Bus Tales

there's not much commuters today... or is it because i got up a little earlier than usual? i got the bus exactly at the time i was expecting it and was waiting for the next bus to my office when i encountered a kabayan. she was asking me if the bus we will be riding will pass by the murruqabat police station and i said yes.

she asked if she can sit beside me and i nodded. she said she's going to the dubai hospital because her friend died last night, and they were looking into asking for autopsy if that would be possible. she said that her friend just complained of pain in the stomach accompanied by vomitting, which is something that she never experienced before. the doctor diagnosed cyst in the ovary and the patient would be under observation to find out if she would respond to medications. unfortunately, she was told that she had to be operated, and the patient conceded. after the operation, she was transferred directly to the ICU and was declared dead two days after.

the patient is on visit visa, therefore, they cannot ask any assitance from the phil embassy or consulate. she's been on visit visa for a year working on part-time basis. but she was supposed to be issued a residence visa this coming saturday. my bus seatmate said that the deceased is kind and hard-working, and that she jsut wasn't given a chance. these words hit me... how many kabayans are here who are just as hard-working and kind as she is, but not given a chance?