UP–University of Patience
Sunday June 17th 2007, 6:21 pm
the sun’s high up in the sky, t’was two thirty on my watch. i just found the end of the queue and pretended hard not to feel the the warmth of the human cluster around me nor calculate the length of the queue and how much time should i spend standing there.
the air was thick and humid. sweats on my pores wanna slide out. i was so thirsty. and i felt im gonna faint anytime. never had i been in such a queue. this would be my last semester so i thought, a little more patience woudnt hurt.
i’m always patient, i’ve always been. as they say, patience is a virtue. but we all have our limits. thirty minutes passed and the line moved quite faster than i thought. i’m almost at the middle of the queue..now quite dizzy and even more thirsty. the girl in front of me somehow eased the boredom for we talked as we stood patiently. and somehow the two guys after me brought us a little entertainment. they were loud and really entertaining. many of their friends attempted to buy the space between me and the guy after me but they wont let them. good guys.
another thirty minutes passed, the line moved a few steps. the temperature rose even high as i was losing my patience. that time i was so covered with sweats and was really really thirsty as i was looking around and spotted some people guzzling their bottles of thirst quenchers. the queue grew longer.
more students fan themselves to cool down. most are lucky with a friend or two beside them to speak with and kill the time with. some are even lucky for they are with their parents (maybe freshies ^^). and i was lucky enough that after an hour and thirty minutes of standing, a manong sorbetero came by. my knight in shining armor haha my thirst was somehow was finally quenched by his sorbetes.
i estimated the time i will be standing. we progressed so little in one hour! i’m getting impatient. my feet were numb. i felt so sticky and filthy, i was thinking of getting a shower. and yes it was my second day(.) i really felt so uncomfortable.
finally, we reached the door of the bank. the two girls before me were so anxious to get in when another girl from out of nowhere asked the guard if she could come in, she just need to ask something from someone inside the cashier’s office. so the guard let her in. but then, instead of proceeding to the bank to do what she told the guard she would, she stood in front of the two girls preceding me.
of course, we are all getting impatient for we've been standing for almost two hours! one of the girls preceding me wasn't able to control herself. she bombarded the girl with "parinig" as we approached the cashier’s window. and the girl right next to me seconded. and the funny guy following me in the line laughed at us coz i was so tempted to join the two worked up girls. just imagine, the girl who made palusot was able to pay even without even falling in line! tell me, is patience still a virtue?
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