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Late afternoon at around 5pm I was having a need for a quick and delightful taste of shawarma or commonly known as "kebab"- in most countries in the world and then head back home. Shawarma is often cooked using beef in a large pita bread, and served with vegetables such as onion and tomatoes. The shawarma sandwich can usually be topped with locally made cheddar cheese for a few Philippine peso. While I was maybe a few meters from the store there was something unusual, I cant smell the Unique Arabian, middle eastern smell of shawarma usually present when I pass by the store before it. when i reached the store I was really disappointed when I saw the store was closed. why the hell was it closed, T'was an obviously healthy Tuesday afternoon.
where was i gonna go then? surely I didn't wanna head back home. So I jumped into the first jeepney I saw without having a destination in mind. then while I was in the jeep I asked myself Where was i going? No really WHERE WAS I GOING? Clearly I didn't know where to go, what i knew at the moment was that definitely I could not go back home this early. Then there it was I had my word of the day Destination bugging me. Then suddenly I had a clearer destination where to stop. I went to the nearest stall that had a payphone and called my best friend Jourdane and asked if he could come and see the newly opened mall. At the same time I sent a text message to earl -my other best friend if he could come with us to see the mall. Not long after the message for earl was sent, Jourdane arrived looking just fine and a little later we were completed and full forced. then we headed as fast as lightning to the mall and couldn't help but admired and stood in awe and with a little disbelief that something like this was happening here in this city down here at the south. We couldn't help but pictured ourselves carrying loads and loads of shopping bags and pretended like Carrie Bradshaw looking impeccably amazing with Chanel fur coats in a turquoise Manolo shopping in Paris...
Just as we were in shock of the not so slow development of this city, I found the perfect time to ask them the questions I had in mind about destination
1)Do you have a destination in life that you yourself set?
"Yes" Jourdane. "Yes" Earl.
2)Does the travel time in going to a destination become longer when you have a clear destination in mind?
"Yes, Because when you have a destination in mind its the agony of waiting that kills you." Jourdane.
"Yes" a reflectively serious and decided answer from earl.
How do we know our destinations? Is it something of our choice? Maybe its a human thing. these are the choices that we humans make. we choose to have a destination as well as we choose not to have a destination in life. For me having a vivid destination does make the travelling time longer than not having a destination at all. But having no destination for me is just like driving on a land with no roads and signs, you don't know when to stop or which way to turn to. Its like stuck in a place like a dessert and its the most miserable thing that could happen to a driver. Certainly in this life we are all drivers of our own cars called life.
Now certainly relieved I have the clearest destination in mind and that is to Drive my car to the fullest and never give up to the stop overs and problems I might face on the road, to my destination.
