Traffic Jam

Traffic jams in Metro Manila during this year's holiday season is already approaching the nail-biting-hair-pulling level. Practically all roads in the metropolis are clogged with vehicles, and everybody seems busy to be everywhere. Usually the traffic would slack off at around nine p.m. but lately it extends up to the wee hours in the morning. Commuting too has become such a pain in the @$$, and finding an empty taxi during rush hour is like looking...

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So much for technology

The Luddites were right this time. At least for today, as I fell victim to technology that went awry and caused my blood pressure to go up a notch.On my way to work this morning I was horrified to see that the chip readers of the G-Pass, the much-vaunted contactless payment system for MRT, was out of order. Both of them. Which means that I have to fall in line to purchase a single-journey card for me to be able to board the train.Later I went to...

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Cheesy Customer Service

I just went ballistic at customer service this afternoon over a chunk of cheese. Literally.Well it started last Saturday when I bought a block of vintage cheddar at Berkeley Square, a mini-mall just a stone's throw away from my apartment. It turned out that the expiration date on the package was torn off and there is no way of knowing whether the thing is still edible or is itself a thriving new ecosystem already. It read 10-##-##, and I assumed...

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Boom Goes the Dynamite

This is not how to give a newscast. I pity the guy....

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Zune is Butt-Ugly

Many hacks tech reviewers are raving (mad?) about the Microsoft Zune, the supposedly iPod-killer from Redmond - tauting the much-vaunted WiFi capabilities and its larger screen. Yeah, yeah, but WTF - brown? I know design is not really a strong point for Microsoft, but how ugly can the Zune get? Carrying one would be like lugging an adobe brick around (considering the heft of that thing, this is not far from reality).Maybe Microsoft should learn...

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Do I Hear "Douchebag?"

I think this person would eventually personify the term "loser" and "doucheba...

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Commute at the MRT

One of my least favorite part (as if I even enjoy it) of my commute to work is the MRT leg. MRT is one of the three light-rail transit system in Metro Manila, stretching from North EDSA to Baclaran in Pasay, passing through EDSA, the main thoroughfare.MRT itself is not half-bad, aside from the Lilliputian size of the coaches, but rather what catches my ire is the Cubao leg of the journey. You see, once the train reaches the Cubao station, almost...

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Do you want cheese with that whine?

Welcome to my blog where I would b!tch about all the unpleasant things that I encounter along the way everyday. This would probably my way of letting off steam, which otherwise all my complaints would stress me out enough for me to go ballistic on everyone.And that would be very unpleasant.I think a cartoon about Dick Cheney telling a senator to "go f*ck yourself" is a nice way to start this b...

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