O.L.P. Carwash

Whenever I would hit the vicinity of ABS-CBN and GMA-7, my most favorite tambayan or hang out is the O.L.P. Carwash situated at the street of Sct. Ybardolaza opposite Sct. Esguerra Street (formerly Bohol Avenue). I have all the reason to be visiting this place every now and then. Even before the carwash business existed, the site used to be my tambayan when I first arrived here in Metro Manila 15 years ago. The ambiance of the place is identical to what can be observed in the province; i.e., trees, fighting cocks, wooden bench, tricycles, and a carenderia nearby. So, even when I no longer lived in Quezon City, I make it a point to stop by into this place momentarily. And the good excuse to do it is to avail O.L.P. Carwash' services.

O.L.P. Carwash had already been in the business for more than ten years. They are open daily from 8am - 6pm. They are servicing private vehicles, taxis, and even tricycles. Price range is 60 pesos to 80 pesos depending on the kind of vehicle that you have (SUVs are charged much higher as compared to regular size sedan).

O.L.P. Carwash is owned and operated by Orly Pascual, a non-life insurance agent. He is being assisted by his son Allan.

My wife is getting bored but patiently waiting for the carwashing to be finished.

Presto! Super-linis, super-kintab after the carwash...

Note: Photos in this article were taken using inferior mobile phone camera.

Boil in My Left Hand

As I woke up one morning on Friday last week, I noticed a reddish and itchy circumscribed inflammation at the back of my left hand. I was not bothered about it so much as I thought it would be gone soon anytime of the day. How wrong I was! The inflammation had grown to a boil within the day.

Boil, also known in Tagalog as pigsa; uyapos in Hiligaynon; pugsa in Karay-a; mata'g tiki in Cebuano, is a deep infective folliculitis (infection of the hair follicle). It is almost always caused by infection by the bacterium Staphylococcus areus, resulting in the localized accumulation of pus (usually with a centralised core known locally as mata that must be eventually removed) and dead tissue. This usually occurs during dry season, or when the weather condition is extremely hot, encouraging the rapid growth of bacteria.

In the evening, the boil had already grown so big. It was in fact getting painful that I even found it difficult to type in the keyboard. Washing dirty clothings became a challenge as well.

I didn't want to see a doctor anymore and my home-grown solution is to drink Amoxycillin for the swelling and mefenamic acid for the pain.

Saturday morning, the boil had swollen so much and became even more painful that I couldn't wear my riding glove into my left hand. The photo below shows how did I ride on that day on reporting to work.

It didn't end up there. As I was moving forward with my bike, I realized I get hurt in the boil part everytime there's bump in the wheel. It was one of the most uncomfortable situation that I ever had. I had to endure the pain as I was left with no choice of turning back. I don't want to get late at work.

The already painful boil is even much more aggravated when I had to squeeze the brake lever to stop or slow down in traffic.

The boil became so severe that I had to cancel my schedule of joining the Green Ride: Bike for a Change the following day.

Now I just felt to be unfortunate to have missed that one significant event because of the boil in my hand.

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