马尼拉之行

马尼拉之行

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常常，我喜欢行走在路上的感觉，在热闹的旅途中，感受自我的宁静。热闹是他们的，与我无关。一个人的行走如古老的护城河畔的睡莲，你看或不看，她都在那里，寂静开放，默默欢喜。唯一的行囊，是微笑。带着微笑出发，收获的，是更多的笑脸。穿梭在热闹的人群，我会自动摒弃所有与我无关的琐屑，只是行走，在路上。

这是第二次到马尼拉了。年中总结会结束后，和同伴约了去看马尼拉湾落日。因为其他原因，我要和好友提前返回。一个多小时的车程，去的时候有朋友送，有人带领，回去的路上，我的手里只有一张轻轨车票。我和好友相视一笑，就用我那蹩脚的英语边走边问吧。

在菲律宾，持枪的军人、警察和保安随处可见。我们先问一个警察去轻轨站怎么走，他很热情友好地为我们指出方向。吉普尼车站很多车，英文地名真的很难认。我们拿着轻轨票问去这个车站坐哪个车，售票员立刻把我们带到了要乘坐的车旁。坐上吉普尼，15比索到轻轨站。怕坐错站，我们请司机到站了告诉我们下车。用微笑和车上的乘客打招呼，任何一种相遇，都是一种注定，是生命的一种形式。在这个小空间里，乘客们迅速的形成一个整体，每个人的气息交织在一起，关系，便微妙起来。我在看着他们，他们也在看我们。有两个带着小学生模样的中年男子对我们微笑，我们也回报微笑。车到我们的站了，两个中年男子下车的同时，示意我们也下车。下车后，他说的意思大概是要我们和他们一路走，他们也是去轻轨站台。反正我没有听懂，大概是这意思，就跟着走。从吉普尼下来要穿过热闹的天桥，琳琅满目的小摊兜售着各种各样的东西，热闹的人群比菲律宾的天气还热。一路上两个中年男人一边拉着自己的孩子，一边不时回头看我们跟上没有，这样陌生的帮助让我们很感动。一直到了车站，他问了我们的目的地，才离开。

朋友排队买了车票，我手里有一张月票，只用了一次，朋友通过后我却怎么也过不过去。好像车票不能用了。很快工作人员过来帮助我，也没有通过。可能是没有钱了，工作人员给售票员看了确实不能用了。售票员示意我排队。朋友已经进车站了，我看到长长的队伍，有点着急，另一个售票员好像看出了我的焦虑，接了我的15比索主动帮我买了一张票，顺利上车。我和同伴一起数着站台，8站，下车，跟着人群走着走着，仿佛不是我们来的时候的出口。朋友说我们可能下错车了，应该在第七站下，我还以为真下错了，赶快问保安，原来没有错。之前问朋友下车后如何回住处，他说两个人50比索坐个三轮车应该就可以了。出了站台看到三轮问我们要150比索，最低100比索，这真是明显看到是外国人胡要价呢，我们就没有坐车，往前走了。

边走边问，自己的英语说得外国人听不懂了，就拿出手机拍的照片问路，这确实是个好办法，拍了主要建筑或名字，问路特好使。下了地下通道，我们看到那么多出口真不知道走哪个。继续问保安，出来是在三条马路中间，不知道东南西北，继续问，一个大姐指引我们坐上吉普尼，15比索，告诉了司机我们的目的地。下车就看到了大楼上大大的招牌——美嘉广场，中国城，到了这里就找到家了。其实记路同伴比我强，我整个就是路痴。安全到住所后，我们都感叹这一路走来的不易，好朋友还调侃说，有了这次的经历，走到哪都不怕了。行走，是一场充满意外和冒险的旅行，但也正因为种种未知，才吸引我们前进。如果你也喜欢微笑，请和我一起行走，在路上……

2014.12.26

                        A Trip in Manila

Often, I like the feeling of walking on the road, in the lively journey, I feel the quietness of myself. About liveliness, It's their joy, it's nothing to do with me.. A person who is walking just like water lily which is beside the city moat, you see or not to see, she is there, silently open, silently joy. The only luggage, is smiling. Take a smile, the harvest is more smile face. The shuttle in the crowd, I will abandon all the trivial which I have nothing to do with, just walking on the road.

This is the second time to Manila.. After the summary of the mid year, together with the companion, we see the sunset in Manila Bay. For other reasons, I want to return with my friends in advance. More than an hour by car, a friend who sent us, someone who leads us, on the way back, I have only a light rail ticket in my hand. My friend and I smiled, with my poor English while walking to ask.

In Philippines, there are armed soldiers, police and security everywhere. We first asked a policeman how to go to the light rail station, he was very warm and friendly to point for us the direction. There are so many Jeepney stations, English place is really hard to recognize. We took the light rail ticket and asked which car to take in the station. The conductor took us to the next bus at once.. Sit on the Jeepney, 15 pesos to the light rail station. Afraid of the wrong station, we ask the driver to the station to tell us to get off. With a smile and the passengers on the car greeting each other, any encounters are doomed, it is a form of life. In this small space, the passengers quickly formed a whole, each person's breath intertwined, and the relationship is subtle. I'm looking at them, and they're watching us.. There are two middle-aged man with the appearance of the pupils smiling at us, we also return smile. The car to our station, the two middle-aged man to get off at the same time, they gave a sign that we also get off. After he got off, he said that the meaning is probably to us and they will go, and they are also going to the light rail platform. I did not understand, probably this meaning, follow them along. From Jeepney down to cross the busy flyover, an array of stalls selling all kinds of things, bustling crowd is hotter than the Philippine weather. Along the way, the two middle-aged man while pulling their children, while looking back at us from time to time to keep up with us, such a stranger help us that made us very moved. At the station, he asked our destination, leaving..

Friends lined up to buy a ticket, I have a monthly ticket, only used once, a friend passed, after that I did not pass. It seems like a ticket can't be used.. Soon the staff came to help me and did not pass. There may be no money, the staff showed it to the conductor and I can’t use. The conductor signaled me to line up.. Friends have been into the station, I saw the long queue, anxiously, another conductor seemed to see my anxiety, then 15 pesos I take the initiative to help me to buy a ticket, get on the train easily

. I counted a number of platforms with my companions, 8 stations, and get off, along with the crowd walking, as if we are not the time to exit. Friends say we may pass and should be in the seventh station, I thought it was really wrong, please ask the security, the original is not wrong. Before asking a friend to get off after how to return to residence, he said 50 for each person, we should arrive there by a tricycle. Out of the platform to see the tricycle, they asked us to pay 150, the lowest 100, which is clearly seen the foreigners and asking the higher price, we do not ride the car, go forward.

Asked while walking in the street, foreigners don't understand my poor English, took out my mobile phone to take photos for directions, this is really a good idea, take the main building or name, it is convenient to ask the direction. Down the ground, we see so many exits which we do not know which to go out. Continue to ask the security, it is in three directions in the middle of the road, we really do not know where is the east and where is the west, continue to ask, a sister guidelines we sat on a Jeepney, 15 pesos, told driver of our destination. Get off to see the building on the big sign -- Mika square, Chinese Town, here we feel at home. In fact, my companions remember the road more clearly than I, and I have no sense of direction. After staying at the residence safely, we all lamented the way the road is not easy, good friends also made joke with us, with this experience, and you will be not afraid of going anywhere. Walking is a journey full of surprises and adventure, but it is also because of the unknown, it attracts us forward. If you also like smiling, please walk with me, on the road......

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