is it just me or meron ba talagang phenomenon ang carriedo station ng lrt? for the nth time, tuwing bumababa ako sa istasyon na yon na di-disorient ako pagdating sa baba. at nitong sabado muntik na kong maligaw ng tuluyan. after landing the stairs i went to the wrong direction. at halos 6pm na ng gabi iyon, madilim na at delikado. after walking a few meters i realized na mali ang pinupuntahan ko so decided to go back to where i came from. and all of a sudden somebody grabbed my arm. biglang "short time, 200 lang o", wtf skeleton woman na mukang drug addict!!! and there were more coming. like zombies. with bloodshot eyes. they scared the hell out of me. it was like raccoon city. naglakad ako papabalik sa pinanggalingan ko ng pinakamabilis, with both my hands in my pocket to make sure that my wallet, money and phone was still with me. and at last, isetann.