SO THIS writer decided to join the bandwagon of Filipinos who are on exodus to the ever illusive greener pasture and jumped at the opportunity to try her luck abroad. It was one of those impulsive but well-thought of decisions that this girl is notorious of doing (or so she'd like to think).
But the minute she got off the bus in the country's metropolitan, there was this huge part of her that wanted to board the next ride headed back to the mountains. She knew it was more or less saying goodbye to the comfort and security being offered by the mountain ranges which she had called home since time immemorial. Though she studied and worked in the urban for long periods of time, it was undeniable that she is a true-blue 'probinsyana'. Thus she knew that aside from the obvious truth of the 'there's no place like home' mantra, the next step she would take away from the terminal (which is seemingly the safest place as of the moment) would mean exposing herself to the alien world of unknown hazards and possible deathtraps.
But the minute she got off the bus in the country's metropolitan, there was this huge part of her that wanted to board the next ride headed back to the mountains. She knew it was more or less saying goodbye to the comfort and security being offered by the mountain ranges which she had called home since time immemorial. Though she studied and worked in the urban for long periods of time, it was undeniable that she is a true-blue 'probinsyana'. Thus she knew that aside from the obvious truth of the 'there's no place like home' mantra, the next step she would take away from the terminal (which is seemingly the safest place as of the moment) would mean exposing herself to the alien world of unknown hazards and possible deathtraps.