Fwd: Friday, 16-September-2011 :: Event/s of the Day & Twitter Log

[starshadow_rivaulx]

Event of the Day: Ramon's blood test and Divisoria shopping day. The latter went much more smoothly than the former, given that the computerized queue system at the Makati Med pathology lab was down and needed about three reboots to get back to bare minimum.

Got out of Makati Med, Ramon had a good lab tech that got the right amount of blood with a minimum of pain. Dropped him at the PNR station while I tucked the car away at Cash n Carry - the guard was surprised to see me so early in the morning, but totally understood when I explained my intentions. Managed to catch up with Ramon just as the 8.45am train (supposedly the 8.30am train) arrived, so we caught that, and found ourselves in Tutuban in about half an hour or so.

Walked nice and slowly along the side of the Tutuban Mall, and had ourselves breakfast at the Chow King. Once breakfast had settled, we used the public washrooms in the Mall (2nd floor stairs beside the McDonald's, follow the directional signs) before moving out into Recto. Hubby was looking a bit green about the gills, so we walked at a snail's pace - fortunately there were lots of clouds and a strong breeze to keep him cool.

Dear heavenly days, but what an assortment of goods there are! Good stuff from Php100-120 starting price. Picked up five pillowcases for Php100, to share with Ma. Strolled down towards Tabora and my eyes nearly fell out at the sight of all the fabric and sewing materials available. A set of two pillowcases and a fitted sheet for Php150 - great for Christmas gifting if you knew what size bed you were buying for.

Discovered my suki in Juan Luna was renovating, but still managed to get white t-shirts at wholesale prices. Will try to canvass further down the road next year, for curiousity's sake. After the shirts, we worked our way back to Recto, and ate at this place called Chic-Boy, which serves chicken inasal and pork belly. Ramon found a seat near the fan, and we made a good meal of it; since it was closing in on 12 noon, we had managed to get out of the humidity and heat at just the right time.

After lunch, we rambled down Recto, where I discovered what must be the duster emporium of Metro Manila - Php100 for something pretty and comfortable to wear, is not bad at all. Walked into one of the cluster buildings by mistake, and discovered a cooler way through it that took us back to Tutuban Mall. We walked down the main hallway, stopped and took turns going to the washroom (and I must say that the washroom is tidy enough, given the human traffic that must go through there).

And then I decided to look through a rack of blouses and ended up getting five new additions to my wardrobe for only Php100 each. I may be queen of Php100 purchases by the time Christmas comes around. *grin*

We barely caught the 1pm departure out of Tutuban Station, and were back in Makati in almost no time at all. Left Ramon at the corner of Buendia and the South Superhighway, together with all the baggage; went into Cash via the side door, bought bottled water and Coke and used the washroom before retrieving the car.

Picked up hubby, went home, turned on the heater and had me a lovely shower with hot water to wash off all the grime and sweat. Felt like a totally new human being - and very, very sleepy. It was a good day; Ma was happy with the stuff I got for her, and am totally looking forward to the rest day tomorrow.

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* /00:05/ Tech and tragedy: Imagining 9/11 in the age of Twitter
t.co/kKVrrmed <http://t.co/kkvrrmed> #
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* /00:05/ Rules for Anchorites - The Year of the Unlimited Free
Ebooks Brought to You By Amazon.com t.co/viEHWmHe
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* /00:05/ The Falling Man - Tom Junod - 9/11 Suicide Photograph -
Esquire t.co/OXzOaLKn <http://t.co/oxzoalkn> #
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* /00:05/ The Falling Man, 10 Years Later - Surviving the Fall by
Tom Junod - Esquire t.co/qgkv5hLY <http://t.co/qgkv5hly> #
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* /00:05/ 25 Things You Don't Know About Anderson Cooper
t.co/I6ZIeXkS <http://t.co/i6ziex%0a%20ks> #
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* /07:28/ Currently in Makati Med for hubby's blood extraction. #
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* /07:34/ Hay nakv. The queue counter is a bit loco. #
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* /07:38/ By the way, won't be answering anyone till tonight. I left
the smartphone at home for safety reasons. #
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* /07:40/ Going to divisoria for christmas shopping and using my
generic Nokia. :) #
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* /07:44/ Hokay. The WinXP monitor in the waiting area just did a
reboot. # <http://twitter.com/starshadow/statuses/114484694355165184>
* /07:51/ Ok. Queue monitor is back online after 2nd reboot. #
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* /07:52/ Now to wait for hubby's name to be called #
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* /07:54/ Nice to know that my keyboard skills on a numeric pad are
still good. #
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* /09:39/ Made it to chow king tutuban. Breakfast and philstar
before heading out. #
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* /09:40/ Christmas carols on the sound system. @.@ #
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* /11:58/ Went through tabora finally. Trying out chic-boy on recto.
Good to rest. Ramon ok so far. #
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* /12:15/ Just checked the time. Saw that we got Ramon out of the
heat in time. We can dawdle in tutuban mall after lunch. #
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* /13:08/ Wowza. Just made the 1.05 train to Makati. Cool air for
now. Dark clouds on the horizon. #
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* /13:27/ The one thing i forgot to bring was a fan. #
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* /14:01/ Picked up car after using washroom and buying water at
cash. Heading home now. #
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* /16:59/ Am back home. SIM is back in the Tabbie. Gave status
report of day to parents. Now nursing aching back while hubs
watches TV. G #
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* /17:00/ That is, I meant it's been a good day. #
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* < em>17:29 I favorited a @YouTube video t.co/8SH1sitO
<http://t.co/8sh1sito> A Liter Of Light *Official Version* #
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* /20:27/ @bethangsioco <http://twitter.com/bethangsioco> i'm sure i
do not know how anyone can believe men are a stronger sex. Let's
see what laws would (cont) t.co/BNwTOkuQ <http://t.co/bnwtokuq> #
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* /20:30/ @bethangsioco <http://twitter.com/bethangsioco> and that
age-old excuse of "but i'm only human" when they get caught doing
their foolishness. Gah. #
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* /20:31/ @coffeebased <http://twitter.com/coffeebased> what was for
dinner tonight? #
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* /20:33/ @ technobaboy <http://twitter.com/technobaboy> seven
inches for a tablet traveling outside the house. Otherwise, ten
inches rules indoors only. #
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* /20:36/ @tonyocruz <http://twitter.com/tonyocruz> re strawberry
dome: aaaaaah, so jealous! Want to eat one now. Must go raid ice
cream in freezer. :) #
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* /20:38/ @Budjette <http://twitter.com/budjette> re late messages:
i had a day when all my msgs arrived cluster-bomb fashion abt
30mins after i sent (cont) t.co/U1hcLFj3 <http://t.co/u1hclfj3> #
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* /21:06/ @coffeebased <http://twitter.com/coffeebased> hm. Broccoli
purees well for me if steamed first; then add the mozzarella just
before serving cuz it gets gluey. #
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* /21:12/ All together: AWWWW. RT @MadisonCNN It's tough being
ginger even when you're a seal. ow.ly/6wftP <http://ow.ly/6wftp> #
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* /21:15/ @misterjpmanahan <http://twitter.com/misterjpmanahan> you
mean the game on TV now where defeat was snatched from the jaws of
a fighting chance? #
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* /21:24/ Had this vision of my workstation custom built around a
La-Z-Boy recliner. That would be something. #
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Comments

[albatoudilandau.livejournal.com]

Xmas shopping so early? My god, trains are so cool! Saan pa pwedeng pumunta?

[cindyg.livejournal.com]

Yas! Must get the important stuff - like Ma's giveaway t-shirts - early. The crowds are something to behold in November, it's almost like a religious pilgrimage. Then any future trips are for the Christmas fruit and last minute duty presents.

I love trains. The PNR commuter line runs from Tutuban to Alabang. The Bicol Express runs from Tutuban (6am) to Naga City (arrives 4.30am)...hubby and I want to try that. I've never been to Naga...

More info here (http://directionsonweb.blogspot.com/2011/07/to-naga-on-board-pnr-bicol-express.html) and here (http://www.ironwulf.net/2011/06/30/in-transit-manila-to-naga-via-the-revived-pnr-bicol-express/).

And when they extend the line back to Legaspi again, I'd like to take Ma on that ride - obviously in the family executive room.

[albatoudilandau.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I might try the Alabang thing. This might change my abhorrence for travelling to the South!