8:09 AM, Buendia - Paseo de Roxas intersection. The stoplight here is always quick to change to red in the mornings, which kind of gets irritating because we always have to stop a couple of times before we finally get past it.The rest of the day, after the jump.
After the stoplight, I breathe easier for a while. 8:10 AM, going up the Buendia flyover to Katipunan.
Midway through the flyover. Those are the skyscrapers in The Fort.
Skyscrapers, yet again, plus the first few rooftops of the houses in Kalayaan.
Descending the left half of the flyover. The other half goes to The Fort.
8:15 AM, still on Kalayaan, just passing the first major intersection. That's another gate going to Fort Bonifacio.
Kalayaan is a very long street.
Nearing the end of Kalayaan, going under the archway and exiting Makati.
At the stoplight in the Kalayaan - C5 intersection. Wanted to take a photo of the big boulders making up the walls of the side streets, but there were other vehicles blocking the view.
8:18 AM, still at the stoplight. The red light takes a long time to switch in this intersection, prioritizing the perpendicular lane.
The first flyover upon turning at C5. Good morning, sexy running Puritan Billboard man!
Still on C5.
C5 is longer than Kalayaan, I think.
8:22 AM, ascending the Ortigas Extension flyover, just past SM Hypermart.
Descending said flyover. This is another crucial point for me, because you can't tell whether there will be a congestion in this part during this time of the day.
Dampa sa Libis. I haven't eaten there, but people are saying it's a different experience.
Shopwise! Just a little more...
IBM Plaza, running to catch the elevator.
The view of the metro from the scenic elevator.
8:27 AM, the hallway to the transfer elevator to get to the 25th floor.
I'm on printing duty for the day, so I get to spend the morning by myself on the wing opposite ours printing orders, returns, and exchanges for the day.
My workstation, clean and neat and dull and boring.
My bag, where all the magic happens.
11:45 AM, lunchtime!
That's our lobby. Waiting for my companions to come down.
Walking, thinking where I should eat.
Still walking. Eastwood was slightly overcast that day.
The trees are nice, ne?
Finally decided on Gateway for lunch.
That's their Christmas tree in the middle, near the covered garden.
A really taaaaall Christmas tree.
Christmas trinkets and what-not. Was keeping an eye out for this week's Kris Kringle gift.
Decided to have a quick lunch at Super Bowl of China with several friends.
The beautiful ladies who watched over us while eating.
The Asian-inspired tiled ceiling.
The ladies, once again. That's me in the middle taking their photo.
Walking around the mall, making my way towards the exit.
Back at the office, working on cleaning up our client's mailing list.
6:14 PM, clearing my workstation of clutter for the weekend.
Waiting for the elevator.
The couch at the waiting area for the transfer elevator.
The ground floor at night.
The very pretty Christmas tree at the ground floor lobby.
Ladies and gentlemen, Pii has left the building.
6:28 PM, Eastwood at night.
7:34 PM, after an hour's FX ride, I'm back in Makati, walking home. My usual route home takes me to this park beside AIM -- the one where I used to hang out in an entire day whenever I felt like cutting class during high school.
The nice play of shadows from the steel bars.
This one looks like a gate to another dimension.
The gazebo at the middle of the park.
The phallic... thing, a prominent figure near the gate.
Another park, across the street. This one used to be one huge parking lot fondly called The Oval.
Still walking, turning left on Herrera, then straight to Washington.
8:07 PM, back in my room! The second happiest place on earth!