I have a thing about water containers, and when I lost one, I couldn't stop thinking about it. This 1.4 liter Nalgene bottle was lost when I helped facilitate the 2015 UP Mountaineers Skills Test at Sandugo Basecamp at Pintong Bocaue, Rizal last late November 2015. It is one of my favorite vessels as it is large and has a large mouth, which makes it easier to drop in ice cubes for a refreshing drink. For the life of me, I couldn't find it anywhere, not in my bags, not at camp, not at the car, though I swore that I brought it along with me. When I went home after the activity, I looked for it everywhere - I am a bit obsessed with this kind of stuff - but it was nowhere to be found.. So I just curled up into a fetal position and resigned myself to losing a great water bottle.
A couple of days ago, I went back to Pintong Bocaue, this time to get some Marang (a cousin of the Guyabano) seedlings. On a whim I went to the sari sari store in front of Basecamp and asked the woman inside if she saw a Nalgene bottle that was this big and so and so, describing the errant container as best as I could hoping that it would somehow materialize ..... and the lady just cut me short and said, wait, it's here. She went to her house at the back and emerged later with my bottle, which was clean and dry. She said she was waiting for someone to claim it. And it all rushed back to me now - I went to the store when we arrived Saturday morning, where I planned to buy a liter of soda and pour the contents into the bottle. Instead I decided to get three liters, and somehow left the Nalgene bottle on that little store window when I carried the three soda bottles. Man, i am getting old, and this memory lapse just proves it.
But thank God for honest people. Aling Sara, mabuhay ka! May your tribe increase, and may your store prosper. Whenever I go back to Pintong Bocaue, by bike or car, i will stop by your place and purchase everything in sight!
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