The World Inside Her Mind(A Collection of One-Shot Stories)

The Wanderer

One day I just woke up and found myself stucked in a life full of bullshits.

So I decided to run away from my life.

Iniwan ko ang trabaho ko. Iniwan ko ang mga kaibigan ko. Iniwan ko ang foster parents ko. Iniwan ko ang apartment ko. Iniwan ko ang cellphone at gadgets ko. I left everything.

I left to face an aimless adventure. Iniwan ko ang buhay na maraming nagsasabing stable na at satisfying pa. Pero masisisi ba nila ako kung may emptiness akong nararamdaman sa puso ko at tila ang paglayo lamang ang makakapuno dito?

Together with a full-tank car ay lumarga na ako upang magtungo sa Orlando.

I drove and roamed the roads night and day and only stop when I needed to sleep, pee or eat.

I've gone to different cities.

I've had little conversations with people I don't even know anything about.

I've slept in both expensive and cheap hotels.

I've heard various stories about romance, adventures, fantasies and all.

I've seen numerous sceneries that almost took my breath away.

Patuloy lang ako sa paglilibot na wala namang eksaktong destinasyon na patutunguhan. Whenever I feel like I want to take a walk in a forest or in the plains ay agad akong bumababa ng sasakyan para maglakad-lakad.

Marami akong nasaksihang mga bagay at pangyayaring hindi ko nakita sa loob ng apat na pader ng opisina't apartment ko dati.

I have come to realize how beautiful the night is. I've seen the bright and twinkling beauty of the stars. I've witnessed the melancholic goodbye of the sunset. I have found serenity in a foreign place.

I feel so infinite. I don't know where I'm going but I don't feel lost.

Sumubok ako ng iba't-ibang trabaho sa tuwing napapadpad ako sa isang siyudad, malaki man o maliit.

I became a service crew, a newspaper vendor, a dishwasher, a street sweeper, a janitress, and a souvenir shop saleslady.

Over the years, marami akong natutunan about sa sarili ko at sa mga kakayahan ko.

I did the things which, before, I didn't know I can do. I discovered the skills which, at first, I thought I don't have. The "real me" inside of "me" was just waiting all this time to be revealed and discovered.

I met a lot of people.

I came across different personalities with different perspectives about life and death.

There are over thousands of people I've already came across with. There are the ones I will never forget and some who I just want to forget.

One rainy night, I parked my car just beside a convenience store. I turned the radio on and listen to the news about the upcoming storm.

I'm crunching a chocolate bar when suddenly someone knocked against my car window. My heart almost jumped out of my rib cage!

"What the?!"

Knock! Knock! Knock! The guy keeps on knocking.

"What do you need?"

"Please, I need your help. I need a ride. Please take me to Illinois Saver's Hospital." The guy said in a hysterical manner while giving more knocks on my window.

"Wait, what? Can you please calm down. Okay? Just calm down."

"Please I really need your help. Please. It's already late and I can't find any cab to give me a ride. Please help me reach the hospital, I'll pay you. I promise." He's starting to cry and he's soaking wet beacuse of the rain. I can see him shivering.