"I should be back home before the sun comes down," I said to myself. A bus dispatcher on the terminal approached me, "Where are you heading,mam?" "Baguio," I politely replied. "Where are the buses?" "Oh, you better take the van, ma'm. Buses will be arriving soon but you will have to wait 3 more hours before it takes off." Okay, fine. I motioned toward the open van, entered carefully upon seeing two passengers already sitting on the mid-part. I was thinking that sitting at the back will give me quiet time maybe. It was barely a second after I sat, vendors start knocking on my window. P-e-r-s-i-s-t-e-n-t-l-y. These vendors are never gonna leave me unless I buy. Gotta show them I bought already. Okay, fine. Buy and goodbye. One by one, passengers start coming in. Thirty minutes after, we're hitting the road. Finally. Time for me to sleep. In two hours, I should be where I wanna be. ...