An ordinary day in an Extraordinary experience

I may not experience everything what is new and advance but I’m thankful I’ve experienced the least of what technology can offer to me.My sister and I are helping this boy named Arnel in his studies who is already second year college now. I used to visit him in Malaybalay City, a three-hour drive from my place, where he studies. Last January I told Arnel to go to my place, Cagayan de Oro City and instructed him how he could get to Cagayan. Then finally he reached the city and he called me on my cellphone that he arrived in the bus terminal already. Then I instructed him again how he could reach to my boarding house and told him to call me when he is in the gate already. So finally we met and the first thing we did was to find a place where we could eat. So I brought him to an Eat all You can restaurant and after, we went first at the nearest mall. Then we stepped on the escalator and elevator. Arnel was so observant on the things around us and of course because he was new to the place. He never asked me anything and I just also watched him. When we got tired, we ate at the fast food then I asked him what he could say about the place. Then he told me that he was so happy because everything that he experienced was his first time. I asked him, “Unsa man ang first time? (What is your first time?).” Then he answered, “first time nako sakay og aircon na bus te (It is my first time to ride an air conditioned bus). First time pud nako kita escalator og elevator (it is my first time also to see an escalator and elevator).” Then I told him, “pag sure ba? Wala ba diay escalator sa Malaybalay? (Are you sure? There are no escalators in Malaybalay?)” and he answered me with a big “NO.”Arnel comes from a depressed area where money is really hard to find. He would walk in order for him to get into his school. Then finally he is now in the city. It is just a small city where you can find some of the best schools in their area. While eating at the fast food he shared to me that he was so happy because it was his first time to ride an air conditioned bus. He also shared that it was his first time to see an escalator and elevator and first time to step on an escalator and elevator. I was so touch and a big realization sink in that I am blessed for whatever life we have with my family. At first, I don’t believe him when he told me he hasn’t seen an escalator. It’s like every small cities where there are malls, the first thing you can see is an escalator. But I was wrong, like Arnel, he hasn’t seen an escalator yet. After sharing we went to our school, we tour our school then we sit on one of the benches in our campus. We were so tired that no one of us initiated to talk. We just stared at the green grass of the soccer field and observing some students in the campus.While watching at they sky, we noticed that it’s getting dark so I decided to let Arnel go home because he still need to ride a bus. When we were in the Agora bus station and waiting for the next bus for Malaybalay, he approached me and thanked me. Then I went home to my boarding house and slouch down on my bed. The day was really amazing for me.There are things that sometimes I took for granted because I usually encounter them. But when I saw Arnel’s face filled with joy, I think I feel twice happier than Arnel. Although that day was so ordinary but I felt extraordinary that time. It was like I was teaching a toddler or a little kid that every time I showed something new, he got amazed because it’s like he learned something new. What an ordinary day in an extraordinary experience!