Avilon Zoo
Photos taken at Avilon Zoo in Rodriguez, Rizal back in 2007 and on Fujifilm Superia ISO 1600 35mm film
Power commuting
Just in case you’re wondering, if you’re lucky enough to ride one of the newer P2P buses, the one with individual LCD panels, one for each passenger … yes, you CAN charge your…
Family-run PBC Car Adapt makes cutting-edge wheelchair transport solutions more accessible to Filipinos
Transport is an ordeal to the wheelchair-bound. They can be independent, they struggle to be independent, in many cases had been fully independent before affliction or old age had assailed them. But the…
Front/rear facing seats bring efficient and safer seating on jeepney-type rear bodies
Shouldn’t someone be working on this, this double-coach configuration for truck chassis rear-bodies that harks back to how passengers travelled in train cabins with front- and rear-facing couches? Not a radical thing, not…
Why GrabTrike is a good thing even if you don’t actually use it
The GrabTrike option on the Grab app could serve as your online resource for holding tricycles to the fare matrix that’s probably posted for public reference but only in locations familiar to locals….
Quick note: what’s he doing, the man in red
A top editor once told me, “don’t worry if there’s other stuff, even people, in your shot … these could bring warmth.” Well, on this 2015 shakedown drive to Sagada with the then…
Sidecar or armrest
Go beyond city limits and your taxicab go-anywhere option becomes the tricycle. They’re at the top of the food chain in the rural transport system. So you’d think they’d have more headroom for…
Four Decent Pizzas for Under P600
Here at Gudo on Congressional Avenue between Luzon and Tandang Sora, we’ve just landed Margherita, eponymous Gudo, Garlic & Mushroom, and Three Cheese pizzas for the kids, all at a cost of just…
Baguio Again
I’ve been taught by my dad to feel out each car I drive, how to test it for the first few kilometers of a hundred kilometer trip. Seat-of-the-pants kind of drivers, that’s me…
For Generations to Come
With several major stage-plays now showing in the metropolis, which one should you watch if you can see only one? Ask me and I’d say the more exclusive one, the one that demands…
Of Pencils and Old Familiar Places
“A bouquet of sharpened pencils,” a line from a good movie, yes, but also something I would always see on my father’s desk. It’s what I imagine whenever I sharpen a pencil, releasing…