taking a walk inside a nearby mall on a very gloomy sunday......

a gloomy sunday to all and to all a cloudy day........



it was last sunday and everything started out just like any other sunday in the life of a bored-out-of-mind college student...... waking up 10 in the morning and having cold and hard pan-de-sal together with a piping-hot cup-o'-joe......



nothing much to do but flip all over the living room couch while watching discovery........



so i decided to take a walk inside the neighborhood mall (two blocks away.)....... and i stumbled upon a few kids down the foot-bridge in front of the mall ("rugby-boys" as we call them here in the phils. -since they're always sniffing high-inducing adhesives and solvents)..... i've got nothing interesting in my pocket to give anyone today (just 50 Php/$ 1.25 approximately.).... and i'm also hungry so i decided to walk on by, seeing to it that i don't succumb to any good-willed money-giving impulse that people have when they see poor kids littering about.....

got inside the mall, bought a few snacks (nuts, crackers, caramel popcorn and a packet of juice)..... walked around some more, sat on a bench up in the 4th floor and watched the world revolve...... ahh, the 4th floor of entertainment, with all the arcade games, cinemas and whatnot..... it was easy to find a few cute college and/or high-school girls prancing around with their cute little gal-packs...... man, did they have me drooling.... anyways, back to the fun part....

giving someone something from my pocket.......
took a few seconds to draw something out from the jungle in my side-pocket.....
aha!..... a cute but tasty japanese candy........ apple flavor i think...... (got it from my japanese aunt)

so i looked around me, and there was no one on the bench but me and a cute little girl (4 to 6 y/o i presume)...... so i gave her the candy, it was so small, that my fingernails were just about the same size......

curious enough, the girl looked at me with he innocent looking eyes as she held a cone of cotton-candy on her right hand...... slowly, she took the small piece of candy i had in my hand - smiled and then ran away to whom i think is her older sister...... she took a quick glance at me and talked to the kid.........

seeing to it that i was heading for a smack on the face (if i was ever to be thought of as a pedophile) i quickly turned my head and gobbled up a few crackers until my mouth was full..... worst came to worst, she headed straight for me...... carrying in her arms the little tyke......
she came up to me and said "i told her not to take anything from strangers"....
so i replied in a very calm but nerve-racking "i'm sorry, it's just a habit of mine.... she reminds me of my younger brother"
she asked "and why is that?"
and i truthfully replied "our mom used to dress him up as a girl..... she always wanted one"
a couple of laughs and i was clear from the danger zone......

it's pretty amazing how young parents nowadays become more frequent.......
she was just about my age when she got her little human being........

people really are interesting........ need i find more entertainment?..... i don't think so......

(i didn't have a digicam with me that time, and i also don't own a cellphone, so i didn't have the chance to get a memorable photo.......... i guess memories would do nicely for a souvenir)