sinfuldave

I have not been on my best behavior lately, and I think it's a case of "trying to be good, but wanting to be bad".

An idle mind is the devil's playground. But sometimes, a busy one is more prone to mischief.

I took my folks out and treated them to a sumptuous dinner. And got myself a couple of new shirts.

I'm fortunate enough to be practicing a profession that I have envisioned doing during my childhood days. As it is right now, it doesn't feel like a job - more like a combination of play and vocation. Yeah it is tiring, but the fulfillment that I get more than makes up for the amount of labor that I put in to accomplish my tasks. I hope that everyone else will find themselves in this state.

Definitely there are solutions to the terrible traffic that we have in Metro Manila. On top of my head, I can think of two: regulation and enforcement.

If those numbskulls from LTFRB will do their jobs and ensure that PUV operators (which are privately-owned) comply with various regulations, especially safety, it would greatly reduce the number of buses, jeepneys, and taxi cabs plying the roads of the capital. Personally, I think that way too many operators are being given franchises to operate PUV's, with little or no regard for public safety. Too many accidents are happening, causing traffic to grind to a halt in the busy roads of the metro.

At the same time, if MMDA and local traffic authorities will simply get down to business and strictly crack down on violators of any known traffic regulation (smoke belching, among others), at the very least we'd see an orderly flow of traffic and possibly a reduction of untoward incidents on the road.

Unfortunately, the ideal is far from reality. It takes lots of balls and a truckload of political will to see substantial changes through.

180 kph - Skyway

200 kph - SCTEX

Fun (while it lasted). Fast (obviously). Dangerous. Never gonna do it again. Adulthood injects people with a certain kind of fear (otherwise known as 'sense of responsibility') that kids are immune to.