AS soon as ECQ is lifted, I am going to jump into my car and drive, drive, drive; I have missed the view, the exercise, the being part of a massive living organism called Other People. But I will avoid EDSA – imagine how many million cars will be jamming the highway after their passengers have been caged and locked up for 60 days!
While awaiting Liberation Day, I conducted a survey on the question, “As soon as ECQ is lifted, where’s the first place you will go to?”
Nearly 100 percent, male and female, said it will be the barbershop or the salon. The rest of their replies:
Dr. Mari-Jo R: “Buy groceries, then makeup.”
Paul D: “My office. I’ve missed my co-workers, my stuff, the swimming pool. Look at my belly, so well-rounded now.”
Jean G: “Church, then visit my little niece.”
Anita A: “Now that I’m a confirmed Korean telenovela addict, I don’t see any need to rush out of the house.”
Ann T: “Chinatown to buy siopao, lumpia, etc.”
Ann’s friend: “Doing a reverse quarantine – not coming home for one month.”
Danny D: “Santuario de San Antonio, then to the bank, then my house in Lipa.”
Linda P: “Church first, bank second, work third.”
Greg T: “Restaurant.”
Robina P: “The office! Then salon after work. I look like a witch!”
Tony P: “Lunch with my seniors group at Landmark food court, where we meet twice a week.”
Susan B: “Tagaytay.”
Mila V: “Nowhere. Until I see the curve comfortably flatten, I’ll be home tending my garden. When I’m satisfied with the stats, then I will hear mass in church and receive communion, as before.”
Zenaida S: “To the office of Bgy Sta. Lucia, San Juan City, to personally thank Bgy Capt. Jun Belches, Tanod Raymond Parada, Kagawad Chari, Irene, Myrna and all their personnel, who’ve patiently, tirelessly provided me rides all these weeks to buy food and meds. Attention, Mayor Francis Zamora!”
Jona F: “Church, then have cp fixed.”
Roly E: “The farm or a mountain retreat.”
As a senior citizen deprived of liberty, I’ll go out for the sake of going out. What a shame, I won’t need the mask I made for myself by following CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s for-idiots-only instructions.
