Saturdays

S aturday mornings Manila scene are usually spent cleaning and disinfecting - rooms, rooms and all sorts of rooms at home. The three of us, Cecil, Erich and myself are tasked to clean and declutter our rooms from all of the junk we have collected in a week's time. You know - mga ticket sa JD or DM bus, mga ticket sa sine o kung ano ano pang mga alikabok.
We have our own radyo in our room. Pero iisa pa rin ang pinatutugtug - the main stereo in the living room. Since there are three of us and only mama to disagree with, then we win. She vehemently disagreed with the choice of music we listen to - pero what can she say?
We didn't have any CDs then. It was too much of an inconvenience to go up and down the stairs to change cassette tapes. So we have the radio tuned to our common station - DZRJ - the Rock Of Manila. On Saturdays - Howlin Dave ( Dante David) had the Pinoy Rock and Rhythmn at 12 noon. That was always a blast. Juan Dela Cruz Band, Maria Cafra, Aunt Irma etc. No,no, no - no elevator music. It's Pinoy Rock the whole Saturday.
It is a bright Saturday morning here in Missouri. I tuned in to the internet DZRJ FM radio station. Walang Pinoy Rock. Puro elevator music. Gabi doon - Umaga rito.