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Yesterday was like any ordinary day.

I sat in a cab and waited for others who are going to Ayala to share the cab with me.

A couple of minutes later, a guy and a girl entered the cab. After a couple of minutes another guy came in and we left the parking area.

A few minutes into the cab ride, the "gay" guy started to talk to the girl he was with. They started off with talking about the usual questions being asked in job interviews. He said: How do you handle stress? and instantly I knew they were going to Makati in search of a job opportunity. When they started naming call centers that we passed by, I knew that they are fresh grads looking for a job.

The guy started talking about his family and how they need money. How people owe them money but never did pay up. He also talked about their friends and how one time one of their dorm mates strutted out from the shower wearing nothing but a towel, covering her front but not the back.

Thirty minutes later, as we were nearing Makati and the other guy beside us suddenly asked them if they were looking for jobs and if they would be interested to work for the government. He said that he worked for Pag-Ibig in Atrium and they are looking for new hires. The guy even gave them his number and contact details of their HR to help them process their papers.

The girl started welling up and kept on saying that the man was a gift from God or "Bro". They were quite ecstatic that they had an opportunity aside from the call center.

Well, as for me, the listening party, it made me believe in destiny and if it is meant to be, IT IS meant to be. These are strangers from different areas, thrown together in a cab and suddenly, things work out for them.


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