Meals to go

We, Filipinos, are known for our creativity, resiliency, diligence, and sense of purpose, which make me believe we are the world's best entrepreneur--given the right opportunities, resources, and education.

Last year, while I was waiting for a cab after a meeting in UP College of Public Administration and Governance, I thought that the UP Diliman waiting shed was really a work of art and is just waiting for me to be photographed. (Smile!).  So I positioned myself at the inner side because I wanted to get that curved concrete bench and the lines of the roof, and waited for a jeepney to get that UP Diliman identity (you know, with its Ikot route).  Then, a jeep slowed down that made it easier for me to shoot without the blur.  Just in time when I pressed the shutter, the man with a plastic bag ran towards it and appeared inside my frame.  He handed the plastic bag and returned with some pesos in his hands.

I realized he is a food vendor, waiting for jeepney drivers so he can sell meals-to-go complete with rice and viand.  I thought it is a cool idea!  No kick-ass fast-food company has ever thought of that. Or perhaps I should keep mum about it to keep them from copying this man's selling idea.  I think he is already a permanent fixture in the shade because the drivers already know him.  What a way to earn money!  He just sits there waiting for money to come by.