A River Without A Bridge

A River Without A Bridge
2006.02.08 4:15

As I said earlier, I used to marry Filipina girl at age 31, soon after we got married we stayed her house located at San Mateo for 3 months, County Rizal which is adjacent to Metro Manila. Between San Mateo and Quezon City-a northern part of Metro Manila, lies a river called Pasig River, which is just 30-40m width, actually we could see the residential area from the shore to hand. We can reach the opposite shore by swimming the river, if only we wanted. But of course no fool ever do that. Quezon used to be a capital of the Philipines, at that time already we didn't have an important government buildings, though, it was a place many rich people live. On the contrary, San Mateo has got lots of population of just ordinary people.
There's a small river, but no bridge had been built. We needed to take a roundabout route of 40-50km to visit Quezon City. We'd never visit there.
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borrow a rowboat?(Score:1)
by DisownedSky (905171) * <{disownedsky} {at} {earthlink.net}> on 2006.02.08 5:44 (#14663015) (http://home.earthlink.net/~disownedsky Last Journal: 2006.04.03 22:43)
Just a thought.
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Re:borrow a rowboat?(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.08 6:15 (#14663349) (http://mercedo-compl.../2006/04/zen-ya.html Last Journal: 2006.04.28 3:11)
The stream just played a role of moat. From the view point of transportation economy, the lack of bridge deterred the flow of people, commodities, services.
I haven't been there for more than 10 years, and now she has got married to American guy and lives in San Jose. Last Christmas I got a Christmas card from America. I want her to forget me.
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Re:borrow a rowboat?(Score:2)
by DaedalusHKX (660194) on 2006.02.08 7:13 (#14663973) (http://slashdot.org/ Last Journal: 2006.04.29 18:17)
Then play the lovesick fool. Most girls seem to get turned off by needy men, so pretend to be needy and pretty soon she'll gladly blow you off and even her SPEED dial will forget your number.If you don't respond or if you play "hard to reach" she'll be intrigued, and probably keep some of the feelings she had for you alive.~D
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Re:borrow a rowboat?(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.09 3:54 (#14671539) (http://mercedo-compl.../2006/04/zen-ya.html Last Journal: 2006.04.28 3:11)
Thankd for suggestions. I wil follow some of them.
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Re:borrow a rowboat?(Score:2)
by DaedalusHKX (660194) on 2006.02.09 5:51 (#14672564) (http://slashdot.org/ Last Journal: 2006.04.29 18:17)
I'm serious, if you want to chase her off, act needy... most healthy women will lose interest in a month or so, sometimes longer sometimes a few weeks... overall if you're not interesting and you seem like a piece of bodypiercing (constantly attached) they'll run like hell. (Of course the domineering types won't.) If she's getting married and still in love with you or keeping you as a backup (I do not know which) this is your decision to make, its your bit of soul searching my friend.~D
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Another Thought...(Score:1)
by hzs202 (932886) on 2006.02.10 1:25 (#14678161) (http://uranus.dontexist.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.22 0:26)
Got any stories about a bridge without a river?
--hzs202
Re:Another Thought...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.11 0:48 (#14687626) (http://mercedo-compl.../2006/04/zen-ya.html Last Journal: 2006.04.28 3:11)
Back in my twenties, we'd had a foreign student from the Philipines, nomally we didn't have any students from the Philipines, basically because of the economic gap, few people could come and stay, but his father was a famous doctor back in his country, so he was able to come. He and I were not on good terms with one another, so I generalised like Filipino is like him.
At age 31, I got married to my first love - she's a Filipina, and we went to the Philipines and stayed there for a while, naturally I'd got a number of Filipino friends, my fixed idea about Filipino was totally changed.
Again back in my twenties, while I was travelling across the USA, near Washington D.C. I saw an Asian guy in a greyhound bus. From the way he behaved, from the ambience he gave off, I thouhgt he must be a Japanese, so I asked him whether he is Japanese. The moment he said he's Korean, I thought I was not supposed to talk to him, since I had a fixed idea about Korean at that time. But we talked a lot and he let me stay in his appartment for 6 days, after I encountered him my idea was totally changed.
I must say a river without a bridge only exists in our mind.
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Re:Another Thought...(Score:1)
by hzs202 (932886) on 2006.02.11 2:18 (#14688488) (http://uranus.dontexist.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.22 0:26)
Experience truly is our greatest teacher... isn't it?
--hzs202