The Funny Thing About Today
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
I had a bizaare way of starting my day and every time I remember what happened this afternoon (yes, I start my days in the afternoon), I can't help but smile or laugh.
You see, when I rode my car this afternoon to go to work, I was wondering why there were so many ants. A few days ago, there were several black ants crawling on the passenger side's door but the next day, they were gone. Today, there were few tiny red ants (but not as big as black ants). I began wondering when was the last time I had food in my car and I remember it was around early May, when I brought Starbucks coffee to A's office to surprise him while he was pulling an all nighter with his team. I knew it couldn't be food. But why did the ants have a home in my car? And where were they coming from???
Our household help, who was helping me bring my things to the car, noticed that they were coming from the driver's side's door so I pulled the door wide open to take a peek at the hinges. True enough, ants were crawling up and down the side of the door. If you notice, there are empty, open spaces above and below the hinges of car door and the bottom space was packed with what seemed like dirt. I called the driver and asked him to get a stick so we can dig out the dirt.
But it wasn't dirt. It was actually dried up Ipil leaves, which are as small as a grain of rice, from our Ipil tree which I park my car close to. Apparently, the leaves fell into the water drainage by the wipers and didnt exactly drain out. So there we were, flushing out the dried leaves.
And then, something caught my eye. At the open space above the hinges, there was something dangling inside. My goodness! It was a plant! Yes! THERE'S A PLANT IN MY CAR!!! In my fender, to be exact! And no, it wasn't dangling, as I originally thought. It had grown already. So we kept flushing it out and eventually, it did. It was about 4 inches long but the stem was thinner than a toothpick and there were 2 yellow leaves on it.
According to the driver, Ipil leaves, when dried out, becomes like soil. A seed probably fell into the water drainage, imbedding itself in the dried up Ipil leaves and well, it eventually grew. But the odd thing is, how did it manage to grow without sunlight??? People have joked that a dwende or dwarf lives in my car.
Imagine if we didn't know about the plant. I might end up driving around Manila with a tree in my car!
You see, when I rode my car this afternoon to go to work, I was wondering why there were so many ants. A few days ago, there were several black ants crawling on the passenger side's door but the next day, they were gone. Today, there were few tiny red ants (but not as big as black ants). I began wondering when was the last time I had food in my car and I remember it was around early May, when I brought Starbucks coffee to A's office to surprise him while he was pulling an all nighter with his team. I knew it couldn't be food. But why did the ants have a home in my car? And where were they coming from???
Our household help, who was helping me bring my things to the car, noticed that they were coming from the driver's side's door so I pulled the door wide open to take a peek at the hinges. True enough, ants were crawling up and down the side of the door. If you notice, there are empty, open spaces above and below the hinges of car door and the bottom space was packed with what seemed like dirt. I called the driver and asked him to get a stick so we can dig out the dirt.
But it wasn't dirt. It was actually dried up Ipil leaves, which are as small as a grain of rice, from our Ipil tree which I park my car close to. Apparently, the leaves fell into the water drainage by the wipers and didnt exactly drain out. So there we were, flushing out the dried leaves.
And then, something caught my eye. At the open space above the hinges, there was something dangling inside. My goodness! It was a plant! Yes! THERE'S A PLANT IN MY CAR!!! In my fender, to be exact! And no, it wasn't dangling, as I originally thought. It had grown already. So we kept flushing it out and eventually, it did. It was about 4 inches long but the stem was thinner than a toothpick and there were 2 yellow leaves on it.
According to the driver, Ipil leaves, when dried out, becomes like soil. A seed probably fell into the water drainage, imbedding itself in the dried up Ipil leaves and well, it eventually grew. But the odd thing is, how did it manage to grow without sunlight??? People have joked that a dwende or dwarf lives in my car.
Imagine if we didn't know about the plant. I might end up driving around Manila with a tree in my car!
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