Comments on: 5 tips on how to survive driving in Makati City http://www.pjbacolod.com/2007/02/5-tips-on-how-to-survive-driving-in.html Tales of a Tech Shark Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:08:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: sharkey http://www.pjbacolod.com/2007/02/5-tips-on-how-to-survive-driving-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-28 sharkey Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:40:00 +0000 http://www.pjbacolod.com/?p=54#comment-28 @ Chrissy: <br /><br />The fly swatter story is hilarious! :) <br /><br />And yes, the Philippines does need a boost in terms of quality educators. It's too bad most of them go abroad to teach. In your case, we're glad that we have professionals like you who do the Philippines proud.<br /><br />@ Anonymous<br /><br />You're absolutely right! I should have added that 'pedestrian' thing to the list. In fact, I did blog about it before. You can check it out <a HREF="http://www.pjbacolod.com/2006/10/car-trouble.html" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">here</a>. @ Chrissy:

The fly swatter story is hilarious! :)

And yes, the Philippines does need a boost in terms of quality educators. It’s too bad most of them go abroad to teach. In your case, we’re glad that we have professionals like you who do the Philippines proud.

@ Anonymous

You’re absolutely right! I should have added that ‘pedestrian’ thing to the list. In fact, I did blog about it before. You can check it out here.

]]> By: Chrissy121875 http://www.pjbacolod.com/2007/02/5-tips-on-how-to-survive-driving-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-27 Chrissy121875 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:39:00 +0000 http://www.pjbacolod.com/?p=54#comment-27 LOL! Thanks, Anon! My adventures in the Philippines were really fun. My cousins and I had a a chance to connect with our Filipino roots. I love it there and would love to bring my husband there one of these days.<br/><br/>*sigh* I miss Filipino breakfasts on the beach! Longsilog!!! Mmmmm! LOL!<br/><br/>One thing that freaked me out: The security guards have huge machine guns!!! We went to the bank and there was a security guard outside the front door with a huge gun and serious looking face...Whoa! Scary!<br/><br/>My silly kid brother went up to the security guard and started talking to him! Crazy! Anyway, it turned out okay. My kid brother had the guy laughing and we found out that security guards (and people in general) earn so little in the way of salaries. I was so sad :( But, my grandmother told us that though people don't earn as much as in North America, they live well on what they earn and things aren't as expensive as they are here.<br/><br/>My grandmother always packs "Balik Bayan" (sp?) boxes for her family in the Philippines. My grandmother wanted me to live in the Philippines with her and teach at the local school in San Jose. I really would have, had I not had roots here (ie: a husband and a life here). If I were single, I probably would though. LOL! Thanks, Anon! My adventures in the Philippines were really fun. My cousins and I had a a chance to connect with our Filipino roots. I love it there and would love to bring my husband there one of these days.

*sigh* I miss Filipino breakfasts on the beach! Longsilog!!! Mmmmm! LOL!

One thing that freaked me out: The security guards have huge machine guns!!! We went to the bank and there was a security guard outside the front door with a huge gun and serious looking face…Whoa! Scary!

My silly kid brother went up to the security guard and started talking to him! Crazy! Anyway, it turned out okay. My kid brother had the guy laughing and we found out that security guards (and people in general) earn so little in the way of salaries. I was so sad :( But, my grandmother told us that though people don’t earn as much as in North America, they live well on what they earn and things aren’t as expensive as they are here.

My grandmother always packs “Balik Bayan” (sp?) boxes for her family in the Philippines. My grandmother wanted me to live in the Philippines with her and teach at the local school in San Jose. I really would have, had I not had roots here (ie: a husband and a life here). If I were single, I probably would though.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.pjbacolod.com/2007/02/5-tips-on-how-to-survive-driving-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-26 Anonymous Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:04:00 +0000 http://www.pjbacolod.com/?p=54#comment-26 You really got me laughing with your story Chrissy =) <br/>I guess the moral of the story is to learn how to use your slippers to get those damn flies! <br/>Nice blog, sharkey! Very enlightening...Just an addition to your list, beware of blocking the pedestrian lanes even if you're caught in the stop light! Those traffic enforcers just won't accept your reasons! Too bad, I forgot the name of that MAPPSA officer! gggrrrrrr!! You really got me laughing with your story Chrissy =)
I guess the moral of the story is to learn how to use your slippers to get those damn flies!
Nice blog, sharkey! Very enlightening…Just an addition to your list, beware of blocking the pedestrian lanes even if you’re caught in the stop light! Those traffic enforcers just won’t accept your reasons! Too bad, I forgot the name of that MAPPSA officer! gggrrrrrr!!

]]> By: Chrissy121875 http://www.pjbacolod.com/2007/02/5-tips-on-how-to-survive-driving-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-25 Chrissy121875 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:32:00 +0000 http://www.pjbacolod.com/?p=54#comment-25 LOL! Let me tell ya, I am seriously afraid...and I mean <b>afraid</b> of driving in the Philippines! It's just so crazy and there are so many cars...<br />I am so glad that my grandmother's drivers bring us everywhere!!! I went to Makati City and many other places in the Philippines. I am sooooo scared of Manila! I love it, but it's scary! Maybe because I'm not from there...and maybe because I can't speak tagalog. I sort of understand, but I can't speak it. <br /><br />Anyway, I LOVE your blog! It's great! It's definitely one of my "must read" blogs of the day!<br /><br />Oh, I have a funny story for you. My cousin (also from Canada) and I were in Lima (or was it San Jose? I can't remember where we were) and we went to a store to find a fly swatter, because the flies were really bugging us. Anyway, we went and couldn't find any fly swatters, so we asked a store employee. We said, "Hi! We're looking for a <i>patay ang lang-ow.</i> (I don't know how to spell it, but that's how we pronounced it. The guy just stared at us and had nooooooooo idea what we were saying. So, he gets like 8 other sales people and we're in the middle of this circle of store clerks, gesturing (rolling up fake newspapers, acting like flies buzzing, and pretending to swat them) and saying, "Patay ang lang-ow! Patay ang lang-ow!" LOL! They were all howling, still not understanding. They thought we were so funny. Great...let's see how much more we can embarrass the Westerners! We had blast and finally, it was concluded that they didn't even sell those darn fly swatters. My grandmother told us to just use our slippers! She also told us that they didn't understand us because we kept saying, "The fly is dead. The fly is dead." LOL! I bought an English-Tagalog dictionary that day. LOL! Let me tell ya, I am seriously afraid…and I mean afraid of driving in the Philippines! It’s just so crazy and there are so many cars…
I am so glad that my grandmother’s drivers bring us everywhere!!! I went to Makati City and many other places in the Philippines. I am sooooo scared of Manila! I love it, but it’s scary! Maybe because I’m not from there…and maybe because I can’t speak tagalog. I sort of understand, but I can’t speak it.

Anyway, I LOVE your blog! It’s great! It’s definitely one of my “must read” blogs of the day!

Oh, I have a funny story for you. My cousin (also from Canada) and I were in Lima (or was it San Jose? I can’t remember where we were) and we went to a store to find a fly swatter, because the flies were really bugging us. Anyway, we went and couldn’t find any fly swatters, so we asked a store employee. We said, “Hi! We’re looking for a patay ang lang-ow. (I don’t know how to spell it, but that’s how we pronounced it. The guy just stared at us and had nooooooooo idea what we were saying. So, he gets like 8 other sales people and we’re in the middle of this circle of store clerks, gesturing (rolling up fake newspapers, acting like flies buzzing, and pretending to swat them) and saying, “Patay ang lang-ow! Patay ang lang-ow!” LOL! They were all howling, still not understanding. They thought we were so funny. Great…let’s see how much more we can embarrass the Westerners! We had blast and finally, it was concluded that they didn’t even sell those darn fly swatters. My grandmother told us to just use our slippers! She also told us that they didn’t understand us because we kept saying, “The fly is dead. The fly is dead.” LOL! I bought an English-Tagalog dictionary that day.

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