one strange cab encounter

one day on a way to a meeting, the security officer at our building called me a cab. i let out a shriek when i saw this little kid sleeping on the floor! before i could get out thinking it was a dead body, the poor cabbie explained that his wife (boy’s mom) was in the hospital to look after the boy’s sick grandparent. no one at home to look after the child so father decided to bring him along. he let the boy stay on the floor so he didn’t get in the way (i.e. car looked empty from the outside ) most cabbies in manila work 12-hour shifts.

manila, february 2008