Coffee, please?

Cup of coffee

June 15, 2017

[MONDAY]

-Dar Marcos 

@Starbucks coffee shop

"Tara?" sabi nya ng naka ngiti 

"Hindi mo ba iinomin yang coffee mo? Sayang naman? ganyan siguro pag buhay prinsesa sa iyang fairytale noh? you can buy and do whatever you want  and leave it like it was nothing " pabiro kong tanong sa kanya. Nakakapag hinayang naman kase, may kamahalan yung order nya tapus di man nya lang iinomin?

Eh, sino naman nag sabi na di ko yan iinomin? di ba pwedeng take out? mahilig ako sa kape at hindi naman ako prinsesa para pabayaan yang coffee na yan eh ang mahal nyan." sagot nito habang kinuha yung cup tsaka dinala sa counter for take out 

Miss, pwede take out?" sabi nito sa babaeng nasa counter habang inabot yung coffee nya sa barista. 

biglang nag ring ang phone nito, alarm ata or tawag. 

and yes it's tawag. Lumingon ito sa akin and nag sign na may tawag daw that she need to answer.  tumango lang ako to say okay at lumabas na sta para sagutin yung tawag.   

Hindi naman gaano kadami ang tao sa coffee shop, karamihan sa mga naka dine in is na sa age rage ng 25-50 years old. A great place to hang out with friends and have a time to talk about politics and social issues. (well, depende sa klase ng friends mo)

Ano kaya pinag uusapan nila? maybe career like ano na yung mga na achieve na nila, siguro love life haha padamihan sila ng jowa or asawa, or maybe life, pinaguusupan nila yung purpose nila kung bakit sila na bubuhay, it could be academics or religion. depende talaga sa tatse of topic ng makakasama mo.    

I was holding my coffee and pinagmamasdan ko lang yung  mga details na naka lagay sa coffee cup. Weird habit ko kung walang nagagawa. 

Alam mo, life is a bit like the cup of coffee" sabi nya sa akin while naka tingin sa coffee cup na hawak-hawak ko. I was little shock kasi hindi ko napansin na naka balik na pala sya for her call and suddenly ask a very ramdom question. 

or is it even a question? 

"Huh?" nagtataka kong tanong kasi hindi ko gets 

"You know, the jobs, money possessions and position in society are the cups.  They are just tools and structures that contain or hold together the current story of your life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of life we live." mahinang sabi nya sa akin ng hindi naka tingin. 

I'm amaze sa analogy nya, alam mo yun? naka imbinto sya ng ganong thoughs out of a cup of coffee? and the message is deep. 

I have to agree naman sa sinabi na if we compare life to coffee cups. Coffee cups are just tools that contain or hold together the current story of you life, the cup in not the life; the coffee is. It's important to know that the cup itself adds no real quality to the coffee.

"Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. " dagdag nya and now she's looking at me na para bang nag hihintay ng sagot and napaisip ako sa mga sinabi nya because all the things she said was right naman. 

I keep repeating her last statement "(Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee)" and shit thoughts blows out of me.  

"So savour the coffee, not the cups! What you really want is to be happy and the happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything." sagot ko sa kanya and she just smiled 

"You're right" pilit nitong ngiti. 

I want to ask her if she's okay or what kasi the moment she returned inside from the call is parang umiba na yung mood nito. 

I chose to keep my words nalang muna.    

Nag hihintay lang kaming matapus yung pina pa take out nyang coffee. medyo may katagalan palang mag take out? Pinag mamasdan ko lang sya at napansin kong parang hindi ito mapakali.  She's always checking out her phone na para bang may mali. 

I am a very observant person, madali akong nakaka sense ng mga ganyang feelings dahil nasanay na ako sa mga myembro ng pamilya ko kung paano sila umarte when something is not right.

and i think there's nothing wrong to ask so i did 

Hey, are you okay? tanong ko sa kanya ng daritsahan. 

"Here's your take out coffee order maam" sabi nung barista from the counter. 

bigla naman itong tumayo para kunin yung coffee pina take out nya. 

I wasn't able to get an answer (I feel rejected) 

"I hope you are" dagdag ko. 

lumingon ito sa akin with sad emotional face 

"Hindi dapat ako nandito because he's here." tugon na sa akin bago nag lakad pa labas 

"and sorry but please don't follow me, please!" sabi nya at tuluyan na syang lumabas    

And again, I wasn't able to get her name. A second defeat, maybe? 

Maybe I was wrong 

Her life wasn't a fairy tale, but she sure was a princess.

*********** 

Same day

[11:30 AM]

@University President's Office 

Do you have any plano in running on Supreme Student Council?" Tanong sa akin ng univeristy president na si Mr. Richard Aquino. 

Yes, you heard it right. he's an aquino and I don't care. Wala akong pake sa away ng pamilya and all. I'm not really a fan of my family because I know them and by knowing them, I know what they're capable of doing and that's something I am not proud of. 

I'm honestly not interested on running but I can play along with this old man knowing na sure ako na meron itong hidden agenda by asking. 

I've thought about it po" simple kong sagot 

so you're running?" agad ninyong tanong 

"It depends mr. president, will you ever support me if I will?  nakangisi kong tanong

I'm loving this...

*****

Chapter end.