Live from Manila: Road Battle

Here is a short horror story: the MRT isn’t working, the LRT is jam packed, the Shuttleservice has a long line, then you decide to get a cab but you can’t because he’s picky and you’re late for your appointment. This is the horror that most of us dread everyday. With a very disappointing mass transportation service like this, it’s just unbelievable how resilient each Filipino is. We accept that it would take at least 2 hours to go from home to work or school and vice versa.Wow, no wonder the road is getting wilder by the day. Travel Anatomy If you think about it, that’s 4 hours everyday multiplied by 6 working days; that will give you 24 hours a week. 24 hours a week multiplied by 4 weeks results to 96 hours a month. And, if you multiply 96 hours a month with 12 months, it will give [...]