Big Grin

The quite street of LaSalle welcomed us with an abandoned atmosphere on a

Sunday. Ilyn and I wondered around the street and looking for some activities. The
usual laughter of students coming in and out of the campus is an absence condition
today. Some shops are opened with no shoppers. The empty chairs of cafeterias
across the streets are another lonely sites.

As we waited for some signs of life, we heard a silent but distinct thud
(padyak) and a whistle and we looked our way to that familiar sound, Marvin, in his
thirty, came to us with a big grin in his face and asked us Asa Mo Maam? (Where
are you heading?). Ilyn and I asked if we could hop in. Marvin excitedly kept on
smiling. In my mind, I thought he is excited about two potential passengers at this
quite place on a Sunday. We stop at the corner where a shed is located. Marvin still
smiling at this point. We talked to Marvin as if he had all the time in the world, and
showed no sign of worry whether he could reach his boundary today of P80.00.
For ten years he paddled thru the heavy rains and thru beautiful sunshines of
Ozamiz City.

We asked if he is happy with the type of work he has and Marvin keeps a
huge grin in his face saying he enjoyed dropping passengers to different places
around the city with his pedicab. For most days, he gets 150 pesos if he does not
rest. He gets around a 100 pesos if he chooses to rest in between periods. he is
happy driving people around the city while waiting for a new opportunity available
in the future for people like who have not finished a degree in the college.

Actuations we saw about Marvin was purely a genuine picture of a happy man. The
fact the he stormed the storms and face the heat head on with a huge grin in his
face, regardless of the conditions of the weather and positions in society, Marvin a
pedicab driver is happy with his work in Ozamiz City.