one fine day

by meg havana

10 jun 07

"written 2 months ago to express my frustration over things which made me think how my country is going down the drain"

For the many times that I go to the pier either to fetch my parents or to send them off back to our town, the guard in Pier 1 would always give me a hard time, in the sense that the one on duty there would not allow me to park in the designated area. At first, I tried to negotiate especially when I arrive in the pier earlier than the time of arrival of the fast craft my parents are in or when the waves are like mountain high that the boat would come in later than expected and I really have to wait… and so he would let me park with a warning that I should stay inside the vehicle with my engine running with the reason that it is prohibited to park in their parking area….At times, the guard would just simply blurt out that it’s a no parking zone when obviously it is, judging from the other vehicles that are parked there and so when I argue to him about that, he would then let me park because he cannot say otherwise…..this morning when I was there , by golly, I totally wasn’t allowed to park at all, and to think I really have to help my elderly parents settle down, I cannot imagine them bringing their luggage in such a long distance. In times like these, it always makes me think why they are treating people like the way they did me. I mean, I religiously pay my taxes, which for a newbie like me, seems to be skyrocketing high, I am law-abiding and thus I think I deserve to be treated the treatment due me because I am a good citizen of this country. How can this government-owned establishment deny the right that is due me? It really breaks my heart that I cannot even park my ride in my own city where a portion of my earnings would go, sometimes I feel I am a foreigner in my own country I cannot even enjoy the rights I have as a citizen.
But despite this negative feelings of mine, I do love Cebu, I love this country and I have no plans of going somewhere!So, does this mean i shouldn't be grumbling?