Against all odds, for the love of dolls...

Got a notice card from Phlpost this morning. That must be my most awaited parcel. With much excitement, I rushed my way to the post office to pick it up. It was not that easy though. Just as I was stepping out of our gate, a funeral procession (read: libing) is about to pass the front of our house. Meaning, it will take long before I can hail a jeepney in this case. It's 3:15 PM. The post office closes at 4 PM so I need to hurry. I decided to walk to our local mall instead where I can ride jeepneys quickly. To my dismay, there were no jeepneys bound for Monumento. All of the signboards are smacking RECTO into my face. They have been probably blocked off or affected by the passing funeral processions and the rush hour traffic in our area.

After a few minutes, at 3:29 PM, a Monumento jeep without a single passenger approaches. I was the second person to hop in. In just seconds, the vehicle is filled with passengers. It's good so we can leave right away and won't have to wait anymore. Lucky! So, I thought. Even if I managed to get a ride, our progress on the road however is slower than the slowest tortoise that have ever lived on earth. And I'm not exaggerating here. The traffic this afternoon is like a maddening hell. "Shall I just go back home? This seems very hopeless!," I told myself. Of course, I didn't say that loudly. Had I done that, the people around me might think I'm crazy, you know. Not gonna happen.

Anyway, it's 3:51 PM when we reached Sangandaan. I got off the jeep by 4:02 PM in the unloading area at the front of SM then I walked and ran alternately on my way to the post office. It felt like I'm in a marathon. I arrived at around 4:07 PM.  Imagine how haggard the feeling was when I got to the parcel releasing department. I peeked from the door to check if they are still accepting people to pick up their parcels. One of the customs examiners noticed that I was there and asked me to come in and sit down at the waiting area first. There was no person at the front desk at that time and there were no other people lined up to have their notice cards verified so I wondered why I was authorized to get inside the room. After a while, the nice lady employee in the front desk appeared with a smile and asked for my notice card. I thought for awhile that they're just being nice to me because I often go there to pick up my parcels. I even told her all the odds I have taken just to beat their 4 PM cut-off. That's the time I learned that they have changed their cut-off to 5 PM. LOL! I didn't even had the guts to ask when the new cut-off was implemented. It was a sigh of relief to know that I'm not keeping them to assist me in their office when it's about time for them to go home. I won't have to feel guilty anymore. And yeah, I will be able to bring home my most awaited parcel for this month. Weee!!!

After dropping by at SM to drink a cup of medium lemonade to quench my thirst, getting on and off the jeep at Letre to buy Mom some steamed sweet corn at the sidewalks, I went home walking, opened my parcel and here they are! My first batch of authentic dolls from China. 

My first 3D Eyes. My first Xinyi. My first Kurhn. Aren't they beautiful? ^.^

Yep, they are my new eye-candies. My Asian doll muses. I'm so happy I just can't contain it. Haha!

Oh well, this has been a very long day for me and yet I'm still writing this blog at this hour. I'm already sleepy. Will just talk about them more in my next posts. Bye! ^_^V