Traffic. Traffic everywhere. Traffic in the Metro is inarguably one of the major causes of hair-pulling and non-stop cussing every Filipino morning. It is an inescapable and powerful phenomenon, this thing we call traffic. We always try to avoid it, but once we’re within its tight and polluted grasp, there is nothing else to do…
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Crash Course: Revving up the old king
Photos from Sarao Motors Inc. Each day, we never fail to notice the congestion on the streets, or the barkers on the road trying to call your attention with their loud monotonous cries. Top everything with traffic enforcers and their exaggerated signaling and you could say that yes, there might be only one experience…
So you reach home one night, weeping in silence as you stare into the blankness of space – or rather, your computer screen: as it still remains lagging after you loaded that fancy HD game or video two weeks ago. Watching every annoying warning pop up on your desktop only highlights the futility of your…
Surviving Agno 101
The sun rises and sets – day after day, time after time – splashing its little avenue of camaraderie with shades of amber and mauve. The haze of aromatic smoke wafts through the whistling russet leaves of shady boughs –carrying with it the intoxicating scent of freshly-cooked food and of caramelized nicotine. Footfalls stir up…