City CrossingD
uring my lunch hour, I walked to the nearby post office with the intention of mailing my stories to a pair of US-based publications. One of the things required was an International Reply Coupon to accompany each fiction submission, and I thought that certainly any post office would have those, but when I asked to purchase some, I was informed that the only place to get them was at the Central Post Office in Intramuros in the City of Manila.
I live in Pasig City and my office is in the City of San Juan. Going to the Central Post Office would mean having to cross Quezon City before reaching the City of Manila. A nightmarish scenario for someone like me who just eschews long land trips, especially through our country’s infamous traffic. But if I didn’t, I could kiss any chanc
