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Tip: kung may Taxi Bay, have patience and lineup. It will do you good to exhibit some discipline. And you will also find that you’ll get a cab faster than if you compete with everyone else who thought they were better off not falling in line.

Pero minsan, parang maraming taxi and in fact they come one right after the other. But when it’s finally our turn, nawawala sila.

Tapos, kahit na eto’t nakikita ng iba na maayos ang pila, meron pa rin matitigas ang ulo na gusto pang sumingit. They actually go way ahead of the line, where the taxis enter tapos dun sila papara. Buti hinarang sila ng guard.

Anyone whose lived in the Philippines,lalo na sa Metro Manila, would have heard of the Color Coding Traffic Management Scheme. This takes effect at certain hours of the day considered rush hour.

On Mondays, vehicles with plate numbers ending with1 or 2 are not allowed to traverse the roads of the Metro. On succeeding days, it would be vehicles with plates ending with the other numbers.  There are only a few exceptions to this plan. On holidays, the scheme is usually suspended. Otherwise, those with special LTO/Police/Military clearance can get a free pass. Another exception would be doctors on-call.

Since the number coding scheme was implemented more than a decade ago, doctors started using signs or bumper stickers on their cars saying just that: Doctor On Call. They need just point to the sign, and the friendly neighborhood MMDA would let them through.  I think that in the beginning, the traffic enforcers may have actually stopped them and asked for credentials, but now? I doubt it.

The other day, habang nagaabang ng taxi sa may MRT Quezon Avenue, I saw three cars flagged down by the MMDA. None of them stopped. Instead, they just pointed to their Doctor on Call signs.

How are we to know that they really were doctors? Or that they were really in a hurry to see to an emergency?

Ang dali lang naman bumili ng sticker or sign sa bookstore or sa mall. Those stickers/signs aren’t just available for doctors. Anyone can buy them.

So nakakapagtaka ba na trapik pa rin sa Metro Manila?

Hi! Vera here invading Badodong’s space once again. Don’t worry though, unlike my rant last time, this is going to be a nicey post Guess what this photo is about?

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This is a store we never fail to visit whenever we’re at The Gateway Mall at the Araneta. Actually, we also never fail to visit it’s branches at Trinoma and even The Block. To be honest, I sometimes would like to just hold his hand and hurry him past these shops, but I kinda understand too. I mean, for me it’s looking at sandals and clogs and flats, and bags! Even when I don’t need to buy anything, or I wasn’t looking to buy, I still look. For Alfred though, most of the time he’s looking for something. He has an idea of what he wants. He may have seen someone else wearing a pair, or he may have seen it online. But he always has a pair that he wants to have – despite how many pairs he already has. How many exactly? I’ve lost count. Haha. The stripes on the shoes should be a giveaway already, but here’s a closer shot:

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Oops, the shoes are completely bokeh-d out, haha. Lemme see…

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Okay there you go, you can actually see the logo on some of the shoes

He says he’s loyal to the brand, and won’t buy rubber shoes from Nike (although I catch him admiring some of their designs too!).

Ha, anyway, I didn’t really come over to blog about Alfred’s obsession over Adidas shoes. I just wanted to share his pictures, doesn’t he look quite handsome in them? It’s the lighting.

And also, here’s a big THANK YOU!!! to all his Top Entrecard Droppers for October: