12 - Hassle

"Describe your ride home"

Here, in the Philippines, it is very obvious that the traffic hare are very heavy. If you already went here with your family, friends, and etc... Well, you will know what I mean. The traffic here is very heavy, imagine if you have colds then you have runny nose and blockage of breathing, that' is the exact definition of traffic here. You can't breath because there's too many vehicles. Many drivers here are also not disciplined because of there freaking hot-headed brain. If you would drive your car here in the Philippines, good luck, I hope that you won't get scratches on the body of your car. Well, what I am going to tell you today is my ride home WITHOUT our car. I only commute from my school to our home.

It is very hassle because you need to find and wait for a public transport, walk to the designated loading area, finding public transport vehicles like jeep, bus, mini bus, and etc... But it's okay for me because it can also benefit to our health while we are commuting, walking long-distances, breathing fresh air (It's not when you are in a heavy traffic, especially in EDSA). At the same time it's frustrating so you have to have patience and diligence so that you can go home in peace. Well, for my

experience, it's not much that hard to commute from the city to my province. Our school is located in Makati City and my home is located in Cavite so it's really far away and it is a 2-hour trip with traffic and 1 or 1 and a half hour without traffic. So if you could imagine. I have to take a bus from Makati to Mall of Asia, afterwards I have to take the bus from Mall of Asia to Coastal terminal where there are buses that will go to Cavite provinces then after that, I will ride a bus and it's destination is to Naic, Cavite. My home is not exactly at Naic but the bus will pass there near our home. After that, I'm not yet home, I have to decide whether I would take a tricycle or just take a walk? Because the bus is actually on the main roads then when I drop off from the bus I have to take a little transport to my home.

That's my ride home. That's not my home, it's from one of our past president here in the Philippines, Mr. Emilio Aguinaldo from Kawit, Cavite and that's our landmark here in Kawit. I don't know for you, if you have your own transport or not. For me, I can enjoy it because when I have my time to have fun , I will just go the Mall of Asia, rest, play, or even watch there if I have enough money and time for myself. If I get bored while on a trip, I'll just watch TV series in my phone and be careful because there are so many holdapers and snatchers here in the Philippines, they even have a modus. It means that they have a group or gang that will plan on how to snatch and rob things from people and it's very dangerous so just keep it in mind that you have to take care of yourself and your things with you.