| Saturdays are reserved for wind down to start the weekend. But sometimes you forget what day is already when you have been stuck most of the time at home and your only excuse was just to go out for an errand, which you won’t mind looking around while you are up about the less crowded side of the CBD.
In this case the usual routine sometimes in need of deep exploration of places that are rarely a route for most people. For a moment there the first thing comes to mind that it was already Sunday and waking up to that reality seemed confusion. This day has been slow like the past few weekends to catch up on so many things. It’s quite daunting to get the grasp of the world we live in now with so many things happening. |
But today is another one of those days that you observe the places and people around the area. It’s kinda weird to wake up and think it was Sunday already when it's only just Saturday that supposed to have more crowd going around walking and staring with their phones like a zombie.
Message in a Stop Sign
Sometimes the best vandal shows its true message in what’s happening in the world today. In the corner of Chino Roces Avenue and Urban Avenue, a Stop sign elevated its uniqueness with that one sticker that redefined about cruelty to animals in the third world countries that include the Philippines.
This Stop sign surely has become a campaign for that regarding the message to ‘Stop Eating Animals’ that is hardly noticed by passers-by in this area. For those who look at details and into street life aesthetics you’ll find this signage most notable to stand out just at the corner street in this part of Makati City.
Unauthorized Nature Haircut
If you get passed and crossed Salcedo street heading to the commercial district you’ll probably notice the evergreen growth of leaves and flowers near the empty parking lot that separates between the Standard Charted Bank and the newly built building besides the former Convergys Centre throughout the months from in the start of the pandemic nature has grown and pollution has lessened.
This part of the empty lot that has a gate some trees slowly grown its leaves in the past 5-6 months and this has become a constant shade to random passersby. A couple days I happen to have taken photos of this side that has grown immensely, but just today (Saturday) that part is gone due to this scene where they start cutting down and trimming the trees that did not hinder the part of the street.
It is unfortunate but like most part of this CBD most unexplained reasons why they trim down these types of greenery, which makes some part of the concrete jungle have a balance with nature. If this was in another country it would have done properly but surely nobody in the staff is a horticulturist to even bother if it helps the city.
Empty Places
Usually, Sundays are the best part to experience empty streets, underpass, or even the nearby parks itself. But on a Saturday it feels like Sunday and with these images show some of the simple little things that most people don’t appreciate. The Paseo de Roxas Underpass is the biggest subterranean walkthrough that surely picturesque when you pass through this part when no one else is worth the walk.
Faded Question
If you never heard of Street Artist named Old Haws chances are you might have seen some of the street installations that was all over this city. In 2015, there’s this “Why?” graffiti painted in one of the lamppost past Ayala Triangle Gardens heading Gil Puyat Avenue (formerly Buendia) along Paseo de Roxas.
Actually, there are two of these “Why?” graffiti painted in two lampposts crossing the tiny bridge along this street that you may not notice as the art has faded for the last five years that slowly decaying from what used to be notable art.
Underrated Monument
Heading back after that graffiti near the Ayala Triangle Gardens in each tip of that part of the area there are three monuments. But a fourth statue is hardly getting the appreciation and that is PioDel Pilar which sits the opposite of Muhammad Kudarat’s statue that depicts him pointing to lead into the revolution.
The statue is one of the fixtures of Makati City and if you’re not a local it is part of the tourist perspective along with the other three that sit on all three edges of the Ayala Triangle Gardens. This statue in particular is best taken nearing the sunset with its silhouette pointing at the Ayala Triangle Gardens.
Feline Pal
Over the years the local feline denizens of Ayala Triangle Gardens have grown in numbers for the reason you are not allowed to feed them. There are assigned park staff that actually take care of them and put food on their bowls. This grey short hair was not a game for attention and would rather sleep.
You’ll see this one just outside the gate before taking the Sedeno Underpass as this grey cat has been notable to being there with another cat of the same color. But this plump feline is hardly missed as this cat always sits just near the escalator or sometimes you’ll catch it snoozing most of the time.
The Walk Back
Going around Saturday is just another routine to be active than rather sitting at home, and it is fortunate personally for me to have this opportunity just to walk as I don’t have an exercise routine. I’m used to the fixture of this city unlike my days while living in the suburbs just outside Adelaide that still remains unexplored.
But for anyone who lives outside this city or has been a resident that has note discovered the nooks and crannies of this business district it is best to find that chance whenever you need to jog or just hike around the block. It may not have the most natural that some cities proactively manage to take care it is worth the little adventures to appreciate whenever you find the time to walk during the weekends.
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