Halos ganyan din nangyari sa akin quite a few years back. Palabas ako
ng Quad Carpark (Makati) and turned left on my way to Pasay Road (Arnaiz
Ave. na yata ngayon). Since hindi kalayuan ang Pasay road sa carpark, napansin ko agad na near the corner meron isang van and isang sedan na nakatigil sa gitna ng kalye. Meron tatlong lalaki that were unloading some stuff from the van into the car. I was the 3rd car in line sa humahabang linya ng kotse na napatigil dahil nakaharang nga sa daan itong 2 sasakyan.
This went on for about two minutes, maraming dinidiskarga yung grupo (damit,some bags, small boxes etc). Yung kotse sa likod ko bumusina na at soon nagsunuran na lahat (mga 8 to 10 cars na kami nakalinya), bumusina na kami lahat kasi nga parang nananadya na itong mga mokong -taking their sweet time at hindi man lang pinapansin kaming naghihintay.
Suddenly one of the guys went inside the van and came out carrying an
armalite (M16) rifle. He stood right before the first car and stared at us coldly
without uttering a word. Biglang nahinto yung mga busina and I noticed the
drivers of the cars in front of me suddenly lower their heads trying to avoid
eye contact with the gun-weilding maniac. Sa akin na ngayon nakatitig yung
mokong. Bigla akong nagpadedma at kunwari nag-adjust ng radio.
Nung napansin niyang walang pumapalag at tahimik na, the group went back
to loading the car. This went on for another five minutes. Nung natapos din,
biglang sakay sa kanilang mga sasakyan yung grupo sabay harurot - yung van
kumaliwa sa Pasay Road at yung kotse naman kumanan.
On the way home, instead of being angry, I just kept on laughing kasi it
turned into a comical situation especially yung reaction naming lahat na
kanya-kanyang dedma (ok, naduwag is a better term) nang labasan kami
ng armalite nung isang mokong.