It is going to be a looong day…..

Beep beep beep…goes my alarm clock. I look at my cellphone with barely opened eyes and see that it is 6am. Time to wake up the BF so he can go jogging. I call him and give myself a mental note that I will wake up in 30 minutes so I can spend 15 minutes on the stationary bike before heading off to school.

The next thing I know, light is everywhere. I open my eyes and check my phone once more. Crap! It’s 7:45!! I am late once more. It’s only my second day of summer classes and I am late again! I rush to the bathroom and take a 3 minute shower. (Note: A 3 minute shower is basically brushing your teeth for 30 seconds. Washing your hair for another 1 minute. Soaping yourself for 30 seconds. And rinsing everything off in 30 seconds. Oh and did I mention this all happens under the shower?)

So after my 3 minute shower, I rush to the room to put on the first set of clothes I would come across and stuff my contact lenses into my eyes. Of all the days, why does my left eye refuse to cooperate? Why cannot I seem to stuff my contact lens into my left eye? After 5 minutes of wrestling with my eyes and lenses, I grab the same bag I used yesterday and hop into a cab. Cab driver said that I would need to add something because traffic is bad at Katipunan. Being the desperate and late woman that I am, I hastily agree. During the agonizing 35 minute drive to Ateneo, the cab driver kept giving his unsolicited opinion about the rice shortage and Gloria. His theory is Gloria has a warehouse where in she keeps all the rice so people will stop talking about her. Furthermore Manong Cab Driver insists that it is not true that the rest of Asia is also going through a rice shortage. This ranting went on and on until I got to Ateneo and saw the meter. 180 pesos! I don’t pay 180 pesos for a flagged down cab from my place to Ateneo. Maximum is 140. But since I am late, I do not complain and just hand him over the money.

As I approach the building where I am supposed to have my class, I see falling debris and peeling paint. And yes, this is just the start of my day….it is going to be a loooong day…yes indeed!!!!!!!