last sunday, on my way home from one of my trysts, i was hailing a cab in front of makati palace hotel when a wallis cab stopped in front of me. i was so tired so i didn’t care if i was gonna ride on a wallis cab even if i’ve heard of several bad stories about the cab company/drivers. so i just got in the cab and told the driver our destination. the driver was smoking so i thought might as well smoke too. so i told the driver “manong, magyoyosi na rin ako.” what did i get for a reply? “bigyan mo na lang akong ng 100 dun.” ugh!!! what the…! then i said, “e manong 50 lang binibigay ko dun.” his rebuttal, “magkanalo lang naman ang pamasahe….” and he kept on mumbling!!! okay, okay. what the heck is 100 pesos these days, right? and so i conceded. but of course, knowing me, i wasn’t just gonna let him get away with that. so in between puffing smoke from my cigarette, a bright idea was brewing in my mind. hala! sige! hithit-buga. hithit, buga. hithit…. buga…. third to the last puff. penultimate puff. final puff. then… time to butt my cigarette… on the door upholstery!!! yes! sweet vengeance! ha! i’ll never ride on a wallis cab again.