I was strolling along C.M. Recto the other day when I found some interesting places that I wanna share with everyone. I’m so obsessed with old buildings and since Manila is a very old city, I want to see it when it was still young. What I just don’t like about it is that people keep demolishing important sites just to replace it with malls and whatever they think of.

Think about The Avenue theater, formerly the tallest structure in Manila in 1921. Now, they demolished it to build a car park (If I’m not mistaken). Many old houses along Rizal Avenue have faced demolition and yet, the avenue still looks ridiculous.

That photo for example, is the remnants (or whatever is left with it) of the former campus of the Philippine School of Commerce (now Polytechnic University of the Philippines) and believe it or not, before it was given to PSC in 1904, it was the House of Congress of the Philippines! Look what they’ve done with it now! urgh!

These are supposed to be historical figures and it seems that they don’t want it anymore! Can somebody burn the National Historical Institute? Yes! Burn them all!

I am a pure-blooded Pinoy (Filipino, to those who don’t know what that damn word means), so naturally, I should love Jollibee. I love Jollibee. I can’t live life without it. That’s why every week, I eat burger steak. lol.

But when I saw that ad on TV with Ugly Ronald giving away those Beijing Olympics Limited Edition glasses, I might have changed my mind. And so I did, I looked for the nearest McDonald’s and tried out that McDo Value Meal and added Php20.00 for that damn glass. I got one. It had a Beijing Olympics basketball pictogram. I love it! Except the yucky chicken which to my disgust was so small that it looked like a chicken nugget.

But i like the float anyway. Just for a “pa-consuelo” for my effort to search for Ugly Ronald.

I’m so sorry Jollibee. If only you gave away glasses like those, I wouldn’t have went for Ugly Ronald.

I promise I’ll visit you tomorrow. I’m craving for your fries and Chickenjoy.

These past few days, I’ve been battling out time and pressure. Yet she was always there to understand. We seldom meet because of that f*ckin’ sched. She was wonderful, she was nice, she was beautiful, she was intelligent. We loved each other. But things won’t just fall into place no matter what I do. There was something wrong with me that I didn’t want her to suffer.

So I decided to end it.

Not that I don’t love her anymore, I really do. But I don’t want her to always understand me and wait for me to call or visit her. I don’t want to hurt her anymore.

She just cried when I told her. She was crying so hard I eventually cried myself. Said she’d understand me no matter what. But I don’t think that was the right thing to do especially when I can’t return the favor.

I hugged her tight as she hugged me back. God, what’s happening?!

Eventually we talked it over. It was a calm sight, though. No shouting just like what we imagine with breakups. She even joked around saying I will never find a girl more beautiful than her. She’s right, I guess. I was guilty. But I have made up my mind. She’s better off without me.

We talked and laughed for the next 1 hour and she went to sleep. I just hugged her tight because, maybe, it will be our last. I kissed her for the last time, it was a very long kiss. The kiss I wanted her to remember forever and so will I. I’m so sorry. But there are things I need to fix first.

Maybe tomorrow or the day after it, we’ll both get over with it. I just want her to be happy with me. And maybe, now is not just the perfect time for the two of us. :’(

Look at the time. It’s late and I’m still not sleepy. I just came from the mall just around the corner to try that new restaurant which I have been eyeing for days now. Now I’ve tried their honey cured chicken and my adventure was worth it. It was awesome!

Anyway, yes, the mall is just around the corner from our house and another one (the same company with the mall around the corner) is being constructed just in front of us.

Why do Filipinos spend a lot of money on malls? Well, probably because of the humid climate. You know, the usual cchillax on the airconditioned building just to get away from the hell outside. That’s why malls have become an icon in the Philippines. They’re a great hang-out for youngsters.

SM is probably the greatest achievement to Filipino business tycoons. And they’re celebrating their 50th year now! *nah, just to say something with sense* I’m so impressed with that Sy man. He did it well for everyone. Especially the Mall of Asia, which to some disappointment, never outlarged the Siam Paragon according to BISEAN.

But then again, I thank the malls. They made Filipino living a lot easier.

Just because I don’t drive a car, do the grocery or pay credit cards (I’m using debit. lol), doesn’t mean I’m not affected by the overwhelming price hikes of everything you can lay your hands on (and even those you can’t).

Yes. I’m extremely disturbed with everything because I can’t buy anew pair of chucks with the money I once thought it would cost me. I’m also disturbed with the news airing nothing but oil price hikes that even my favorite game show is cut.

What we need is to shift on simple lives. Queen Elizabeth I reigned for 80 years (I think) without even using a cellphone. The Pyramids were built without using heavy equipments and Magellan arrived in the Philippines without taking a PAL Flight.

People now are living very sophisticated lives that we can’t survive without simple wants.

the oil is starting to dry up and when it totally dries up, what shall we do? Can we make oil out of dog’s dung?

Whatever. When it does dry up, LET’S JUST BRING BACK THE CALESA! (Horse-drawn rickshaws). I wouldn’t mind riding those. Let’s just refrain from sucking up everything from the Earth. Imagine a thin dude on liposuction? That’s crazy!

What am I saying? I’m hungry.. outtie..