A WALK HOME

More often than not, I would go crazy. Just out on a whim. Well, it happened again last weekend. I walked home. I literally walked home. From Ortigas to freaking Balintawak! I don't know what got into me, that I just started walking. I was out from the office around 3PM; it was not that humid, it was a bit cloudy even. It was not that I don't have pamasahe or anything, I just decided to walk.

After I got out from the office, I passed by Megamall, where I don't have anything to do there, and exited through the other side, in which it was the Ortigas MRT station. The loading bay for buses was right in front of Galeria, so I walked towards it, but I don't know what got into me that I went to see the EDSA Shrine. I never got a closer look of that lady ever since I got here. So there I was just staring at her. And she not a tad bit pretty, if I should say so. The other thing that caught my eye is that weird paper mache looking fish right in front of the bronze lady. I don't know what the heck MMDA think putting those fishes in the middle of the high way.

After that, that is when I really decided that I would walk, I dunno if I can but what the heck, I'll ride a bus if I couldn't lift my leg anymore. It's kinda awkward though if you're the only one walking in the side streets of EDSA especially in the area of Corinthian and White Plains where no soul was walking except me. I got the feeling that the people riding the buses that passing right besides me are thinking what the hell is that bastard doing walking in EDSA. I just didn't mind it, as I walked faster so that I would reached Santolan area where there's more people along the sidewalk.

I was a little relieved by the time and not so embarrassed when I'm nearing Cubao. Everybody is walking in Cubao! I dropped by Farmers, to grab a drink, and to rest for a while. I got in Cubao at around 5:30. While on the way, I saw these bootleg watches sold in the bangketa. I bought one of the finer looking, not too obvious fake, watches for 80 pesos.

I reached the Kamuning area and saw this billboard of Ed Westwick. I not a fan of his though I watched some glimpses of Gossip Girl mainly because of Leighton Meester. How much did Penshoppe paid for him? Maybe Penshoppe needed him to outdo Bench's scrotum-peddling ads. It was the same time I felt the army in my stomach are rioting. I went and grab kwek-kwek, near the DPWH office. I never really liked eating those stuff because I think eggs should not be colored orange, but I was so hungry and tired then that I could eat anything even balut! (well not really). I felt my calf muscles tighten by that time. I thought of stopped this craziness and just go home now. But the idiot of me prevailed. I walked on.

There's this awkward feeling again when I was along NIA going to ETON Centris area as that side walk was deserted! I haven't been in that area, Centris. I thought of going in but I looked like crap and that area was supposed to be sosyal and all. I think its good to go there at night with all those weird looking towers glowing. I did go in though sa Centris Station. I never been there ever since it opened some time ago. I thought its sosyal mall or like that but when I went inside, it like a new Starmall. I went in there just to take a piss though.

I remember my adventure back then when Ondoy struck. I also did some walking though not as far as this one. Wanna look back at it? Anyway, I said to myself I did this before, I could do it again. Only that, I was tired already. It was getting dark now, I got SM North around 7. I took a stopover again and grab something to eat. I was hastening already when I reached Munoz. My legs are numb. Only adrenaline that's pushing me to go on.

Anyway, I'll cut my story short here. I arrived home at around 8:45PM. Not bad though. 5-hour walk. 20 plus kilometers. 5 overpass. Smog and dust all over. I don't know what I got from this. I do not know if I accomplished something or proven anything. I regretted it bigtime. My ankle is still sore until now. The watch that I bought is jammed after 2 days.