June is the official rainy season in the Philippines. My nieces stayed in our apartment for the weekend. Long weekend, that was due to our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal's 150th birthday. It rained pretty hard and I remember our youngest sister's story about rain.
My eldest niece's favorite color is pink. She would always be fuzzy and then turns bratty when she's given something to use that's not pink. All her clothes, shoes, bags, etc. has always been pink. One day, her mom came home with a new yellow dress for her and she started crying because it's not pink. My youngest sister then told her that, "If you would only choose pink, the other colors of the rainbow will start getting jealous and cry. Their tears will turn into rain, it will rain very hard that children will not be able to play outdoors." From then on, she stopped monopolizing pink. The end. Creative storyteller, hehe. :)
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Makati Mayhem
I went to Makati this morning after my shift at past 7am. Let's just say it's going to be the last time I'll ever go to Makati during rush hour.
I took the MRT at Cubao station and I was deceived by the ticket booths that gives the peaceful [READ: not crowded] impression. The real riot is happening at the platform as people who are south bound are so eager to get in. Trains are arriving every five minutes more or less but it's not enough to cater commuters at all. It took me more than 30 minutes to get inside [the people around me literally will push you to get in] the train.
The fun never stops as when I got out of the train in Buendia station at past 8am [an hour to travel 6 MRT stations?!], there's this dilemma on which public transportation to take so I can get to the office in Ayala to meet the 8:30am appointment. I can take a cab and it should be super easy and fast. But there's no cab for some reason. I can take an FX or jeep but the lines are endless. I tried to take a bus but the crowd is worse than the Cubao MRT station. I decided to request that the appointment be moved to 9:30am instead as I wasn't expecting this kind of armageddon. I was finally able to take a cab at 9:05am and took another 15-20 minutes to get to my destination.
More than 2 hours will take me to Pampanga, Laguna or Batangas. I gotta be thankful I'm a QC person.
I took the MRT at Cubao station and I was deceived by the ticket booths that gives the peaceful [READ: not crowded] impression. The real riot is happening at the platform as people who are south bound are so eager to get in. Trains are arriving every five minutes more or less but it's not enough to cater commuters at all. It took me more than 30 minutes to get inside [the people around me literally will push you to get in] the train.
The fun never stops as when I got out of the train in Buendia station at past 8am [an hour to travel 6 MRT stations?!], there's this dilemma on which public transportation to take so I can get to the office in Ayala to meet the 8:30am appointment. I can take a cab and it should be super easy and fast. But there's no cab for some reason. I can take an FX or jeep but the lines are endless. I tried to take a bus but the crowd is worse than the Cubao MRT station. I decided to request that the appointment be moved to 9:30am instead as I wasn't expecting this kind of armageddon. I was finally able to take a cab at 9:05am and took another 15-20 minutes to get to my destination.
More than 2 hours will take me to Pampanga, Laguna or Batangas. I gotta be thankful I'm a QC person.
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