Once Upon a Jeepney Ride
Hello, world! I'm back! And, I'm just going to pretend that this blog hasn't been on hiatus for about four months even after I said I'd be blogging more. Oh, well. So, where were we? *winks* I'm supposed to be finishing an academic paper at the moment, but I had to take a break from the academic stuff. So, I thought of dusting off this blog and writing about any random non-academic thing that comes to mind. And, what comes to mind right now is a story I have wanted to share in this blog for quite some time now. I think now is a good time to finally get on it. I do hope we all learn from it. ***** One day, in Christian-dominated Metro Manila, a Muslim lady got on a jeepney. The other passengers in the jeepney knew instantly that she was Muslim because of the hijab (veil) she had on. Some of the passengers ignored her and some gave her the usual glare that, by now, she'd become so used to. Not that she could blame them, news on TV and on print kept using ...