Last Friday was busy and intense. I started my day a little bit earlier by half hour lang naman.
I get tired so easily. I just walked to the service area, bigla akong nahilo, napahawak ako sa isang Ford Explorer.
End of the months are the busiest.
Young staff – 21- 22- 23. Joanne, Jaybie, Kay-Ann
They’re cute pero madalas napapagalitan ko rin.
This family brought along their poodle. Tamang-tama yan, bwena mano, ihian yung sasakyan.
Pre-delivery inspection (PDI) driver Sherwin is requesting to be transferred to Ford Cainta due to its proximity to his residence.
I hate drinking plain water but this Friday was particularly different. Inom ako ng inom kasi parang lagi akong uhaw. Nahihingal ako. At tsaka siguro dahil ang daming kong sinermonan.
I also fired and suspended some. Compassion must be set aside once in a while if the situation calls for it. If the interest of the company is on the line.
Husband showed up at the office smiling and giggling. He took a jeepney daw.
He was laughing and laughing and felt so proud of himself. Traffic was so bad, he took off his Americana, shoes, neck-tie, and watch, got off the car and took a jeepney from Buendia to my office. Even if he was wearing tsinelas, he still looked sakutib because of his long sleeves polo shirt na hindi nagugusot, naka-tucked in pa sya, and trousers. Halata rin nag-oopisina sya.
Edmund and I used to ride jeepneys when we were in college, pag-nag-de-date kami. Pagwala kaming perang pang taxi.
That was a long time ago, ngayon, hindi na kami sanay.
He rode in another vehicle and went home ahead. I left the office at almost 7 pm. Traffic was very bad, what’s new?
He kept calling where I was na daw, kasi na traffic sya sa EDSA. Ako, I was able to wiggle out of the chain of vehicles and reached Mandaluyong at 8 pm. We didn’t have food at home so I took home some pasta dishes from Frazzled Cook in Luna Mecias. As soon as I entered the restaurant, the owner, Boy, stood up and greeted me. I haven’t been there for almost a year.
He was the one who took my orders.
Boy========= “Mam, gusto nyong pizza?”
Me————— “Ayaw ko, mahirap initin, kukunat na pag uwi ko”.
I brought our house newspaper to the office with every intention to read it but never had the chance. So perfect, I will read while waiting for my orders.
Malabo na ang mata ko. I could only read the titles.
Bantayan nating lahat ang mga balita at updates about the PDAF and other graft and corruption scams, otherwise, walang pagbabagong mabuti na mangyayari sa ating bansa, mapupuno lang ng mga mangungulimbat na politico ang ating buhay.
The owner joined me at the table and he seemed happy to see me. He wasted no time in telling me that his mother had recently passed away.
Last April, he found her dead (not breathing) on her bed. In panic, he still tried to revive her by pounding on her chest, when she didn’t move or breathe, he still rushed her to the emergency. Biglang huminga, She rose from the dead.
She was perfectly fine from the time she was discharged from the hospital until the day she died two weeks ago. They went home at around 10 pm from the restaurant.
While they were seated on the sofa, he was watching basketball, she asked him to massage her left arm. He did, while his eyes were still on the basketball game. The she asked him to massage her right arm. The she told him to massage her forehead. He advised her to just try to go to sleep. After a few minutes, she complained that she couldn’t sleep.
Boy——- “manood ka na lang ng basketball”.
Inayos daw nya yung unan and then inakay na nya to her bed. After a few minutes, he heard her cough and then what sounded like a burp. Then she stopped breathing.
Her urn is still in their house. He told me he’s going to bring it to a Columbary somewhere in E. Rodriguez. He recommended the place to me. I told him I don’t know if I want to be cremated. Hindi ko pa naisip yun.
Here came my food.
I didn’t check the entries, I just paid and ran.
My two guys at home were eagerly waiting for me because they were both hungry.
Kaya as soon as I got home, I set the table. yehey, we have food.
Our cook kasi went on a 4 days off.
Grilled rosemary chicken salad
Shrimp pasta, Edmund found it a little lacking in parmesan cheese. Where is our bottle of parmesan? Always like that, pag kailangan mo, ubos na.
Pizza caprese. Hmmm, teka, did I order this? I thought I answered “Ayaw ko..”
