Chinatown Manila

A calesa on the opposite side of the street. I think it’s cruel and I have to bear the sight of it in almost every corner downtown.
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Manila is so hot right now… as in literally.

The Philippines is having one of its hottest summer in years with yesterday’s temperature rising to as high as 39.2 Celsius. It rose to above 37 C in the Metro too. I mean that’s like the Metro is having a fever, right?

Anyway, time to drink up again lots of liquids. And maybe it’s not too late to setup that Halo Halo stand?

News Sources:

ABS-CBN News

At times when I stay late at work, my dad picks me and my mom up from the office. And since dad has no cellphone, we ask him to just be there whenever we think we’d be done. At the appointed time, I’d call the backside building guradhouse to check if our car is there.

Mind you, this doesn’t happen every single day. So imagine my surprise when one night I rang up the guard again, but without me saying a word he quickly spoke “[insert license plate number], is here”. Before I could reply I couldn’t help myself but laugh. After a minute of giggling, I said my “Thank you” and placed down the phone.

Now you see, security guards have a rotation, so we don’t necessarily have the same guard in night shift for 2 days in a row. But the same thing happens every single night for the past week. I wasn’t even asking anything yet, but they would already answer with “I’ll check ma’m”, “Not yet here, ma’m” or “It’s here.”

Wow. Did they suddenly have caller ID or something? I just wish they’d call me when my dad is there. *giggles* But that would be asking too much.

Quick note. I almost forgot!

“The Internet Society Program (ISP) of the U.P. College of Law is pleased to announce the holding of the 1st Philippine Blogging Summit — an open event where Pinoy bloggers and newbies can discuss everything and anything about blogging. “

It’s this Saturday, 8am – 5pm at the NISMED, UP Diliman. Attendance is free but online registration is required.

The Sassy Lawyer will be one of the speakers! Go here for more details.

I’m planning to go (hopefully I push through with this) so if you’re there on Saturday and you see me, come up to me and say hi.

I’ll try not to claw you.

I’m off.