the distance

The reality show called "condo hunting with the turtle" has finally begun. She messaged me that morning to join her into looking during our lunch break at some 1 bedroom spaces on buildings that will be done by 2011. I am impressed, the girl has done her research--she brought in an envelope full of figures and computations on downpayments and monthly installments writton on different letterheads collected from her previous visits. We looked into this property near buendia and one in pasong tamo-the latter is right smack beside makati cinema square. The real estate agent kept on insisting that the pirated dvd haven will be torn down soon-"your kidding right?" i retorted, "that thing has been fully depreciated since i was in college, what made you think that theyll finally give that place some much needed euthanasia".

The turtle was very interested in this cute loft who has this power of making people's inhibition disappear-i thought "if i live here and someone asked me what my loft looks like, ill say--it looks like sex"... but she decided otherwise in the account of her dog having a slipped disc. I acted as a devils advocate by asking her if she's really sure about getting a space for her own. "Look, by the time this building will be completed, you'll be in your early 30s--these things are never an investment, you definitely have to move in but are u sure u wont be married by that time" She answered with the biggest smile "I have a friend who bought a condo as well years ago, by the time the building was done, she got hitched--chalk it up for a good luck charm"

... SOLD!