I have been working holy week holidays for more than 5 years now and it always felt the same but this year it was totally crappy. Probably because most of my non work friends are on vacation somewhere or just enjoying the boredom that holy week brings. So while we were slaving away for the holiday pay, they were just having fun with their vacations or simply not doing anything.
At work with our uber boring work atmosphere, I talked with my friends and we reminisced the days when we were much younger and holy week was a holiday when we didn't really have anything to do. We didn't have cable tv then and parents/grandparents don't even allow radio so we're stuck with the deafening silence or the monotonous sound of "pabasa" or "pasyon" (that's how we call it in our province). The traditional "visita iglesia" on Maundy Thursdays and good old "prusisyon" on Good Fridays. Those were the days...
One of my friends shared that they were not even allowed to take a bath on Good Friday... and that is something I cannot remember. Holy week usually falls in the summer and it's freaking hot so I guess my parents did not observe that "no shower" tradition.
Busy Makati was soooo not buzzing on Thursday and Friday. I got in the office in a record-reaking 12mins -- from my house -- going down 4 flights of stairs, getting a cab and going up to our office. Most of the elevators were undergoing maintenance but I was still inside the office in 12mins. That was really fast! That was the only fascinating thing that happened during my work on the holidays. That was a moment to remember.
I was so bored that I took pictures of the carpark -- view from my window. It's crappy too. Kind of how we felt while working.
I hope next year goes differently.
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