idea of you never even existed in the first place. Don't get me wrong. I am not talking about that somebody-that-I-used-to-know kind of person in my life. I'm talking about what we call "friends".
The process of change gradually happened. It happened little by little, one by one.
I have reached the point where I stopped trying to be someone who's gonna be good enough for you because I know I am too good enough already. I have reached the point where I exactly know where I stand in your life and that I am needed to stay there. I am happy about everything. I believe that what we have is something rare. But I also believe that what we have is something I'm always scared of having in the first place. You have the capacity to break my heart without you knowing it. I don't know where the road leads us but eventually we'll get where we are supposed to be. Just hang on.
I hate to think that the world gives us less options to choose from. At the same time, I understand how come we only have lesser choices than we wish we could have. We have created a world of our own apart from the world every one else wanted us to belong in.
I believe we were given enough time to be together. Though we could never see it to be just enough. We will always wish we could have more.
It hurts to think how things will eventually turn out. It hurts even more to see that there are no other possibilities at this point in time. Because it wasn't even meant to happen in the first place.
I think we have reached the point when we are supposed to be our stronger selves. The point when we should act like grown-ups and think of the greater things outside our little box. Yes, it will never be easy. And it would be harder for me to deal with.
We both have choices to make. How I wish we could make them together and for each other.
Too soon maybe. But yes, we're running out of time.
I believe we were given enough time to be together. Though we could never see it to be just enough. We will always wish we could have more.
It hurts to think how things will eventually turn out. It hurts even more to see that there are no other possibilities at this point in time. Because it wasn't even meant to happen in the first place.
I think we have reached the point when we are supposed to be our stronger selves. The point when we should act like grown-ups and think of the greater things outside our little box. Yes, it will never be easy. And it would be harder for me to deal with.
We both have choices to make. How I wish we could make them together and for each other.
Too soon maybe. But yes, we're running out of time.
Sometimes, we say the words we never mean and most of the time, we keep those that mean so much to us. It's an irony how we usually cannot explain how we exactly feel but still feel it as often as we hate to feel it. There will always be things that we will never understand.
And sometimes, we just gotta stop trying to.
And sometimes, we just gotta stop trying to.
Dear Friend,
It's been quite a while. Actually feels like forever since we last talked. Graduating from college sure means a lot of changes. But I guess that was the way it's supposed to be anyway. I have been wanting to write this for some time already but I never got to sit and ponder what I really wanted to tell you. So this is me trying to put my thoughts and feelings into words and assuming that somehow, some day, you'll get to read this and then maybe... Just maybe, you'll try to take a stroll down memory lane or nostalgia river.
The last few days of college was the turning point. I cannot even remember how things happened but we just don't get together that much anymore. We were starting to drift apart. You leave class without saying goodbye, don't show up when we invite you out, choose to be somewhere else during break time. It was the last year of college and soon we will be on our separate ways. It's supposed to be the time to make the most of everything, laugh as hard as we can, make fun of each other or just simply be there. But you weren't. Where were you?
I somehow felt bad, felt alone during some time and you weren't there like you used to be. Why? Where have you been?
Then graduation happened. Every thing was as overwhelming as it was expected to be. Everybody was busy taking pictures and hugging each other. Hell it's the end of college days! We were ecstatic. It was very nice to look at the pictures and reminisce that moment. But then again, as I go over everything I wonder. Where were you?
The first few months after graduation, we seldom text each other. I don't even know what you applied for and which companies you sent your application to. I have no idea where you are. And slowly, everything just seems to be very much different. I remember seeing you in some places, I remember walking pass you, I remember us almost bumping at each other... But no words were ever spoken. No hugs were ever thrown at each other. Nothing but a blank stare of hesitation and unrecognition. Like we never knew each other and it's sad. The saddest part is when I realized that you have turned from someone I "know" to someone I "knew".
Countless times, I feel like trying to reach out and trying to figure out what went wrong and just patch it up. Countless times, I feel like wanting to just talk to you like how I used to. And countless times, I failed and just ignored my attempting ideas. But when I finally got the courage to reach out, when I finally decided for myself to finally try, I got nothing. And I felt bad. So bad for myself for even trying and worse for having been ignored. It was then when I finally told myself, "I have to move on."
You see, moving on does not just happen in romantic relationships. I even think it happens more often to simpler kind of relationships like the friendship we have. I have to just accept the fact that not all friendship lasts until the end and that PEOPLE CHANGE.
I do not take that change against you for I know you are happy wherever you are now, whoever you are with and whatever you are doing. No, I am not bitter or anything. I have come passed that stage as well. I have gotten over trying to look at the pictures we have and reading old comments in facebook. I have accepted that some things are better as memories. I have walked pass through denying and hoping.We had four good years and know that I will forever be grateful. Thank you.
This has taught me a lot about friendship.
I know I have a fair share of the blame as to why things ended up like this. I wish I could understand everything well, I wish I could know exactly what happened. Then again, some questions are best left unanswered.
So here I am. I think this is the best I could ever put into words.
I guess there will always be that friend you will lose along the way. Not that you had a fight or a misunderstanding. Not that you moved a million miles away from each other. Not that you have replaced a friend with another. It doesn't mean you won't care for each other. It doesn't mean you don't mean well for each other because I will always wish you well and good. There's just that someone you are supposed to lose.
And we just lost each other.
My dear friend, I think I've held on for too long. So today, I'm finally letting go.
It's been quite a while. Actually feels like forever since we last talked. Graduating from college sure means a lot of changes. But I guess that was the way it's supposed to be anyway. I have been wanting to write this for some time already but I never got to sit and ponder what I really wanted to tell you. So this is me trying to put my thoughts and feelings into words and assuming that somehow, some day, you'll get to read this and then maybe... Just maybe, you'll try to take a stroll down memory lane or nostalgia river.
The last few days of college was the turning point. I cannot even remember how things happened but we just don't get together that much anymore. We were starting to drift apart. You leave class without saying goodbye, don't show up when we invite you out, choose to be somewhere else during break time. It was the last year of college and soon we will be on our separate ways. It's supposed to be the time to make the most of everything, laugh as hard as we can, make fun of each other or just simply be there. But you weren't. Where were you?
I somehow felt bad, felt alone during some time and you weren't there like you used to be. Why? Where have you been?
Then graduation happened. Every thing was as overwhelming as it was expected to be. Everybody was busy taking pictures and hugging each other. Hell it's the end of college days! We were ecstatic. It was very nice to look at the pictures and reminisce that moment. But then again, as I go over everything I wonder. Where were you?
The first few months after graduation, we seldom text each other. I don't even know what you applied for and which companies you sent your application to. I have no idea where you are. And slowly, everything just seems to be very much different. I remember seeing you in some places, I remember walking pass you, I remember us almost bumping at each other... But no words were ever spoken. No hugs were ever thrown at each other. Nothing but a blank stare of hesitation and unrecognition. Like we never knew each other and it's sad. The saddest part is when I realized that you have turned from someone I "know" to someone I "knew".
Countless times, I feel like trying to reach out and trying to figure out what went wrong and just patch it up. Countless times, I feel like wanting to just talk to you like how I used to. And countless times, I failed and just ignored my attempting ideas. But when I finally got the courage to reach out, when I finally decided for myself to finally try, I got nothing. And I felt bad. So bad for myself for even trying and worse for having been ignored. It was then when I finally told myself, "I have to move on."
You see, moving on does not just happen in romantic relationships. I even think it happens more often to simpler kind of relationships like the friendship we have. I have to just accept the fact that not all friendship lasts until the end and that PEOPLE CHANGE.
I do not take that change against you for I know you are happy wherever you are now, whoever you are with and whatever you are doing. No, I am not bitter or anything. I have come passed that stage as well. I have gotten over trying to look at the pictures we have and reading old comments in facebook. I have accepted that some things are better as memories. I have walked pass through denying and hoping.We had four good years and know that I will forever be grateful. Thank you.
This has taught me a lot about friendship.
I know I have a fair share of the blame as to why things ended up like this. I wish I could understand everything well, I wish I could know exactly what happened. Then again, some questions are best left unanswered.
So here I am. I think this is the best I could ever put into words.
I guess there will always be that friend you will lose along the way. Not that you had a fight or a misunderstanding. Not that you moved a million miles away from each other. Not that you have replaced a friend with another. It doesn't mean you won't care for each other. It doesn't mean you don't mean well for each other because I will always wish you well and good. There's just that someone you are supposed to lose.
And we just lost each other.
My dear friend, I think I've held on for too long. So today, I'm finally letting go.
People are often full of questions. When someone is nice to us, we wonder why. When someone helps us, we still wonder why this person is helping us. We wonder why because we fear that there might be something bad that could happen after the good. But we have to know that not all things have a reason behind them. It's just the way it is. Or I could say, not all people have bad intentions in doing the good things they do. Sometimes, we just have to stop wondering and start appreciating. That would be easier, right?
The way we are now is starting to be the complete opposite of what we used to be. Is this the way things are supposed to turn out as the years gone by?
Be thankful that we live another day or we may just fade away like memory.
Be thankful that behind every storm is surely the rainbow of hope and sunshine.
Be thankful for our mistakes because life would be so boring if we were all perfect.
Be thankful for stress so that we can be reminded to relax and put variety in our lives.
Have a thousand and one reasons to be thankful.
Here's a list of some of the things I'm thankful for.
I am thankful for mornings, it allows me to start over.
I am thankful for nights, it gives me time to rest and recover myself.
I am thankful for food, it gives me strength for the day.
I am thankful for the rain, it reminds me that not everyday is all sunshine and butterflies.
I am thankful for family, we don't get to choose them but they stick with us anyway. Every time.
I am thankful for true friends, they never judge and are always there, just there.
I am thankful for rejections, it makes me want to be better.
I am thankful for discriminations, it reminds me that we cannot please everybody.
I am thankful for God, most especially, because He is always there to listen even if everybody else seems to be uninterested. He shows mercy and showers you with blessings even if you don't deserve any.
Because nobody can make you feel better but yourself. Nobody is going to save you but yourself. You just got to live with all the shit life has to offer. You just got to accept all the rejection every one else will throw at you. Nobody controls any of them. That's why we have to be strong. Stronger even. But we cannot take away the feeling of wanting somebody to stand by our side during these crazy moments, grab our hand or give us a tight hug. When we keep on insisting we are totally fine, we are awesome and good, that person will know we are weak inside and will smile at us, give us the strength enough to go through, give us a pat at the back while giving us a hug and say, "I know you're not fine but you will be and I'm here."
Sometimes, we just have to be our own hero but most of the time, we are still hoping to be saved.
Sometimes, we must be hurt in order to grow.
Sometimes, we must fail in order to know.
Sometimes, we must lose in order to gain.
Why? Because some lessons in life are best learned through pain.
We get hurt, we fail, we lose. But we also grow, know and gain. These are all inevitable. I know the lessons I've learned through pain and it's not easy nor fun. The pain sometimes lingers and most often leaves us scars to keep for life. But I know the lessons are lessons learned and lessons to be kept. I also learned that sometimes, the best smiles and laughter are those that happened after a good cry. I've been through a lot of struggles with self-worth and self-esteem. I cannot say I fully trust myself. But I have to trust myself that one day, someday, it will all make sense and I'll be able to see that all things serve its purpose. I will never be good enough for everything but I'm surely enough for something. I am struggling and hurting and lost. But most of us have been here once or twice or thrice. Yet we cannot dwell on it for too long. We have to let go and move on. A lot of things will happen in the future that may cause me to feel the same way I'm feeling about myself. And I am hoping that when the next wave comes, I'll be bolder and braver. Knowing my worth and knowing people who knows my worth.
Never say you failed, just say you learned. Everything has its place and time. Everything can be good or bad. And when you get caught up with the bad... Cry, grieve and feel bad about it. You owe it yourself. But never forget to pick yourself up and start walking again. That's how life is and it will always be that way.
When I say, "I love you", it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand.
Every big decision we make in life will hurt us, one way or another. We really have no escape. We just have to figure out which one is worth all the pain.
i don't even feel good at all
If I were a superhero, I'd save myself. Every time.
5/09/2014 05:38:00 PM
When you feel like you're on the edge, what are you supposed to do? Wait for somebody to try and save you from falling or just take a step back for you to save yourself? How many times does a person have to realize nobody is going to try to save them before realizing that they should be strong enough to save themselves already? Nobody's coming. Nobody did once. Don't expect there will be someone tomorrow.
There will always be that moment when you will just break down and feel every bad thing crush you into pieces. It's not everyday that you are able to feel the rush of emotions running through your body and bursting into tears. All of us needs something or someone, perhaps to make us feel safe or make us feel better than the crap we already are.
There are and will always be people who will never understand what we are going through. But though there are these people who are capable of judging us for who we are and who we are not, there are also people who will be there to back us up. I think we should be grateful for them instead.
Life is never fair. Nobody said it will be either. Sometimes, things hurt us and makes us fall down so we can learn to be brave and rise again. But sometimes, the things that makes us fall down also makes it twice harder to rise. They have strings wrapped around us that keeps us glued on the ground, struggling so much for freedom.
We have things we keep for ourselves. And these things are those things we will never be proud of. These are things that we are scared that we might be judged wrongly about. Things that are hard to understand that even we, ourselves could not understand. But why do we have things in our lives that are meant to be this way? I wonder. And I still keep on searching for the right and acceptable answers why we are what we are at times. Answer? Because we just are. Although we have the power and the capacity to be some totally different person, we just don't seem to care. We are trapped in the own little world which we created where we move in the way we want to. But again, things are not that easy as it seems. Every freakin' day, there will be eyes watching you, there will be words that may be for or against you, there will be moments that will make you laugh or cry. These are all part of the choices that we make. So try and make good and worthy choices. Not every body is capable doing so. Not even me.
There are and will always be people who will never understand what we are going through. But though there are these people who are capable of judging us for who we are and who we are not, there are also people who will be there to back us up. I think we should be grateful for them instead.
Life is never fair. Nobody said it will be either. Sometimes, things hurt us and makes us fall down so we can learn to be brave and rise again. But sometimes, the things that makes us fall down also makes it twice harder to rise. They have strings wrapped around us that keeps us glued on the ground, struggling so much for freedom.
We have things we keep for ourselves. And these things are those things we will never be proud of. These are things that we are scared that we might be judged wrongly about. Things that are hard to understand that even we, ourselves could not understand. But why do we have things in our lives that are meant to be this way? I wonder. And I still keep on searching for the right and acceptable answers why we are what we are at times. Answer? Because we just are. Although we have the power and the capacity to be some totally different person, we just don't seem to care. We are trapped in the own little world which we created where we move in the way we want to. But again, things are not that easy as it seems. Every freakin' day, there will be eyes watching you, there will be words that may be for or against you, there will be moments that will make you laugh or cry. These are all part of the choices that we make. So try and make good and worthy choices. Not every body is capable doing so. Not even me.
We have been busy doing our own stuff. And it's quite sad to think that at some point, (I know) we get tired of telling each other things and whereabouts. Being preoccupied somehow fills that reserved space yet it somehow hurts me to realize that it's what reality is. I have things to do and you have things to do. I know, I accept and I don't complain. I just...
I just miss you.
I just miss you.
Sometimes, there are words that are best left unspoken, actions that are best left undone and feelings that are best left unexpressed.
Just when the day is supposed to be okay and have a happy ending, there you go again. I really thought we were over this issue but it seems like it doesn't work that way. I don't think I have something I should apologize for. I believe I did not do anything wrong. It's just the way you react and it's something I cannot change.
This feeling will stay in a place where the most secluded parts of my life stay hidden and hope to never be found. This too shall pass. But the more I think and wait for it to pass, the more it stays and makes me suffer. I feel it so much that I eventually don't wanna feel it anymore.
Maybe the reason why I suppress the feelings I have for you is the very reason why things won't work out for both of us either — it's just not supposed to be.
Sometimes it's weird to feel anything. Just when you are trying to get out of something, the ocean pulls you once more. And so you're left slowly drowning again. It's crazy to feel the weirdest feeling of affection. It's not even something to decide upon. There is really no "yes or no" to even consider. It's just not meant to be.
Some days are better than yesterdays in the very same way you're hoping that some tomorrows are better than today.
Sometimes you just feel so messed up that your brain is not functioning well. You just feel terrible. And you try to figure out why. But sometimes, the answer lies in front of you. You just don't wanna see it. Can't see through.
Crazy hormones. -.-
Done for today. There's more tomorrow. Long day and a long week to come. Cheers and happy birthday to me!
Sometimes you just feel so messed up that your brain is not functioning well. You just feel terrible. And you try to figure out why. But sometimes, the answer lies in front of you. You just don't wanna see it. Can't see through.
Crazy hormones. -.-
Done for today. There's more tomorrow. Long day and a long week to come. Cheers and happy birthday to me!
“Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying “yes” begins things. Saying “yes” is how things grow. Saying “yes” leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say “yes’.”
-- Stephen Colbert
Today was my first major exam in my first year of trying to earn a masters degree and to my disappointment, there are a few points I realized.
1. To study means to read and read and read again. Over and over again so you can fully understand and familiarize the concepts you are reading and not reading just for the heck of it.
2. Be independent at all times and when it says exams, it also means having your own sheet of paper ready. I felt embarrassed that I was asking a sheet of paper from my classmate for my answer sheet (although I wasn't the only one who asked). Just like the good old day. Only difference is that I was the one asking and not the one giving out some or trying to hide my pad of paper for my classmates not see and avoid them asking for some.
3. Exams are different in high school, college and in masteral. I was fully expecting an objective type of test when what was handed over to us was an essay-explain-this-and-that type of test. I know we also have this back in high school and in college but it was somehow different for me. I requires my full understanding and analyzation of the topics discussed.
For some time, I was staring at my paper and the questions. I wasn't even sure how to start answering some of the question and I wasn't even sure of those items I was able to answer first. My answers make no sense at all for me. I am not really sure if I was just too stupid to assume that memorizing names and points from the topics we have discussed will assure the passing of my exams but I was very much disappointed while I was answering the questions until the time I got home. It struck me most to realize that I was really in a different level now. I mean, I was able to get through the other educational stages. This one must be different and I should exert more effort especially when it is only scheduled once a week.
I continue to agonize about my fear of failing my very first exam until this moment. There were 7 items in the questionnaire and each was equivalent to 10pts. Well, wish me luck. I have an 89% target grade to maintain my scholarship.
1. To study means to read and read and read again. Over and over again so you can fully understand and familiarize the concepts you are reading and not reading just for the heck of it.
2. Be independent at all times and when it says exams, it also means having your own sheet of paper ready. I felt embarrassed that I was asking a sheet of paper from my classmate for my answer sheet (although I wasn't the only one who asked). Just like the good old day. Only difference is that I was the one asking and not the one giving out some or trying to hide my pad of paper for my classmates not see and avoid them asking for some.
3. Exams are different in high school, college and in masteral. I was fully expecting an objective type of test when what was handed over to us was an essay-explain-this-and-that type of test. I know we also have this back in high school and in college but it was somehow different for me. I requires my full understanding and analyzation of the topics discussed.
For some time, I was staring at my paper and the questions. I wasn't even sure how to start answering some of the question and I wasn't even sure of those items I was able to answer first. My answers make no sense at all for me. I am not really sure if I was just too stupid to assume that memorizing names and points from the topics we have discussed will assure the passing of my exams but I was very much disappointed while I was answering the questions until the time I got home. It struck me most to realize that I was really in a different level now. I mean, I was able to get through the other educational stages. This one must be different and I should exert more effort especially when it is only scheduled once a week.
I continue to agonize about my fear of failing my very first exam until this moment. There were 7 items in the questionnaire and each was equivalent to 10pts. Well, wish me luck. I have an 89% target grade to maintain my scholarship.
It has been since the Christmas holiday season that I have observed that there was something not right about the traffic light located at JP Laurel Avenue Corner Mitsui Busan (near Yamaha). It was when we were patiently waiting for the lights to turn red and the go signal for crossing appears in the pedestrian from Victoria Plaza. Most of the people would normally cross the "long illegally acknowledged pedestrian" in between the overpass and that barricade after the NBI office. Some (even though they are using the pedestrian already) are too impatient to wait for the red light for the vehicles to appear before crossing. I'm not really sure if these people are quite suicidal but it's either they don't know such rules exist or they just don't find any logic in following them.
Going back to my story.
When the go sign to cross the street finally appeared, vehicles coming from the left side of Victoria obviously starts slowing down and went to a complete stop as the lights were already red. However, the vehicles coming from the other side of the street just kept on going and going like they wouldn't even allow people to cross the street. It was even odd to see that the light is still green while on the other side, it's already red. I mean, how could the people even cross the street if the green light is still on?
So who should give way? Can we say that the vehicle drivers are too dumb to analyze that the light on the other side is showing red and that it's time for the people to cross the street and they should stop as well? Did anybody ever realized that they should stop and prioritize the people crossing the street or maybe somebody did but made a complete fool of himself for stopping while the light is green? Or can we say that the people crossing the street have no right to cross the street during that time?
I really hope the government people in-charge with these stuff have time to check on the traffic lights around town. It confuses people about the traffic rules and worse, it can cause an accident one day.
Traffic has been part of the city already. I don't even know if we will ever come up with a solution to solve it. (Although it's not really as bad as the traffic in Manila. Thank God.) But I do think that the traffic people should monitor things and practice implementation of the rules they introduce to the public like crossing the streets using pedestrians and pedestrian over pass bridges. I mean seriously, what do you think these horizontal lines in the middle of the road are there for? Design? Or these over pass bridges are for? To be a small market place? Geez. If the 30kph (speed limit) rule is being pushed through right now, I don't think it's too late for the other rules to be revived and well-implemented as well. It's been there even before the speed limit thing anyway.
Going back to my story.
When the go sign to cross the street finally appeared, vehicles coming from the left side of Victoria obviously starts slowing down and went to a complete stop as the lights were already red. However, the vehicles coming from the other side of the street just kept on going and going like they wouldn't even allow people to cross the street. It was even odd to see that the light is still green while on the other side, it's already red. I mean, how could the people even cross the street if the green light is still on?
So who should give way? Can we say that the vehicle drivers are too dumb to analyze that the light on the other side is showing red and that it's time for the people to cross the street and they should stop as well? Did anybody ever realized that they should stop and prioritize the people crossing the street or maybe somebody did but made a complete fool of himself for stopping while the light is green? Or can we say that the people crossing the street have no right to cross the street during that time?
I really hope the government people in-charge with these stuff have time to check on the traffic lights around town. It confuses people about the traffic rules and worse, it can cause an accident one day.
Traffic has been part of the city already. I don't even know if we will ever come up with a solution to solve it. (Although it's not really as bad as the traffic in Manila. Thank God.) But I do think that the traffic people should monitor things and practice implementation of the rules they introduce to the public like crossing the streets using pedestrians and pedestrian over pass bridges. I mean seriously, what do you think these horizontal lines in the middle of the road are there for? Design? Or these over pass bridges are for? To be a small market place? Geez. If the 30kph (speed limit) rule is being pushed through right now, I don't think it's too late for the other rules to be revived and well-implemented as well. It's been there even before the speed limit thing anyway.
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