Monday, April 28, 2008

The sleeping dog

During my walks outside campus, I would always see this old white dog with patches of grey fur snoozing away on the floor of one of the tiny stalls that line the main road just outside campus. Today for a change I saw him awake and slowly walking along the sidewalk. Then I notice that he has cataracts in his eyes. Poor thing. He paused outside another store and sat down. Perhaps he'll be settling down soon once again to take another nap.

Mini obstacle course

On my way to pick up some documents from an office outside campus earlier, I found myself having to step aside several times to dodge water dripping (we had a terrific downpour during the lunch hour) from eaves extending halfway over the sidewalk and avoid stepping on several "booby traps" on the sidewalk left behind by stray doggie-woggies.

"New" on the menu

There was a poster at KFC advertising the latest addition to their menu called Spiral Salad so I decided to order one for lunch. It turned out to be nothing but a rehash of their Caesar chicken salad with about half a cup of flavored pasta (either spiralini or gemelli) added--which I suppose is sufficient to justify the additional Php10 charge. Nothing great but good enough for a change.