When Driving in Manila

When Driving in Manila...

...you have to keep your cool
...all kinds of vehicles (i.e. buses, trucks, taxis, jeepneys, FX, private cars, tricycles, motorcycles, "kuliglig", "padyak", "tricykad", "bisikleta", "kariton", "kalesa") will cut on you left and right, but you have to keep your cool
...even when your super late with your appointment on a Monday or Friday morning, you have to keep your cool
...whether its raining so hard or its sweltering hot, you have to keep your cool
...even when a little boy keeps banging on your window to clean your windows for a few pesos, you have to keep your cool (sige na, bigyan mo na, in the spirit of "almsgiving") =)
...or si Manong is playing "patintero" in the middle of the road selling newspapers, candies, bottled water, LTO license plastic cover, walis, dustpan, etc. etc.... you have to keep your cool
...or si Manang who is carrying a poor baby who has no resemblance of Manang, you have to keep your cool

...even if you feel like going to the toilet already, you have to keep your cool (keep those fingers crossed!)
...even if you haven't eaten your breakfast, lunch or dinner, you have to keep your cool
...even when you forgot paying your bills and the minimum due of your credit card, you have to keep your cool
...even when you had a fight with your boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse, you have to keep your cool
...even when your business/stocks/income are down, you have to keep your cool
...even if you didn't make the sale or you didn't get the promotion you deserved after enslaving yourself for 12-15 hours a day, you have to keep your cool
...even when your reading a text message while driving, the text from the unregistered number goes like this:  "Hi, This is my new cellphone no. Kamusta kayo dyan?  Please send me load", you have to keep your cool!!!
After all, Manila is still and will always be cool!!!

Hope this helps,

G.