touring manila

What a day.

I seriously have no idea what is wrong with me. What in the world in my mind compels me to say yes to EVERYTHING??!!

ok. what happened today?

So we had the NYC thing, right? It was in Jollibee banawe. Why they chose jollibee when Mcdo is right next to their office is beyond me. Oh, i don't think MCdo has a party place. Could be, could be.

i don't really think that's important. This whole NYC thing is getting on my nerves already.

What was memorable was Mcdo with ja-ne, tong and laarni. I don't want to divulge anything but let's just say it's gonna shock the UPSCANS. hahahaha!!!

When we finally left Mcdo, Laarni suggested i ride with tong to go to quiapo or FEU or whatever. In her words, it was simpler than going back to edsa, riding the mrt, then taking another jeep. so, sure, ok!! i'm guessing they know more than i do! besides, i told tong there was a jeep from quiapo that goes straight to pasig. so, oo ba. and i assumed tong knew.

Oh, God. We were all so wrong.

tong asked me on the way to quiapo if i knew where the jeeps were. i told her it was near the church. Of course, i was totally relying on my memory from last Saturday when i accompanied Ma, elaine and ariel (both de guzmans) to divisoria and quiapo. But i had no previous experience whatsoever commuting from quiapo to pasig. Still, i was pretty confident we knew (or one of us did) what we were doing.

Of course, i forgot to tell tong, that i was sulking that whole saturday because i was the "service wench" (in joey's words) of Ma and therefore, paid very little attention to my surroundings. And i also forgot to tell her that things look so different when you're riding in a car, and you're not exactly walking the crowded streets of manila. Oh, also my time in the car was spent trying to find ways to fall asleep. I don't think i made a very productive contribution to our situation. ya think?

so, we got off at the church, and there, we were completely clueless... well, at least i was. i'm not sure though about tong. tong said "ok, lakad na lang tayo. alam ko may dumadaan dito eh..." We spent the next twenty minutes or so walking the streets of quiapo, then avenida, while making jokes about going to SM manila to watch shrek or ride the LRT and end up in edsa. Good thing tong decided she'd call her house to ask for directions. After that, we ended up walking even more to recto, and FINALLY!! we saw the jeeps marked Pasig Palengke. Thank you, God. Thank God for tong.

i seriously can't believe what i just did. That part was completely alien to me. I don't even remember going to avenida as a child, either in a car or any other way. And half the trip (or more) going back to Pasig was f-o-r-e-i-g-n. I spent that part of trip, chewing what was left of my long nails (i chewed a part of them yesterday while watching game 3 of the lakers-timberwolves series). I only relaxed when i saw the familiar signs of the shaw-mrt station, shangrila and 7-11 crossing. When i looked down on my lap, there were bits of my nails strew all over. Yeah, gross.

One thing i learned from all this, just take the safer route!! One that i know of!! Especially when i'm supposed to be online at that time.

But then, it does make me realize (even more so, lately) that i do live one hell of a sheltered life. And even though, you pass the same roads, life in the car is so much different than life on the streets.