Monday, December 01, 2025

Budget Hotel

Today, my niece will be accompanying me with my errands (she, too, has an errand).

I left the condo around 7:30 AM with my Rado Captain Cook Automatic on my left wrist and my Apple watch on my right, to pick up my niece on our way to Makati City Hall.  Filing for our real property tax is a breeze.  We decided to pay early to avail of the discount.  Before leaving, asked about where to claim my Yellow Card and I was directed to one of the windows.  Unfortunately, I do not have the claim stub.

After, we would be proceeding to ManilaMed to pay in advance for the RAI therapy procedure of Lyn but we stopped first to see the St. Martin de Porres Chapel along Leon Guinto.  

When I was still young, I often had convulsions whenever I get a fever.  They say if you experience it even after seven (7) years of age, it would be a lifetime--similar to asthma.  So, we asked for the intercession of St. Martin de Porres, who is the patron saint of the poor, the sick, and those seeking healing, and people of mixed race due to his own experiences with discrimination and his charity toward all.  His image shows children surrounding him as he gives bread to them.  I recall always going to this chapel with my Nana.  Then after, we buy barbecue on the way home.

Unfortunately, the chapel has been abandoned. 😔


So off we went to ManilaMed.  The secretary is already there.  Thus, left her the deposit as well as a copy of the PhilHealth MDR of the patient.  I didn't know that copy of the PhilHealth ID is also needed.  So I said I will just send it over via Viber.

Since we are sure of the procedure's schedule, it is time to book a room in a budget hotel for Lyn.  She has to be quarantined for 14 days.  She'll be staying in the hospital for 4 days and she will be released when the radiation level goes down to an acceptable level.

My niece already has a list of hotels for us to check but said to her we should be starting to the cheapest one.  A difference of PhP300.00 per day means roughly PhP3,000.00 more in the total bill.  Funny!  We were advised to book online.  Got it.  Did the booking and made the payment already.

Next stop is at Cash & Carry for my niece who would be buying a specific size of balikbayan box at National Bookstore.  We, then, had an early lunch at Mary Grace Cafe.  I tried their Rib-eye Salpicao and Mango Bene (which according to the server tastes better than Conti's Mango Bravo when I asked her about this).  My niece and Edgar, the driver, ordered Daing Na Bangus, and Matcha Latte (iced) and tea.




Passed by the condo to pick-up the claim stub for my Yellow Card, went to Storage Mart to store the luggage of my niece, and dropped-her off at her condo.  We then proceeded to Makati City Hall, again, to claim the Yellow Card.

Since I arrived there during lunch time, I was asked to wait as the people are still having lunch. 😒  Anyway, with too many Senior Citizens around, you can hear a lot of stories while you wait.  At exactly 1 PM, I followed-up again.  Learned that my Yellow Card was already sent to our Barangay, and they would be delivering it to me.

Then, I proceeded home.

N.B.  Distributed the share of the income of our apartments with my new co-owners.  As agreed, this will be done after November for the income between December of last year to November of the current year.  This way, we have additional money for Christmas.

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