It was a Saturday afternoon and it was drizzling. I'm on my way to SM Megamall to meet my sister and my nephew. I was wearing slippers but the road was not that slippery. I was going down the stairs and thinking about a lot of things at the same time. Which I realize is a not so good combination. I was so busy thinking and all of a sudden I realize I was falling down he stairs. I slipped. I tried to get back up and walk straight and calm as if nothing happened but then my bag fell straight to the ground. And so I went for my bag but my left foot tripped so I almost fell again. Everything happened so fast. I know that a lot of people saw me. Some maybe laughing and some maybe oblivious. But for the first time in my life I've never felt so unabashed after an embarrassing moment of my life. I walked nonchalantly.
Just so you know, I also fell in that same stairs when I was a kid, maybe that was acceptable 'cause I was just a kid but that was more embarrassing for me. I just remembered saying these words, the first time I fell, damn stairs! The second time I fell, stupid me! Those realizations were running in my head as I was trying to suppress a smile off my stupidity. I thought I was careless no more. That's what I thought. Tsk! Tsk!
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