Sun.Star Baguio

Manic mondays

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FOR A couple of Monday's now, five to be exact, I have to be in Manila. Five Monday's in a row. The whole month of October saw me in Manila for meeting after meeting. The reason too why Tuesday's saw me in Army Navy for Taco Tuesdays.

Who will not dread this start of the week day. It was not a problem for me except that for my kids who will not have a driver for those days. A couple of vehicles also happen to be with plate numbers ending in one and two. Specific for Monday coding.

On a normal Monday though, I get to impress on being MEDIA. I really am. SunStar remember. The police seem to know this already. I of course include some visual effects for this. For Media to effect itself, the vehicle must be positively identified as such. I do, so it's not like I push my weight around. I don't ever. Honestly. Not me.

Still it may not be in effect when I travel down to Manila. The local authoritie­s there may not find it familiar, unlike here. So it still is going to be a problem for me to use my vehicles on a Monday, minus two. Timely was Dad's foreign trips. I was allowed use for his. It was because of this I leisurely traveled down to Manila even for just a meeting, then back. Dad's car too is more fuel efficient, plus the most comfortabl­e. I never complain about traffic or fuel stops, not applicable. I could drive down and back and do it the again the next Monday and back without filling up.

When I do, it won't cost as much as the cars I have, such is the reason. Imagine too the cost of toll fees be it a Monday or some other day, it is just the same. I dread however entry upon Manila on Monday's as it is always traffic in the early morning. Every Juan it seems will have to go through this, being the

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