I’m at
a very posh Starbucks right now. Everyone is busy doing work. Some are having
business meetings. Some are studying law. Others are writing Excel files. Me?
I’m just chilling with my hot coffee on a windy balcony overlooking Global
City. This Starbucks is probably the nicest I’ve ever been to. It’s next to
Army Navy Burger and Burrito which I’ve heard is very good. I walked into see
how good it was. It was good. It was so good that the prices were too high.
That’s how I knew it had good food. PS – I walked out. Now I want a hamburger
and fries…
I
didn’t have school today. Big boy Gener blew in and caused my screen door to
bang all night. It kept me awake until 2am. I also dreamed of cockroach attacks
all night long. I woke up (and I’m pretty sure I yelled) because I dreamed that
it went up my shirt sleeve. I’m telling you – Joash’s roach pictures on my
Facebook wall are to blame. Anyway, Gener blew around so much rain that classes
all over the city and beyond were suspended. Some schools are already cancelled
for tomorrow. (Cancelled is British spelling?) So far no word on Taguig yet.
I went
to school to staple some papers together for the research project I’m starting
with the kids. The kids are all worried, except for my nerdlet who likes all my
grammar jokes and smiles at the words “research paper”. He’s already preparing
his topics of interest at home. (He posted so on our class website.) Well done,
young Padawan. I also went to Fully Booked and read the latest Penderwicks book
(there are now THREE) and saw some of my students. They got sent to the
bookstore on their day off. One of them didn’t look too thrilled to be there.
So yes,
I moved with Hapi. We have a nice little apartment with lots of leaks and
cockroaches. Actually, the cockroach population is not that extreme because of
my evening rituals of spraying all over the place when we get home. In order to
get to the apartment, you have to go through a very crowded market. I love it.
I love all the color and noise and crowdedness. It’s so… community-ish. In
spite of all the crowds, our street is pretty quiet, except for when the wind
bangs the screen door.
Anyway,
I’m bored at Starbucks, so I thought I’d look like I’m doing work by updating
my blog. I can’t actually post this because I don’t really have internet.
Typing in a Word document makes it look even more like I’m working hard.
I
suppose I’ll go on my peripatetic way and head home. Maybe I’ll make fried
chicken and steam some broccoli. Or maybe I’ll just read the book I got at
Booksale. (I buy books at Booksale and just read the books at Fully Booked –
seriously, lower the prices, man!)
Asta la
byebye!
