Tag Archives: philippines

Taxi driver dude, wtf?

For the past 5 years or so, I’ve always driven myself to get around. On the average, I would say that I only take public transportation or cabs thrice a year. My stress levels, however, have gotten to a point where I strongly detest driving on account of me getting pissed off by other drivers [...]

We raised over $6,000 with PhilippineAid.com – Status Update

The Good News In our aggressive, social-media driven campaign that lasted less than 48 hours, Philippine Aid managed to generate a total of $6,647.51 in PayPal donations. You may have noticed that the ChipIn Event we used to monitor our progress has ended. This is due to the fact that PayPal has flagged our account [...]

The Philippines Needs YOUR Help

At the time of writing, 73 people have died and over 300,000 people have been displaced by Tropical Storm Ketsana (local name “Ondoy”) that struck the Philippines with heavy, torrential rains on Saturday, September 26, 2009. (link) Waters rose to as much as 5 meters high in some areas and the Philippines, seeing the worst [...]

Fresh Pickings

The first week of June usually marks the start of a period of extreme mental and emotional strain to me. Allow me to explain: In the Philippines, the first week of July is when classes start for a lot of schools nationwide. And, for someone like me who drives a good 56 Kilometers a day [...]

Getting in the way of poop

I’ve been working in the office building I’m currently working in for almost three years now, and over that period of time, I have pretty much lifted the entire fog of war in the immediate neighborhood as far as restrooms I can comfortably take a crap in is concerned. So far, I have: The restroom [...]