What a tiring day! Somehow nothing seemed to have gone right today. 😵🙃

I'm gonna write this now before I miss the chance to post again. Actually I should have used this Actifit app for the past three days because all I ever effing did was walk walk walk!

Yesterday it was quite tolerable, the number of people weren't as many as today. At least it seemed like it. Today it's like everybody's in the streets from morning 'til night. 😬

Disclaimer:

Let's just say I have PMS due to that time of the month so everything is not as rosy as it should.

Look at all these people walking!

Took this photo before getting to my rental home away from home. Imagine a thick throng of people on both sides of the road.

Good thing I'm not crowd averse. 😂 I do get annoyed but this is life so I just deal with it. 🤷 It's not everyday I have to walk within a sea of people anyway.

WTF Moments of the Day

Wtf roads that weren't blocked to pedestrians yesterday were suddenly blocked today. 😠 And you wouldn't know until you've reached the supposed exit/entrance. No signage from a distance to say what's what. Ugh.

Clearly I am not used to being here in Iloilo City Proper (Iloilo Poblacion). If anyone will go to Iloilo City, do not expect the same things you're used to in Metro Manila. Here you will have to walk walk walk kilometers to get to where you want to go. It's normal to people here. 💔 (But of course it may depend on the particular area you're in...)

I like walking but not when my body is feeling tired and heavy from PMS. Probably because it's Dinagyang there aren't any tricycles or pedicabs due to closed roads. I doubt it but let's see what will change tomorrow and on Tuesday since it's over.

Next thing that went wrong was the stage venue I was going to. Sometimes you just can't trust Google Maps because it doesn't always give you the right information. Remember it's user based so anyone can put anything on it (unless it's moderated). Had to double check from YouTube videos and other articles to find out where the right place is.

Second thing that didn't go as planned: Dinagyang 360° is only for those who bought tickets to personally watch the student performances. Yeah I saw online there were tickets being sold but by the time I got a response from my inquiry everything was sold out. Psh.

So of course, like the rest of the population, I took pictures of those waking to the next presentation stage/venue from the 1st venue I was talking about.

Third thing I didn't expect to happen was I wasn't able to take a nap when I got "home" after lunch. My mom called and I remembered there's a new exhibit at the local national museum here in Iloilo city. It closes at 5pm so I should go early right? Remember, everything here is "walking distance", even if it's a kilometer away. 😢😢😢

4th wtf moment: No big signage to the museum. Even if Google Maps says it's the right place but the people around the museum says it's not it then good luck making it in time. The day seemed to just get worse as I went around in circles in the hot and humid afternoon.

Because I found it at the very last minute, it was already closed and they didn't let me in even if it was still a few minutes to 5 pm. Wtf if it was easy to find I would have made it to Sunday mass too! 😠😠😠

Didn't go to mass anymore because I wouldn't understand the evening one anyway. I'm not Ilonggo even if I'd like to learn it fast. All the words are just alien to me.

Since I was also really tired and (had to change to a fresh shirt) sweaty from all the walking I did I decided to return to the place I was staying. By this time I already had 3,000+ steps on this app. I decided to use it only when I was going back from the "hard to find" museum.

Sixth wtf moment though is I keep clearing my used apps from time to time.

_{(Yes I am now charging my phone as I continue writing this.)}

On the way to my transient home, everywhere I went it was always crowded. I've never been to anywhere this dense before. Man, it's like the center of everything just because of Dinagyang Festival.

Regrets?

Everything I wrote here makes me regret even going out of my room. Guess who's sourgraping due to not being comfortable to everything that's been happening? Ugh.

So what are the good things that happened today? Aside from all the free drinking water available to the public, imma write it all in a separate post.

Am thinking of writing my travel experience by day. Hehehe. Too many things to say in just one post so watch out for my next posts!

XOXO,

@artgirl

Walking