I set my phone to alarm at exactly 4:00 in
the morning because I will meet my friends at exactly 5:00 am to attend the
photo walk at Quiapo. Suddenly, I did not notice any vibration or noise that
would wake me up because of being drunk last night with my friends celebrating
his farewell party. So when I saw the sunlight that stricken in my window makes
my whole nerves startled, it jolted my whole body to wake up and my hand was
like crawling its own to look for my phone. I was shocked when I opened my
phone and saw the time and it is already 5:00 in the morning. I was planning to
cancel it, but I do not want to miss the opportunity and what would my friends
think of about me. I bolted to stood up, went to the bathroom and do the 2
minutes shower. With my reddish and sleepy eyes I arrived at the meeting place
20 minutes late.
Quiapo, Manila is 9 kilometers far from
Makati City and 18 minutes travel within current traffic. We rode a jeepney to
Taft Avenue and transfer to another jeepney going to Quiapo. We arrived in the
place earlier that we thought because it is still early in Saturday morning and
the traffic is not yet heavy.
When we set our foot at the tinted cement
in front of the famous Quiapo Church, the journey as a street photographer
begun. Luckily, even without enough sleep, I manage to capture the beauty of Quiapo.
