It took us 45 minutes from the corner of SM in Araneta to reach V. Mapa intersection. There were no warning signs and no word from traffic enforcers as to what was happening. Only the innermost left lane was moving, so we followed the cars and buses turning left.
That's how we found out that no car could go straight onto Sta. Mesa because jeepneys and other vehicles were parked along R.M. Magsaysay, and they even faced the oncoming traffic.
Turning left was not an option, too. So we decided to make a U (the only option) and headed back home.
The reason for the humongous mess: a local religious sect had an evangelization/fellowship being celebrated in Manila. Holy Canoly!
We ended up at the Greenhills Shopping Complex.
Yesterday we resumed our trip to Dapitan. Being a Holiday, streets were almost empty but finding a parking spot became the problem of the day.
Dapitan Arcade had all sorts of Christmas fantasy bits: trees, lights, nativity scenes, religious icons and statues, vases, pots, plates, chairs painted into antique-looking pieces, all types of Santa Claus, wickers and baskets and more stuff which are all bargain priced compared to big department store prices. There were huge Citronella plants for sale, too.
But the thing I wanted to buy was nowhere to be found: real antique capiz windows, and pint-sized garden dwarf figurines. I saw a complete set of Snow White and her seven dwarfs which fetched for 5,000+ pesos but they don't seem to belong in the garden as they seemed too polished.
The news of the earthquake in Bohol and Cebu got to me only in the evening.
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