Edits by Leland :) (which are quite a lot haha)
I didn't delete the previous one because I want to keep the original post that I made for future reference. :P
It was quite a cold evening as my friend and I were comfortably sitting in one of our tambayans in the University. It has a strategic location where a lot of people made their way in this area to their respective college buildings. We talked to friends who passed by, and critiqued and commented on the physical appearances of people we don't know.
After some time we got thirsty from all the talking and gossiping, so I suggested that we buy a softdrink from the vending machine, since it's cheaper to buy there. My friend went to the nearest vendo, while I waited for her in our tambayan to secure our things. She came back empty-handed, saying that the vendo wasn't working. Desperate for a drink, I told her that we should try buying from the other vendos.
We picked up our things, left the tambayan, and walked towards to the 2nd nearest vending machine, which was located near the gate of the College of Engineering building. My friend tried to insert the P20 bill inside the machine, but it won't pick up the money. I tried my luck with my own P20 bill, which was more new and thicker than my friend's bill. The same thing happens.
I called out to the guard near the Eng Gate. "Ate, the vendo's not working. Pero may light naman oh.." I said while pointing to the red light in the vending machine.
The guard inspected the vendo and said, "Ay, walang yellow light kaya di talaga yan gagana. Try nyo sa North Gate."
"Ah, okay po." I replied. My friend and I both thanked the guard and made our way to the next vending machine. The walk was quite far, and we joked that this was like an Amazing Race wherein we have to find the working vending machine. After a few minutes, we arrived at the vendo near the North Gate.
We were delighted when we saw that the machine's yellow light is on. My friend inserted her money in the machine and I pressed the Coca Cola option button. We heard a loud clunk at the bottom of the vendo.
"Yay!" We squealed in delight. I opened the can and took a big gulp.
"Ah, that's refreshing." I said happily.
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In life, we encounter people with almost the same features but different personalities. Like vendo machines, they may look similar outside, but their contents may vary. The numbers of sodas inside of one vendo isn't exactly the same as the other ones. Also, not all of it are working properly.
Putting effort to knowing a person is like inserting that innocent P20 bill. We only expect the machine to accept what we give, but, in truth, we can be ignored--or rejected, as the case may be. We can also consider those cases where our efforts are just taken for granted, which can be likened to those times when the stupid machine just gobbles our money up.
But we cannot discount the fact that most of the time, we get what we paid for. Hearing that glorious "clunk" on those scorching hot days feels great.
Then again, vending machines have lights to say if it will work. You never know with human relationships till you try. Either way, it is always a great feeling to experience those moments when we can just say:
Ah, that's refreshing.
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