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ProClimber Bangkok

running late for my first ever wall climbing lesson,
i hopped on a cab and said "Soi Chan" as clearly
as possible. syempre, di pa rin nya ako naiintindihan.
so i gave him the map, which he couldn't make sense of.
he had to park by the side of the road and trace
the map with his fingers, all the while with a confused
frown on his face. i figured he didn't understand
english characters.
he'd turn to me and ask some inscrutable question,
and i'd give him some retarded, monosyllabic answer.

so finally, he unfolds the piece of paper where the
map was printed, finds the number of the place
and calls them up on his own cellphone(!) to ask for directions.

aww, kindness! what a great boost to my faith in humanity.
shucks, thank god for smart and kind cab drivers.
not just the polite kind of kind, but the
go-out-of-their-way, find-a-solution kind.
if only there were more of that kind of
kind people in the world, it'd be a much better place.