4: Patience

"With patience comes victory." True to those words, waiting for 40 minutes for an FX (fare worth P15) to avoid having to fall in line in the FX terminal (fare worth P25) or taking a cab (worth P60-P70) was worth it. When I was about to give up because my mom was angrily texting me why I still was not home and my bladder was already expanded near its limits, I calmly counted from 1 to 60. If, after one minute, there is still no FX in sight, I would ride one of the many, many cabs passing by me instead. But, lo and behold, when I was at line of 5 already, there came an FX.

It's amazing how life shows you the value of patience.