Holiday starts in 3..2..1..

Traffic jam along Edsa on Holy Wednesday. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

Yesterday I went to Greenhills to buy 10 m of ethernet cable for my sisters because they have crappy wifi. I bought a new router for me and I will give them my old one so I can lay the ethernet cable up to the second floor of their house and hook up my old router there.

My new router for gamers. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

Then I will lay more ethernet cables so their laptops can directly connect to thw router or they can use the stronger wifi signal. They’re setting up a new office in the former TV area, which they also use as their yoga room. I will do that on the 13th, after all of humanity returns to Metro Manila.

There are a lot of shops that have closed down now in Virra Mall in Greenhills. Must have been casualties of the pandemic + online shopping. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

The roads were clogged yesterday but today—hallelujah!—it’s all so clear.

Ortigas is empty. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

It’s supposed to be so peaceful but my girls are so loud because they brought a friend with them to swim in the hotel’s pool. She will be picked up by her mom tonight after work. Meanwhile, I wonder how we can manage because there is no way we can fit in this bed.

Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Photo by CallMeCreation.com

I got a junior suite. Ummm…this is so small for a junior suite. 😑 I was expecting a king bed.

No wonder my kids got out of the pool earlier than usual. Small kids have dominated the pool. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Kids are now playing monopoly. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

I’ll take a walk outside for a bit to savor the deserted Ortigas CBD. 🙃


That blue and beige building was the Philippine Stock Exchange (Tektite Tower) Ortigas (the other trading floor was Ayala Tower One) when I was still a local stock exchange reporter. We had a haunted press room there. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Yey some restaurants are open! Since Koreans are not Catholic, they don’t observe Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Hmm…there’s a new Westin across. I wonder how much a room costs 🤔 Photo by CallMeCreation.com