It's rare to see a pink panda brooding over her ham and cheese croissant in the darkest corner of a Starbucks cafe. But if you happen to be there early on a Sunday morning, you must have seen her. Besides, there wasn't much of a crowd at that time.
The pink panda was staring at her croissant as if it was the first time she saw one. She stared. And stared. And stared some more before she decided to poke it with her fork. And continued on staring at it.
panda: *stare*
croissant: *can't raise an eyebrow cause it doesn't have one*
panda: wahh.. ayoko sayo.. hindi kita kakainin. hindi ganyan kalambot ang bamoo... >.<
And the pink panda went back to her brooding. She was pretending to study with her eyes fixed on an empty page of her notebook. Yes, pretending was the word. She was still ignoring the croissant in front of her until she heard her stomach growl in complaint.
panda: *stared at croissant again*
croissant: *can't roll eyes coz it doesn't have one*
panda: masarap ba ang bamboo kahit tuyo na (brown na kasi yung kulay) at tinutubuan na ng mushroom (ung ham and cheese sa gitna)...?
The panda had no choice because her stomach continued growling, and thus decided to eat the overstared croissant. Surprisingly, she found it delicious and was able to eat almost half of it before she started brooding again. She stared at nothing in particular and became teary-eyed after a while.
panda: kon-chaaaaaaaan...T.T
croissant: kainin mo na lang ako, pwede? (joke lang. hindi nmn nagsasalita ang mga croissant e. >.<)
Kon was the name of the pink panda's pet lion. It was round, yellow-orangey in color, has a wooden button for its belly button, and its head resembles a sunflower.
panda: hindi nga siya sunflower e...!! >.<
Okay, so scratch that last part. 'sunflower' is taboo around here. Anyway, the panda was still brooding and her pet lion, Kon, caused her all that grief.
[flashback]
She was about to take a trip back home to her homeland. Her things were packed, her bags ready, and she can't wait to go. She locked the door of her apartment and went on her way. But Loki, the god of mischief, decided to play a trick on her. She tripped on a rock and the keys she was was juggling on her hands went flying to the air --- and landed on a nearby swamp. The keys sank and the swamp bubbled in delight. And as if that wasn't enough, an alligator swallowed the said keys and swam away quickly.
The pink panda could just stare as all of that happened before her eyes in a split second. It wouldn't have been that big a deal until she remembered that she had left her pet lion in her apartment and locked him there with no company. She was in so much distress and she had no idea where she was actually going. Her train home was still in 10 hours. She allowed her feet to bring her anywhere and before she knew it, she was standing outside a Starbucks cafe.
[end of flashack]
The pink panda stayed there all day, brooding about her pet lion, her half-eaten croissant completely forgotten. People started to stare and throw weird glances at her but she couldn't care any less. When it was time for her to leave for the train station, she quickly dried her eyes and slowly got up from her seat. She glanced back at her croissant and started sniffing again.
panda: mas masarap pa rin ang bamboo...
croissant: *can't punch the lights out of the panda cause it doesn't have hands to egin with*
THE END
moral of the story: you can't learn anything from a nonsense story.
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