PROCLAMATION 297 AND TWO WEEKS AFTER

1,195 days.

That is more than three years of enforced community quarantine before Proclamation No. 297 lifted the State of Public Health Emergency throughout the Philippines on July 21.

8 years.

That is the duration of the GRAISEA program before it concluded on July 31, which is the day I realized that dry igado is a much better breakfast fare than saucy callos and oily humba, and the moment where I had a sudden craving for pinakbet while fixing a broken window glass pane.  

My sturdy carry-on luggage with wheels had been a dependable companion in almost all my GRAISEA-related trips and for third time, I had its squeaky wheels fixed after partially paying credit card debts from three banks that all smelled like ginisang monggo. 

33,073.90 pesos.

That's the cost of Bulan's tuition fee for the semester while the baby back ribs from the SIDCOR Sunday Market that turned out to be pre-cooked was selling at P850 per pack. 

In Bakal 2, a refrigerated adobong pabo was reheated for the sinadag to prelude the next day's birthday bihon-canton pansit guisado which is only P170, a welcome trend that was disrupted with a complicated GCash transaction at Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop. 

100.9 kilometers and 4.

That's my total biking mileage for the week and the number of times I've tested positive for COVID-19 so beginning this week, Otto, Malorie and Sebastian, Tomasz, Luo Feng, Valeria and Li Xin will cease to be my blog content producers.

I've logged thousands of kilometers and watched hundreds of movies from Netflix, Prime Video, HBO GO, Discovery+ and VivaMax during the emergency but although the ginataang suso was perfect, Saturdays don't excite me anymore...