#the fare for the bus/metro system isn't bad???? at all???

[jtownraindancer]

so this started as kind of a joke but the more research i do the more i actually think this might be a real thing that is going to happen

someone stop me i keep finding cute apartments in philly

[spongki]

10/11/23

pero seryoso, sobrang saya last saturday. everything went so seamlessly during my commute. thank the gods for the existence of the r/HowToGetTherePH subreddit, whose purpose is pretty self-explanatory (the internet isn't a cesspool of profit-hungry users and AI bots, after all). i often wonder how commuters in the philippines used to fare back then under these hellish conditions without the use of internet, but it's essentially just the same principle of asking strangers for directions if you think about it???

from imus, cavite to quezon city - i had a tricycle take me to the bus terminal, took a bus to the MRT, rode from taft station to araneta-cubao, then walked to cubao expo for about 900 meters with a phone in my hand, reading a step-by-step instruction how to get there written by a redditor (backbone of society, ika nga). then i booked an angkas to mow's in matalino.

diba nga kasi ang motto ko, "wala akong pera, wala akong kasama, 'di 'ko alam ang papunta don, pero pupunta ako." so that's what i did. charot. sa mga ganitong sitwasyon lang malakas ang fighting spirit ko. 'pag may gala, laging may gana. charot x2. huy pero sa totoo lang, 'di naman ako basta-basta lumalarga nang walang plano. sinisikap ko talaga munang pag-aralan 'yung ruta ko bago ako pumunta sa isang lugar, which honestly has been part of the fun for me (or have i successfully manipulated myself into thinking of the horrific philippine public transportation system as a challenge?).

this tweet pops into my head every time my friends ask me to go out with them 😭 as a non-NCR girlie, ganito talaga ang pagdadaanan mo kung gusto mo maka-gimik mga metro manila friends mo 😔 sabi nila nung nakaraang taon, magkakaroon na raw ng extension ang MRT/LRT hanggang cavite sa taong susunod na rin agad. but filipino math means 1 year na ang nakalipas sa pangako = 'wag ka nang umasa.

oh well, na-enjoy ko naman ang commute ko kahit palipat-lipat. i'm not romanticizing it or anything; alam ko naman pakiramdam ng mga taong nakikipagsapalaran mag-commute araw-araw. masaya lang ako kasi tuwing umaalis ako (which is napakabihira), pakiramdam ko para akong ibon na nakalabas sa hawla. the fact that i got to go out is a miracle in itself, but the fact that my commute wasn't that much of a hassle as well? god must've felt soooo bad for me.

obligatory song insert:

(wala namang sumama sa'kin magpunta sa kyusi 😒)

📍cubao expo, gen. romulo ave., cubao, quezon city