It's like a fuzzy dream. Not more than ten days ago, I was still in an isolated island in Palawan, having problems getting urgent requirements sent over the internet. (Read: 3G in the province sucks big time!) I almost thought it won't happen as I kept on facing a LOT of obstacles along the way, every single day. I won't bore you with every detail but I can tell you that it's been a long while since I prayed as much as I have during the past two weeks.
So, here I am now. I think most people still don't know where, or even the fact that I already left Palawan/Manila. Only a handful knew I was leaving, and because it was so all of a sudden too. To give you an idea of how sudden, I was still at Mckinley Hill until 5:30PM last Monday, running around getting my clearance signed because I just got back from Palawan and there was no other day left to do it. My flight was at 9:10PM.
Fast forward to the past week that just happened, here are photos from my phone all filtered using VSCO's T1.
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| Why is my polaroid not on that wall yet until now, Gap Year Hostel?? |
The place I found in the internet wasn't gonna be available until the weekend and I was going to arrive in Singapore at the wee hours so I booked accommodations at the only hostel I stay at whenever I travel to Singapore, the Gap Year Hostel.
I slept for a while until I got a call from my employer. I needed to show up in the office as soon as possible. This is when I actually debated if I should take a bath or hurriedly go to the office in whatever I was wearing. I didn't want to show up on my first day of work un-bathed so I showered in record time.
Around 4PM, my employer asked if I already had lunch. And that's only when I remembered the last time I ate was 5PM the day before when I half-ate the chicken McDo meal my friend, Len, gave me when I was having my clearance signed. "Lau Pa Sat is waiting for you, then!", said my employer.
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| It's a tradition: Chicken rice is ALWAYS the first and last meal |
Then, Santy reached out to me and asked me if I wanted a welcome dinner, to which I wholeheartedly said "Yes!"to.
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| Santy's Ma-Yey Treat. Thanks a lot, bud! Wine night soon! |
The next day, I had to start going to the client office. It was far from my hostel and I wanted to get there early so (first mistake) I took the taxi and (second mistake) it happened to be one of those luxury taxis. I can't even disclose here how much I spent on it. It is now filed under: stupidity expenses.
In the client office, there's a canteen that sells really inexpensive meals. This is also where I started having two or more viands for every meal. HOW CAN I NOT, WALKING AROUND MADE ME HUNGRY.
Now that I think about it, this is the longest I have gone without Jollibee, or any fast food for that matter. Jollibee was right outside my place in Taguig which is why instead of real food, I prefer just swinging by to grab burger steak. And when I was really hungry, I'd get Chickenjoy, too. This week, it has all been hawker and restaurant food c/o Santy.
One night while riding the bus, I was so busy chatting with my best friends on my phone that I actually missed my bus stop by 3 stops. I was so turned around that I kept going back and forth this part of town. Imagine me carrying a laptop bag with two laptops on one shoulder, and a heavy handbag on another, and all I could see was this football field. What a nightmare!
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| WHY AM I HERE??? |
I don't ever want to take a taxi again, unless it's an emergency. And because, I had an emergency (real emergency, as in I-can-get-deported-if-I-can't-get-it-together emergency. Uh-huh, it's always an intense and a colorful life for me!) Thankfully, there's a good alternative to taxis, the GrabCar. I went on an booked one. Tip: You can use promo code: GCGSS until the end of July for 3 rides with SGD 5 discount per ride.
