I don’t understand why people insist on going out of Manila at this time…though it is exactly for these same folks going out that I get to enjoy being left here when there’s no traffic,no noisy vendors and no commuters jostling each other. I imagine that Manila during the Holy Week was like the 60s when the city’s population didn’t yet balloon to millions and the local transportation office didn’t yet give permits to every pesky jeepney and tricycle that applied to run the block. This is exactly what I wish the city to be, less of course the dirt, the pollution and the homeless, hungry people.

The only downside is that almost all of the establishments were closed for the most part during Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. I was hankering for a foot spa but which salon would open when you’re supposed to do your visita iglesia? I’d reason that I want a foot spa before I could even start the Stations of the Cross… “cleanliness” after all “is next to godliness.” Good thing that good ol’ outlets like 7-Eleven, Jollibee and the pares house next door remained open. And they didn’t have so many fish selections to begin with. The internet cafe near my place remained surprisingly open too, and I can only sigh since it’s hard being an “internet squatter.” Can’t wait to have a computer of my own again. Being without it is like having a chair with no legs, or a bed without a mattress… whatever.
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