i first explained that our house was less than 5 minutes away... didn't work.
so i said, well then bill me... i demanded for a, in my words, "resibo".
after a back-and-forth of how much and why (he wanted to charge me P500 --double what was due -- hello!?!), i finally gave him the right amount (when i insisted to see the chart of fines), P250 which was for 1st offence no-seatbelt.
naive me handed him the money as requested -- (i thought i could pay right there) -- and only realized i was bribing him when he freaked out when i nonchalantly handed him the bills, for all to see. "maam, wag ganyan makikita tayo!"
i didn't react quickly and we just sped off.
when i came to my senses, i realized that i double paid! we were ticketed na nga for P250, then i paid him pa P250.
my mistake, really. intentions were good... but a little too dumb for the corrupt system haha!
here's the legit payment we made through metrobank today...
grrr...
so in the light of cory's death, i really feel that our generation, those of us who were conscious in '86, failed miserably.
corruption is still extremely tolerated!
i hope her death brings on a new sense of idealism for the younger generations... because god knows so many of us are jaded.
but still, we forge on. here's to messy bessy, and pedala,.. and all the things we do for "our people"...
laban!
