Written August 31, 2002 12:25AM DA POGI was supposed to be on leave yesterday. He was to register his car at LTO, drop his mom off to the hospital, pick me up from the office to go see Rina's new baby, then cap the evening with a movie at Glorietta. Something happened along the way that left me here at DA POGI's office tinkering with my laptop for the past one and a half hour. My mom has sent me messages already asking for my whereabouts. My being this late without her knowing yesterday morning has triggered alarm bells. Thoughts of elopement must've panicked her. :) Anyways, DA POGI was called this afternoon for an office emergency. That's the main reason why I am here and the same time why I shouldn't be here. He was supposed to be at the office at 3PM and out of the office by 6PM. We would've rescheduled seeing Rina's baby for tomorrow and take dinner and a movie. I passed by his office to drop off my laptop and we agreed that we would just meet at the mall as late as 9PM. But things went from not so good to bad. I had dinner by myself which I hated doing and wandered around the mall until the stores started closing at 9. I wasn't even able to buy anything which just shows the state of depression my wallet is in. I digress. DA POGI gave me a call at 9 saying that he's not so sure if he can make it even to a midnight screening. I decided to just get a cab to get home and just see him tomorrow. That's when things went from bad to worse. When I went out to the lobby of Glorietta 4, the people waiting for taxis has taken a large amount of the area. I waited for 30 minutes until I finally gave up and walked to Park Square to try my luck. It had to started to rain and of course with the rain comes crowds waiting for taxis. I gave up and decided to wait 15 minutes before going out again. So from this point on, it was worse to worst. The rain has stopped but with the rains stopping came the taxis being selective. Everytime a taxi would stop, everybody would just run towards it giving out their destinations. The person with the best offer would win the taxi ride home! Since, I am here writing this, you might've guessed that I wasn't able to contend with the other contestants. DA POGI started to get worried when I haven't called him by 11. He gave me a call, and I cried. As in, cried with tears without regard to the other people around me. I hated being the damsel in distress and he knows that. I didn't even call him even though I knew that he would try to do something to help me out. I was so frustrated from being helpless. I hated all the taxi drivers in Makati and cursed every driver who would turn me down. But now I'm better because I'm here writing this. Good thing about my misfortune tonight, the hard drive of my laptop was cleaned up of junk, I have read my important emails thoroughly, some (Not all, I left some for tomorrow) tasks for this weekend are done, and most importantly, I spent some time with DA POGI. That can make even a 2 hour taxi cab wait worthwhile. :)

DA GANDA blogged @ 9/01/2002 04:10:00 PM