Heat and Traffic

After that brief spell of freezing weather this country is in for another hot and humid climate. Summer season is just around the corner and as early as yesterday, the 9^th of February 2007, the climate is so hot I could not stay a minute longer outside. The scorching sun is so much revolting it squeezes out all my bodily fluid.

I went home yesterday from work much earlier than the usual days because I did not want to be caught up in traffic. The City Government of Mandaluyong is celebrating its 13^th year of city hood and I heard that there would be again another parade, like the pervious years, in the afternoon. The main thoroughfares of Mandaluyong would then be jammed pack as expected. So that, after I got the nod of my superior, I decided to leave the office early after I finished my day’s workload.

Unfortunately, the streets of Metro Manila are hopeless. The parade is still far from starting but the streets going to Sta. Mesa is already congested. At around 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon yesterday I am caught up in a heavy traffic along Shaw Boulevard and boy it’s hot out there. Gone is the cool breeze of air the past days. It is so terrible! It’s sweaty and very uncomfortable inside the passenger jitney. Every passenger’s faces are gloomy and angry.

Immediately after arriving home I could not resist the cold water flowing down the faucet. Then and there I quenched my exhausted body with a decent bath. Aaaaah! It was great.