Bababa ba?

Well, I guess it’s time for me to rant here because no-one from the real world is listening. Our land lords didn’t listen, our baranggay officials didn’t listen, people from our street don’t listen.

If you happen to be around Maginhawa Street one night, you might notice that there is this mini-dump site in the small parking space in front of Nanette’s Snackhaus near the first Ababu. Mini-dump site as in a place where most of the residential and commercial establishments throw ALL their trash.

Well, If it were just residents who threw their trash in our small cemented garbage box, it would be fine for me. BUT, even the darned COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS THROW THEIR EFFIN’ TRASH BESIDE OUR HOUSE. It’s ROTTEN FOOD GALORE, FOLKS.

AND YES, WE LIVE NEAR THERE YOU STUPID GARBAGE THROWING PEOPLE.

Every night, people from Maginhawa never fail to one by one walk towards our house, and THROW THEIR TRASH IN THE CEMENTED TRASH BOX BESIDE OUR GATE. AND THEY THROW THEIR TRASH EVEN IF I GIVE THEM THE MEAN I-WILL-KILL-YOU-IF-YOU-THROW-THAT-THERE STARE.

THE NERVE.

And also every night, HOMELESS AND DRUNK PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEX ON THE STREETS (YES, THEY DO IT IN MAGINHAWA STREET) GATHER IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE, SCAVENGING FROM THE MINI-DUMP SITE, WHILE THEY HAVE THEIR RUM AND GIN SESSIONS. And not only that, sometimes they continuously ask for money and change, they act as “watch your car people” even if we’re just parking our car IN OUR GATE or we’re bringing the car outside (yes, some of them have the nerve to ask for change while we drive away because they “helped us” bring our car out).

And yes, I’m ranting and typing in ALL CAPS because I’m fed up, and I’m angry. Because really, who wants to see tons of rotten trash and homeless drunk people in front of and beside your gate? I know this house we rent is one of the best houses in terms of access, but in terms of environment and the people? Argh. Yes, your house may be super accessible, but the trash and people are just unbearable.

Whatever happened to discipline?

I went to Brookside GK Village this morning, and their place was way more cleaner and more beaufitul than our area! Even if there were some houses which owners refused to be GK-fied, the place was spruced up. And I was in Marikina this afternoon, and all I can say is, wow. Just wow. Even if the traffic was hell and the jeeps had hip-hop Speed Racer clones as drivers, you can still see how beautiful and clean their city is.

BUT HOW ABOUT OUR STREET?

Totally the opposite!

Oh Baranggay Teacher’s Village, Baranggay UP Village, Officials of Quezon City, RESIDENTS OF MAGINHAWA, whatever happened to you?

UPDATE: Our land lady was here in the morning. She said they’ll do something about it, kasi naaasar na rin daw siya sa kalat.