A Curly Haired MAPSA Officer asked me to pull over.
Mr. Curly: Ma'am coding po tayo ngayon. (SHIT. I honestly forgot)
Straight-ish: Ha? ! Sir 12 naman eh diba may window? (pang teatro ang acting ko nyan)
Mr. Curly: Walang window dito sa Makati. Taga san ka ba?
Straight-ish: Sir, taga QC ako. dko alam na walang coding eh. Sorry... pwede bang warning nalang muna? (stressing the "Sir" in the most maarte way I know)
Curly MAPSA called his mate Chubby MAPSA.
Now Chubby closed in on us and ask for my license. I obliged.
Straight-ish Sorry Sir, Hindi ako taga-dito, punta lang jan. Kala ko may "window" sa Makati, Swear!
Chubby (smiling): Walang "window-window" sa Makati... sandali ka lang ba? (exchanging glances with Curly)
Straight-ish Yes, may kukunin lang ako. dun lang yun eh. (I noticed he looked like Chokoleit)
Mr. Chubby: Sige kaya lang ang daming MAPSA dyan mahuhuli ka rin. May 2 options ka:
1.. Ticket-an ka namin, i-claim mo nalang. (Si Curly umeksena: Naku mam 300 yan!)
or
2. samahan ka namin hangang makalabas ka ng makati at kaw na bahala.
Straight-ish: Wala bang 3? none of the above? (pushing my luck here)
Mr. Chubby: Ma'am talagang coding eh. tignan mo.
Straight-ish: Oo nga eh. sorry talaga ha.... (thinking if I can pull this with 100P?)
Mr. Chubby: Alam ko yang building nyo. sige sundan nyo nalang po ako. (ok that's sorted)
It was Chubby in his motorcycle (Chokoleit in yellow uniform looking very officer'y).
Then me.
Then Curly in his motorcycle (I dont like him. feeling model.)
They escorted me all the way to my destination, waited for about 30 minutes and escorted me back out of Makati (lights flashing and waving to some MAPSA officers we passed along Ayala)
*ganito pala feeling ng may escort! So politician!
They stopped in Mckinley.
Mr. Chubby handing me my license said: ayan mam ha, gusto ka nila parahin pero kinawayan ko. (yeah right. they barely noticed! but maybe that's the cue)
Straight-ish: Sige Sir. Thanks ha... (took my license and slipped him 200P for the effort)
Busted.
Note to self: WALANG "WINDOW-WINDOW" SA MAKATI!
is that considered kotong?
ReplyDelete- the anonymous
you had me laughing at "chokoleit". :)
ReplyDeleteMakati traffic officers live for busting coding violations. They barely notice anything else. :P
ReplyDeleteSa susunod, sumunod sa batas. So you won't end up giving these people money, at nang hindi namimihasa.
ReplyDeletethe anonymous: hmm I don't think so. it was my fault after all. siguro nagjollibee sila afterwards :)
ReplyDeleteyle: uy lapit na ang Sept 12! Cheerdance naaa! ;) Go USTE! ops, baka ma gang-bang ako at mukang maraming UP dito hehe :D
rz: I knooow and they're really good at it!
one_bliss: sabi ko nga eh :(
lapit na nga - maririnig ko na naman ang "go uste! go uste! go go go go go uste!"
ReplyDeletei think i sort of hate you na. lol
UP FIGHT! :p
You could have used your "I'm an OFW at kakabalik ko lang sa Pilipinas kahapon kaya di ko alam na may coding" excuse. My friend used that once and I was amazed it worked. In fairness, balikbayan naman talaga siya. ;-) - Purple78
ReplyDeleteyle: lol! pls. dont hate me :) UP Fight! hehe
ReplyDeletePurple78: O nga noh!! Galing mo! sana ikaw ang kasama ko para na-coach mo ko :D