A Teacher's Diary

My Angkas Story

September 30, 2017
Saturday

I woke up seeing a message from an unregistered number on my phone.

It reads:

"Oo tenk u talaga ha ingat ipag pepray kta lage. Ikaw lng kya naging angkas ko ng d ko naramdaman n bababa k na pala kht medjo mlayo dropoff mo. Gusto mo txt mo lng ako kung mag papasundo k. Para ako nlng maghahatid syo."

This was from last night. Nagreply pa pala yung Angkas driver na naghatid sakin kagabi. I was.. well, astonished. It was a good compliment despite my bad impressions of him at first. I decided that maybe, the guy was just really too young kaya siya ganun.

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Yesterday was exhausting. Fridays are really starting to get in my nerves. Parang ang dami-daming kelangang gawin but time is too short to finish off everything. And even I could finish those things, meron at meron din palaging dumadagdag na panibago.

Yesterday was my second Friday with 8:20-5:20 as my official time and yet, I still don't appreciate it. My Friday started with me arriving 10 minutes late in school, discovering that we had an incident. They said Aleanah tripped and hurt her arm. So when I arrived, it seemed that Teacher Daisy was on a bad mood because the guard (someone just new to the branch) already reported it without waiting for instructions from Teacher Daisy.

Then, just my luck, they have decided to choose me to accompany Aleanah and her mom to accompany them in the hospital. I don't have any issues with that, except that I completely have no idea what's going on and I just arrived so leaving the school is like, OMG. The funny thing was, almost everyone called, (you know, the higher ups) asking what happened, making us remember that there are no classes in Taguig, lucky for them for the long weekend.

I already booked our Grab to Makati Med. when Aleanah's mom decided not to go there anymore. She said Aleanah agreed and claimed she's fine. Her arm hurt but she can handle it.

So yey! Grab to Makati Med. cancelled.

Later on, Elsha and I decided to go to our respective schedules. Nag Grab ulit ako and selected two drop offs. Dumating pa nga si Sir TJ pero buti na lang, nakapagtago kami. My first booking was cancelled so I had to rebook. My destination was Market-Market and UCPB bank while Elsha needed to pick up the Smartpack bag at The Fort, Technopop.

Unfortunately, wala akong napala sa kahit anong pinuntahan ko. My time was wasted, even the effort. Buti na lang may pagkain sa school pagbalik ko. Wala na kasi akong pera. 😥

Then, nabalitaan kong may another incident na naman. That time, it happened between Riya and Enzo. I smelled trouble.

So yun nga ang ending, parang ang dami daming nangyari yesterday. We went home late na. Sa Angkas na lang talaga kami kumapit para hindi na hassle umuwi.

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Before we proceed, here's a little info about Angkas: 

What Is Angkas and How Do I Use It?

Angkas is an on-demand app-based motorcycle taxi service. With the traffic situation getting worse in metro areas in the country, commuters need more and better options fast, and that’s why we started Angkas. No, we don’t think this is going to solve all commuter woes, but we do think motor taxis allow commuters to beat the traffic in versatile and flexible ways that most four-wheeled vehicles cannot.

All across Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam, motor taxis have already become an accepted mode of transportation that gets hundreds of thousands of people past crazy gridlocks and jams. With about half of all vehicle sales in the country being motorbikes, we find it odd that we haven’t unleashed their potential as a transportation service for more people.