but all in all its a pretty good excuse to not leave my house all summer

Wawawiwah!  This megataxi went to the airport!  All I need is a passport, a flightticket and a luggage, and I'm ready to fly to Kazakhstan (with stopovers in Warsaw and Moscow), where I'll get myself wasted...NOT! This early evening, when I took a megataxi in an area near Coastal Mall, Parañaque/Pasay (intersection of Roxas Blvd, Coastal Rd and Seaside Drive), I rode at the backmost part so that I can escape easily if the thief is the driver themself. Common in Ninoy Aquino Road is a good deal of traffic jam.  When the road turned from the Seaside Drive to Ninoy Aquino Road, the megataxi went straight ahead to the ramp going to the NAIA Terminal 1. Since I was a bit drowsy, I was about to take a nap when I felt that the car was raising up to some steep ground.  As I woke up, I saw a rail on both sides of the road with a ramp going down. There I thought of 2 possibilities.  One is that the driver has a passenger going to a foreign land.  Another (and I hope that it would never happen to anyone of us) is that the driver will take us hostage and then put us to Siberia in a cargobox, all tied up. The NAIA entryguards inspected the glovebox of the driver, then inspected all of us.  Then I felt that something a bit fishy could happen in this area anytime.  As the driver was about to go to another exit of NAIA, which will lead to Sucat Road, then I saw 2 guards stopping the driver.  He got in trouble, needless to say. Is there any megataxi driver who will go to an airport with many passengers in this FX? With that, he went up to the departureramp of the airport, and...we went back to the intersection and had a U-turn.  Now back to the Ninoy Aquino road with its traffic jams. Now, guess whom the joke is on, now? Please leave comments if you read this.  Like to hear your answers.

On my ride to school from my place, I saw my former classmate who was about to work in the airport.  We had a very merry conversation and we had an exchange of countries we travelled. It stayed merry...until we reached near the middle of the bridge over Gil Puyat-Roxas Blvd. intersection.  When the FX (or megataxi) driver and the taxi driver were moving forward, it was terrible.  The FX driver of the vehicle I was riding and the taxi beside it almost bumped each other. We stopped the conversations...then we hear both drivers exchanging cursewords to each other.  He even challenged the driver to some fistfight!  Whilst they fight, I saw 2 accidents on the bridge.  Hah!  Two or three cars bumped each other!  Then there's a towing car. After the drivers exchanged cursewords, we continued our conversations, but the merry mood was ruined!  When I had to go down, my classmate asked me to ask for the change.  I murmured to him, "I won't ask for the change anymore."  The driver still carried his anger over! When I alighted near Roxas Blvd-Vito Cruz intersection, the driver checked his FX whilst I saw a taxi bumping another FX at the middle of the road. When riding the orange jeepney, I saw a van that already hit a taxi.  Worse, the orange jeepney I was riding almost hit a pedestrian. These things happen because many drivers in this shithole called the Metro Manila Area are inconsiderate!!!  They act like crabs!  Batu-bato sa langit, kung tatamaan ay 'wag magalit kahit magkabukol (This is not meant to offend). When there's an accident, I give the driver the whole money I pay, though I must expect some change, but I'll make sure I ride with another driver aside fron that wretched one! Once you ride a public transport, you trust your life with the driver.  If there is an accident and you die or get injured, they must be one of those paying for the treatment and/or hospitalisation.  Plus, they will have to fix their car! Thank God I arrived in school alive!

Yep, I meant that title. After having a short snack, I rode an FX.  Unfortunately, it was almost full that the only seat left was the middle area.  There was some old man sleeping, with his tongue sticking out. That old man was so drowsy, he only moves when the driver asks him to do it.  I was keeping the door open since I was having a bag and an umbrella (as additional stand, rain protection and weapon).  How slow is he, this arsehole passenger moved only after the driver told him. As I was riding in the FX, I can smell this old man.  He smells of piss, saliva of a person who just woke up, sweat, rotten fish, a squatter's house near some dirty creek.  In short, he smells downright terrible!  He sleeps with his tongue sticking out, which doesn't help hiding his stench! My face was crinkling up due to disgust.  Does this old man ever take a bath or did this arsehole throw up on something, it made the surrounding seat stinky?  I can even smell his stench hours after I rode that FX, as I am writing this entry! After one of the lucky passengers went down to Duty Free shop, I asked Manong Drayber, "Manong, pwede ba'kong lumipat pagkababa niya? (Sir, may I transfer when she alights?; the passenger was a girl, seats implied)" He nodded as the passenger went down.  I couldn't tolerate his fucking stench!  Can this man look for his friends and could this man at least have a bath? Since I could not tolerate the smell and I could not keep it to myself, I talked to the passengers at the back, in which there are two teenagers, a guy and a girl.  There was a woman in her mid-30's to mid 40's. Good thing, the teenagers knew it.  The old man was from Lawton, as the teenagers told me.  Also, the woman knew the stench. We all laughed secretly as the old man paid his fare and made his slurred speech.  We couldn't understand many things of what he said.  Then the old drunkard started cursing the driver. As DOD was about to go down, he looked at the regitration.  Hmm, it looks like he wanted to report the driver.  As I went down, the old man was gone.  I couldn't keep the irritation anymore that I cried out, "Tanginang lasengong 'yan! (Fuck that drunk!)"

http://mb.com.ph/articles/203106/gma-lauds-rescue-kidnap-victim http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20090420-200460/5-kidnap-suspects-killed-in-shootout Thank God, Jules has been rescued!!!  However, in the process, 5 kidnappers have been killed.  All I hope is that he goes home safely.

A monkey... This is in Taman Safari, a safari zoo 3 hours away from Jakarta, the capital city. In this safari zoo was also a theatre, where the son of Ma's friend and I got really wet. Should have brought my raincoat! However, Indonesia still feels like home to many Filipinos, and in such a way that a foreigner can mistake them for each other. Even an Indonesian and a Filipino can mistake each other, that the knowledge of each other's language will come in handy if one will travel to Indonesia or Philippines! Despite a slightly different history and technology, an Indonesian and a Filipino are still Orang Melayu.