In Fragments

Running, again. Perhaps there is really a lot to run away from.

I followed my mother’s advice to work out and exercise. Mothers are often right. Before my body turns into an entirely lonely lump of fat, before my heart fails after a cardiac arrest, I have to run. I even enrolled at a gym at the Pan Pacific in Adriatico. I like taking walks at that part of Malate, then running on the treadmill for a few kilometers, 30 minutes on the stationary bike and 20 minutes on the transport relieves stress. I’m not counting on losing weight, but together with consistent medication, this has definitely improved by blood pressure. My muscles must be pleased to be flexed. The gym-crowd consists of older ladies with tattooed eyebrows and a lot of time, and middle-aged men in their mid life crisis. Inevitably, there are pretty young women with great legs on short shorts and those little dumbbells.
The workout makes sleep come easier after work. And more importantly, it lets me run.

There’s a jeepney strike today and people are all over the streets with no means of commute. We could all use a little walking.

Thursday afternoon, in fragments. Met up with ____ again, and walked around Rockwell followed by a rather joyless meal at Jollibee. Met up with ___, downed a few bevies and ate pesto pizza at Sidebar. Drank some more at home while watching Y Tu Mama Tambien with ___.

Friday, in fragments. Off to the gym again. A little reading at home while listening to a long chill out playlist, calm water burning. Met up with ____ at Café Adriatico for one drink, the young women of Friday night activating the party mode. There’s not a decent heterosexual place to dance in Malate. Now it’s gay people marginalizing heterosexuals. Temple in GB3 for a beer while ____ had her cosmopolitans and her dancing. I went home and found ____ and ____ drinking with my brother so I drank some more… A.V., her girl and my older brother arrives and we drank some more. I sleep a couple of hours. Rockstar’s on HBO, La Salle wins a game in the UAAP. ____, _____, and _____, hangs out at home for an hour before I run to the showers and prepare for work. Slept all day Sunday. Burned out and toxic at work.