I am contemplating whether I should post this or not. But obviously I’ve made up my mind as I am blogging about it now.
Some of my all time favorite songs have the word Fall or Fallen in the title. “Fallen” by Janno Gibbs, “I’ve Fallen for You” by Jaime Rivera, “The Next Time I Fall” by Peter Cetera w/ Amy Grant and “How can I Fall” by Breathe. Little did I know that I will fall literally.
I had a misfortune last Friday. I lost my balance and fell off on the two flights of stairs. I fell down and hit the ground. Ouch! It was so sudden, I don’t remember how I fall. I just found myself on the ground. For a while, my mind went blank.
All I remember was Sean and I were in SM (outside) and we will be crossing the street. He was running to the other side so I grabbed his hand. I didn’t notice that I was on the edge of the step, I lost my balance and down I go.
I looked at Sean, glad he didn’t fall. He was crying maybe because he was afraid of the whole thing. I couldn’t get up yet coz I felt so heavy, heavier than the usual me. Eventually I felt pains everywhere, on my knees, foot, ankle and my right leg. I can take the pain so I didn’t cry even though I am a self confessed ‘iyakin.’ It took me more than a minute to get up and compose myself. I asked Sean if he was hurt, he said no… and changed his mind, “just a little”. I pacified him and dried his tears. There, I couldn’t help it anymore. I started sobbing. I couldn’t control my tears. I cried because nobody helped us. I felt helpless. There were about 15 or more bystanders there. But they were just looking at us as if we were on a show. As if they’re just watching tv.
Did I expect them to help me while I was on the ground? Somehow I expected to see at least one good samaritan. But there’s none. A male student passed by just one or two steps away from me, but I think he was blind, coz he didn’t see me. Deadma sa earth. Maybe he thought I did that on purpose, lying on the ground that is. Haha.
Seriously, it took few more minutes before I stopped self-pitying. I would admit I was angry to those who just stood there and did nothing. I thought it was human nature to help others. Hell, I was wrong. Not all humans have natural willingness to help. I just experienced that.
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Hope you get better well Amor
The world is getting nastier every hour, but I was quite surprised nobody actually cared to help you out there. :0
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Thanks Kenneth. Yes, I was surprised too. But I still believe there are Good samaritans out there. It just so happen they were not around when I fell.
Maybe they were busy being good samaritan to other people. 
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Grabe ha! Nasan ba si Superman ng mga panahong iyon? Baka nasa work! hehe… hayaan mo na gagaling rin yan, buti na lang di malala ung galos. Di mo talaga ma pplease ang isang tao para tumulong lalo na at wala sa bokabularyo nya ung salitang "help"…! Ikain mo nlang ulit
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Ay naku fren si superman busy siguro sa Facebook o sa blog o sa Farm nya kaya di nya ako nasalo. Or nagdalawang isip sya kasi mabigat daw ako, hehe.
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saang sm ka nahulog? shame on them who didn’t care to help!
i remember one time, hubby and i went to the mall.. we were carrying loads of plastics of groceries then.. medyo nahirapan si hubby sa dami, so binaba muna nya ang iba sa paanan ng escalator.. there was that one guy who helped him carry the things until the trike stop (we live very near a mall, so trike lang kami pauwi after grocery tapos lakad lang kung magaan lang ang dalahin)..
he thanked the guy and the guy just gave him a smile.. kakatuwa di ba? pero siguro depende den kung anong klase ng mga tao ang nasa paligid mo that time that you need help, di ba? may mga taong likas na matulungin, may mga taong matitigas naman ang mukha na parang walang pakialam..
madalas ganyan den sa mrt, matanda, may dalang baby or buntis yun tao hindi nila paupuin.. minsan, hahanapin ko yung pinakabata-bata na nakaupo tapos sasabihan ko ng, "miss, bigay mo nalang yan seat mo sa buntis"..kakaawa kasi e.. i know how hard it is to be "buntis" tapos walang mag-offer ng seat.. tsk! tsk!
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Sa SM Manila sis. Shame on them talaga, bitter pa rin ako haha. Ang pait kaya!
Marami pa rin namang willing tumulong, na encounter ko rin naman na matulungan sa pagbubuhat etc. It’s just so sasd na absent sila nung time na mas kailangan ko sila.
Sa MRT at sa bus naku sinabi mo pa, kahit matanda at bata at lalo na ang buntis dinededma lang nung mga nakaupong mga lalaki.
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forgive me, at first glance i thought i was looking at your butt. hehe.
kidding aside, hope you’re feeling better now. i agree with you when you said that not everyone has that willingness to help others. i experience it every single day. as a matter of fact, i rode the MRT today and stood all the way from magallanes to quezon avenue station because no one had the heart to offer me their seat. how sad.
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Okay lang sis, I wanted to post my own pic kaya lang it’s so dyahe naman hehehe…
I’m okay now. Almost 1 week na naman, kaso di pa ako masyadong makatakbo, pano pa ako sasali sa SEA games nito haha.
Mahirap nga sa buntis yung ganun, ang hirap pa namang tumayo ng matagal. Sana lagi kang may makasabay na mag o-offer ng seat sayo.
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This is what I don’t like from people. They do not help other who have fallen in such situations. The same thing happened to me when I fell from my motor cycle. May be we have to learn to live. But still I help people who fell in roads. May god give them brains.
Good to hear that Sean has not fallen. God bless…
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Thank you. Sad to know you also experience the same fate. How heartless these people are. But there are still good samaritans out there. Just like the young lady who helped us today.
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At first I thought you fell from the stairs at your house. Pero sa mall pala at wala man lang tumulong. Kakainis naman! Iba na talaga ang panahon ngayon, parang walang pakialaman na at hindi na maganda ang ganito.
Hope you didn’t get the same bruise in the picture. Ayy, ang sakit yata nun.
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So masaklap talaga dahil wala man lang tumulong. Bitter-bitteran talaga ako. Kung matatandaan ko lang sana mga mukha nila haha. Bitter ampalaya talaga ang drama ko. Pero at least di ako katulad nila coz at some point in my life I was able to help a woman who suffered the same fate, at yung ibang mas unang nakakita at mas malapit sa girl ayun uzi mode lang din sila. Siguro naman kung inabot ako ng 1 hour bago nakatayo, may tumulong din sa akin, haha.
Unfortunately friend, I do have the same bruise, medyo lower side lang. I took a picture of it pero syempre iba yung ni-post ko rito hehe.
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from the looks of it, it must really hurt… hope you get well soon…
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It hurts talaga, huhu. Thanks Sernan.
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Para kang sumali sa fraternity… ganyan yung nangyari sa akin dati… Hirap umupo… hehehehehe…
Pero dati nung may matanda na nahulog sa hagdan sa tiendesitas, di ko naman matiis na daanan lang.. syempre.. super hero dating ko… pero mataray ang donya…Habang binubuhat – "Nang anong nangyari, ok lang po ba kayo… " ang sagot "Kita mo nang nahulog tatanong ka pa.. pero salamat iho…" – hehehehehehe….. eh kasi naman panay lingon sa shooting ni ding dong dantes.. ayan tuloy… hehehehehe….
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Hey Amor, Please take very good care of yourself.
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Thanks Shanker. I’ll be very careful next time. I hope it wont happen again.
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Buti nalang at di tumama ang ulo mo….kaasar naman wala man lang nagtayo sayo. You take care.
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Oo nga po Ate Kap, buti hindi tumama ulo ko sa semento at di ako nabalian ng buto. I’ll be extra careful next time. Thanks a lot.
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Akala ko po ikaw yung nasa picture, galing palang Wikipedia.
Anyway, I hope maging ok na lagay nyo ngayon.
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Oh no too bad, hoping for an immediate recovery..tsk first I thought ikaw yung nasa image then suddenly nakita ko balbon yung arm haha crackin jokes lang hehe.
Hi Amor.
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Kala ko ikaw yung nasa picture. Good thing that is not you.
Hoping for your speedy recovery.
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alam ko bibihira na lang ang magkusa at magmalasakit ngayon… pero yung wala talaga?!
tsk!
hope you are fine now Amor
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Tot ikaw na yung nasa image. ^_^
minsan nakakatawa na u were expectin’ something from someone who never really cares unless they’re the one in need.
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how sad naman. ok lang yung nadulas ka. kasi lampa ako so i understand. pero yung no one helped you? that’s so sad. pero hope you are okay na po. next time super duper ingat na lang po. and i’m glad na di nasaktan si sean.
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Musta Ate Amor? Hope you are feeling better now. Sana sinabi mo sa mga istambay: "Kaya nyo yon?!" Sabay irap.
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