Floody Friday

The sudden and heavy down pour of rain late this afternoon caused a lot of trouble for commuters like me. I tried to avoid as much delay as possible by avoiding the seemingly never ending line of commuters in our *&^%$#@! MRT.

My first choice was to take the Baclaran-bound bus to get to LRT in Edsa-Taft station. When I reached the loading bay, there were a bunch of people standing and waiting in the "supposedly" restricted area. It was a bad sign.

I ended up walking towards Ayala Avenue (across Rustan's) to take a Buendia-bound bus. Normally, the buses would pick up passengers in the unloading area, but since it was still early and there were traffic enforcers in the unloading area, bus drivers didn't dare to stop.

I have no idea when those guys would leave so instead of waiting for them to leave, I went on to walk towards the official loading area, which happen to be 4 freaking blocks away!!! I don't get the whole point to separating the loading from the unloading area. It's been there for quite a long time and yet it has never resolved the congestion problem in Ayala Avenue.

After a few minutes, I reached the loading area and got inside an almost empty bus. Then, I spent the next hour or so seated inside the frustratingly slow moving vehicle before finally transferring to the shuttle service to Moriones.

The shuttle avoided the Buendia - Roxas Boulevard route and took the Taft - Intramuros route. We reached Juan Luna street in under an hour, however, I was faced with a terrible obstacle.

The streets were flooded, ankle-deep, I had no way of getting out of the van without getting my shoes, pants, and feet soaked in dark water. The inevitable happened.

It was frustrating, I decided not to take the jeep anymore and just walk home. I walked at least 7-9 blocks before finally reaching home. I tried to avoid the flooded areas as much as I could but in most areas, I had no choice but to dip while trying to avoid open manholes. At one point I was literally in the middle of the road, tailing some jeep or with another car tailing me.

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The best part of the day, however, was not the rain nor the flood. It was the time when I punched a stupid kid in the street after he made fun of me. Most of the time, people make fun of Chinese people like me by uttering some random phrases which basically makes fun of the Chinese language.

Normally, I would just ignore them, even though I really find it offensive and disrespectful, regardless if it was being done for fun.

This time it was different, the timing and the place was perfect, he never saw it coming, the stupid kid thought I'm gonna let him get away. He got what he deserved. Ha ha ha. After that I walked way and he continued his bullsh*t, I wanted to turn back and punch him harder, but my "kindness" prevailed.

He was lucky because it was a very weak punch. I only intended to scare him off. If I was serious enough, he probably might have bled or something. He he he.

Happy long weekend everyone! :)

Water, Water Everywhere

Some photos from this morning...

Flooded street...


Flooded inside...


At least an inch...


Paper boats...

Soaked Wet

I woke up a bit late today because I was really tired from another series of overtime work. I left the house around 7:30AM hoping to catch the 8:20 trip.

But to my disappointment, the colorum van I was riding was caught in traffic even before it could reach Roxas Boulevard. So much for the 8:20 trip. I just hoped that I could still catch up with the last trip (8:45).

Again, to my disappointment, before we reach Makati, heavy rains started to pour. Which worsened the traffic conditions in the area. T_T

I arrived at my usual drop-off point (The Peninsula Manila) around 8:50 and it was really raining hard. My umbrella was pretty much useless in preventing my jeans from getting wet.

I've decided to get a cab near Starbucks instead of walking to the Fort Bus terminal.
Finally, I was able to reach the office in one piece. It's just that I'm soaked wet. T_T

The first thing I did was to change my clothes so I won't get sick. Good thing I kept a pair of shorts in my cabinet. Then, I left my shirt, jeans, and socks in the eating room to let them dry.

It was an awkward day. Having to wear shorts on a working day. Not to mention the lady slippers I borrowed from Harmy. I tried my best not to move around a lot. >.<


The black one is mine and I bought the green one for my younger sister...


And I'll be retiring my 5+ year old semi-automatic umbrella which has served my pretty well in the past few years...


29 days to go...