We continue our journey last September 2. We started
in riding a jeepney from Anonas to Cubao. We went to the intersection of EDSA
and Aurora Boulevard. We went straight to the Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue,
which is also scope of the site we chose. We we’re ready to walk around this
time. We even bought a hardcopy of Google map as our guide, list of all the
factors we have to consider, umbrella, and energy. It was almost 10 in the
morning, and a very sunny day. But well, we have to walk and walk and walk.
As we walk along the E. Rod Avenue, we found out different
commercial establishment. Mostly are Auto Repair Shops. It has a wide road that
accommodates different types of vehicles. But as we observe, most of the
vehicles that passes along the avenue are private.
The jeepney route that passes in the avenue is
Cubao-Kalaw and Cubao-Quiapo.
Walking in a long road with very sunny weather, whew! I
dunno how to describe it. But it was the exhausting part of our journey. Imagine?
There’s no proper sidewalk that suitable for people like us, or even a waiting
shed or at least a tree to rest? There’s no Sari-Sari or even Convenience
stores. E. Rod Avenue seems only for those peeps that has a car. Unfortunately,
we don’t have. J
So when
we reached the E. Rod corner Balete Drive, it was almost a heaven to us. Haha.
One thing I love about walking in the Balete Drive is
their trees. The have bounty of trees anywhere. Well? What’s the sense of
naming the street Balete Drive when they won’t have tree daba?
But I was really complaining, I kept on asking which
tree is Balete tree? Oheem! I know Balete tree looks like, that’s why I was
wondering why on earth I can’t see any of it. So I asked tatay about it. He
told me that it was located in the middle part of the subdivision. But wait! We’re
in the middle area, where’s Balete tree? I wanna see Ang Babae Sa Balete Drive!
Haha.
Haggard look e? J
“Santan, we used to do this when we were kids” J
A view of Andrea Tower Condominium from Balete Drive.
While on our way, we saw this pitiful little cat who
was crying. Awts, where’s your mommy mah dear? L
The funny thing here is, as we left Balete Drive and
took a step to N. Domingo Street; I saw this creepy tree, none other than, my
dearest Balete Tree!
So we were really exhausted. As we spotted the newly Robinson’s
Magnolia Mall in the Aurora Boulevard corner Dona M. Hemady, the first thing
that we thought was to eat and yea, of course, to take a rest too.
But oh my! Napaka
walang kwenta nung mall na yan! Haha. For those gals who have enough
baon and bonggang allowance, they wouldn’t mind. But for us who value money
more than anything else, it’s really extravagant. This is the very first mall I’ve
been who is has a discriminating atmosphere. I mean, they provide food courts
but for us it is already a quite fine dining type resto. They don’t have fast
food chains and some stalls are still empty. It seems that they only open it to
the public to serve as a showcase. That’s all.
We left the
Mall, went straight to Gilmore Plaza, took some pictures again and ride a train
to Araneta-Cubao station.
We ate again to
Mang Inasal Araneta branch and took our final photos on the overpass connected
to the Farmer’s Mall.
It was really
tiring day, so we went to Farmer’s food court. Rest and talked about different
things. It was also fun. The whole trip was worth all the exhaust. Haha. Finally,
we left Cubao to go home and prepare for our overnight. The end. J
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