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Mornings At
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1:28pm Wednesday 12 March 2008 Manila
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Almost every morning I wake up at around 6am... I
have a shower and I'm usually out and about by 6:30.
Banawe's usually a busy street, jam packed with
SUV's and taxi cabs... but before 7am it looks
pretty dormant. So much so that you can literally
walk in the middle of the street. But I have no
intention of doing that. Hehehe! |
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It takes a while, but it's a good idea to know
you're route by heart because it can be like walking
through an obstacle course. Unlike the streets and
sidewalks of China, US and Australia... here in
Manila there's very few proper sidewalks so you are
very likely to walk on and around the road itself.
One of the things you have to watch out for are
those huge open manholes. They're big enough for me
to fit in (And that's big!!!) and if you fall into
one of those you either get sucked into the sewerage
pipes... or you get stuck like a rubber plug. And
either way, you'd smell like poo! Hehehe! Then there
are those semi-permanent roadworks. They're fine as
they are, but usually whenever they open up part of
the road water starts leaking out and it can get
awfully muddy and slippery. Hehehe! |
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My first stop is usually Jollibee. Yep, no surprises
there. Hehehe! After breakfast I drop by the
Laundromat to have my dirty clothes washed. I
obviously don't have to go there everyday, but
whenever I do I make sure I drop my clothes on
or around 8am because if I get my laundry there that
early I can have them ready by 3 in the afternoon.
Coolness! |
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Then I just keep walking towards the other end of
Banawe. I always walk past Causeway, which is one of
my most fave Chinese restaurants in the world. Yeah,
no kidding! It's at par with Sky Phoenix and even
better than those restaurants that I've been to in
China. Then I walk a bit further to Starbucks. And
that's where I have my morning coffee. That's where
I work on my laptop, like editing pictures and
updating my website. That's where I am right now
actually. Hehehe! And that completes my morning
routine while being here in Banawe. :) |
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