Gopal, talks to himself a lot, being a driver, his position in society is not high, but he's not that stupid, like any filipino, thinks very high of himself, and respect what he's doing, and he does it professionally. he knows a lot of filipino geography, though may not be that widely travelled, if you ask him the name of the place somewhere outside of manila, he knows it or tries to figure it out.
one time they were out in laguna, and they wanted to pull over to buy buko pie, the famous pie from laguna.
they were asking around where to get the yummy pie.
gopal asked a passer-by, "excuse me, do you know where is 'the original buko pie' shop?"
"ah... just go straight and take a left, then right, then left, all the way pass the traffic light, then right...."
there were too many lefts and rights.... but gopal nodded his head anyway, and thanked the good samaritan, and he drove on.
lo and behold, after 10 minutes turning left and right, they were in front of the 'the original buko pie' shop.
how did he do it?
he said, "i have a one-track mind..... left and right, crooked or straight mean only one thing to me - they are info i have to remember to get to the destination."
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