a street

This street (Rizal) 'used' to be my favorite (never mind the spaghetti wires) many years ago because there weren't much cars zooming by. I remember the shrub fence in front of Phil-Am Life building, a spot of well-trimmed greenery amidst concrete landscapes. There's also a durian stall, and some quaint old houses of the city's early pioneers.

Things are no longer the same. A public passenger route to a southern district now saturate the street and the trimmed shrubs were pulled out to make way for a modern building. Suddenly, a midrise hotel mushroomed up surrounded by resto-bars with a kebab stall owned by an Iranian actor across the street.

Er, is that sad news or what?

I still miss that green spot of fence. Some of the vintage houses still stood there though, and pedestrians with jaded olfactories can still savor a distinct, intriguing, sensuous aroma from that durian stall by the corner, especially during fruiting seasons.