October 01, 2014
Some days are different than any other.
It began like most. Breakfast with Suzy and Melissa. A walk of Vinny... but thats where similarities end.
We get mail every couple months from home-- just our stuff forwarded to us. Its nice to get albeit we feel bad as a manila envelope is about $40. Yikes. There is also a charge to get it and the post office is a 2 hour round trip.
I took a taxi to the Quezon City post office. Traffic was horrendous, even at 9 am. Finally we got there. On my way out of the cab, I hit my head pretty hard on the edge of the door. It has left a know on my head and quite an ache. Inside the post office-- I waited in line and was shuffled about from window to window-- one is to show my pickup card, one to pay and one to pick up the envelope.
All the while Christmas music was blaring. They already have their lights up, so at least everyone is in the spirit. I get the package and head to the cab. As I am heading in... I put my fingers on the door as the cabbie hits the windows up button. Great... all my fingers are being rolled up on... I yell, " OUCH! OUCH! WINDOWS WINDOWS! ROLL DOWN THE $$#@&ing WINDOW! F$&* OUCH !!! My finger tips on my right hand are still throbbing. He finally complied and we headed out,
The Barangay Emergengy Response Team (BERT) was deployed by the Post Office just after we left. I imagine they were called after reports of an obese white guy yelling at the top of his lungs.
After I got home the day was fairly normal. Watched KC advance in the MLB play-offs. I then got ready to meet my buddy Ash as we were heading to Smart Araneta Coliseum to watch our favorite College team here, FEU, play in a do or die game against 5 time defending champion. Here is a review of our previous trip there-- http://www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/smart-araneta-coliseum-s2128 ....
Just as we are planning to meet, the skies opened and an intense downpour of rain ensued. We decided it was in our best interest to not try to go, but to watch the game at TGI Fridays. traffic and rain and a long taxi line is a bad combo.
We watch the game, and of course it was epic. We missed FEU winning 67-64 on a 3 pointer by Mac Belo as time expired. Here is what we missed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X5efii2HaY
We did get to watch at TGI Fridays and the store let out a huge cheer. The downside to this... it was occurring during when I normally procure a taxi for Suzy and Melissa to take to work. They were in line instead and not having any luck. So after the game-- I saw them and told them I would be back with a cab. ten minutes later-- I got a taxi and negotiated with him. He then said thank you as he had a family of sick children. In his next breath he laughed and said, "You are fat." Really dude... after just agreeing to pay you above scale for a taxi? Oh well.
We get Suzy and Melissa and they replace me. 20 minutes later, I get a text from Suzy saying that the driver talked to them for ten minutes about my fatness. Thanks, buddy.
I decide to then head back to Fridays for one last beer to celebrate FEU and their win.
While at Fridays, my friends there on staff asked if I wanted to help them out. They were making a new video for upper management showing a new birthday song they had practiced. And in the video, they needed a person to portray one having a birthday... UM, YES PLEASE!
So, I got to play myself and have happy birthday sung to me. Fun times.... Video of that will be forthcoming I am sure.
Today has been fun... My fingers were caught in a door window, I saw a tremendous ending to a game, I secured Suzy a cab and was insulted, and ended it with having Happy Birthday sung to me... GREAT TIMES.
Take care of yourselves.
Chuck
