Today is the first “disinfecting” day and all businesses except pharmacies were required to close. The reality though is that this is just another bullshit excuse lock people inside their houses. I seriously doubt that anything has been cleaned in such a way as to deter the Wuhan virus. I’d prefer they just be honest about it. Anyway, the upshot is that I figured I’d do my morning walk as usual. But as I was leaving my subdivision on one of the trails through the squatter village, the locals came out and dissuaded me. Apparently the barangay is taking folks into custody for being out on the street. I had carried one of my prescription bottles with me as an alibi, but giving the stridency of the neighbor’s warnings, I said “fuck it”, turned around, and stayed home.
Yeah, I could have safely walked in the neighborhood I suppose, but where’s the fun in that? Instead, I learned how to use my “smart TV”, which given my struggles is seemingly smarter than me. So, I have Amazon Prime but a lot of the content is not available in the Philippines, at least for free. I wound up paying $3.99 to watch a film called No Escape. It filled a couple of hours but I wouldn’t want to see it again. I am in my own “no escape” situaton, although the locals are not trying to kill me (yet). The funny thing is today was the first time I’ve even sat down in front of my television for well over a year.
While I was at it I also rewatched one of my Korean favorites My Sassy Girl. I enjoyed that again for free on YouTube.
Otherwise, I just took a nap, cooked up some pulled pork in the crockpot, and drank beer at home. Tomorrow we’ll be back to the normal enhanced quarantine rules which will permit me to get out of the house. Looking forward to that!
Anyway, I’ll be glad when someone finally calls an end to this charade. Not holding my breath though. I’d love to find something to relieve the stress in the meantime.
Alright, I usually blog BEFORE consuming my beers. I’m about at my limit now, so I apologize if this meandering is worse than usual. Tomorrow’s another day, I’ll try and do better!
“I’d love to find something to relieve the stress in the meantime. Maybe a nice roll in the hay would do the trick!”
Well, you keep workin’ on Lady Gaga or Gam Gam or whatever her name is, and perhaps one day, that roll in the hay will be yours.
HaHa! Yeah, I did pick up some extra cans of Spam when I was shopping the other day. Maybe I can entice her with that: “Hey baby, there’s plenty more where this came from!”