Again, i couldn't agree with you more on that when you made mentioned about the fact that there are always a tremendous traffic jam where ever you look in Manila. However, it wasn't because of those people with police escorts going about their business. It is because people seems oblivious of the passing cars moving about around them, in front of them and ahead of them. I was born and raised in Manila myself, lived in north america and returned after twenty seven years. But, let me tell you, i was totally taken by surprise by how much attention people have in dealing with vehicular traffic in Manila than anyone else in the world. The people just don't seem to care anymore if their gonna hit someone or someone is gonna hit them. I asked my brother once while we were in the car as to the reason why i noticed that there are very few stop signs in intersections in Manila, and his reply was, "it doesn't make any difference whether we have four, ten or even a hundred stop signs in a corner, people will still ignore them no matter what". Did you ever hear the saying that goes; "don't fix it, if it's not broken"? Well, i hate to disappoint you on this one, but, i think the traffic situation in Manila have already passed that stage, way beyond between nil and negligible. To sum it up, it is "us" people who have done these horrendous traffic mess to ourselves, we let it go on and on for decades until such time that everything was beyond repair. I was literally in tears when i saw these things around me that could have been save a long time ago, and i wasn't just talking about the traffic, but, a lot of other things in the Philippines that could have been save with just a simple "human intervention". Speaking of which, my friends and i used to go swimming behind the manila hotel when i was there. Now, that part of the ocean was nothing but muck, sludge, garbage and floating dead animals. It's a terrible thing to think that my grandchildren would never ever enjoy swimming on that part of the "used-to-be-ocean" in their lifetime. Moral story? when you get up in the morning and looking at the mirror, do you ask yourself if you have done one little honorable thing yesterday worthy of telling your kids? If there is one, then, welcome to your own preservation.

Here we go again talking about all the disgusting traffic inconveniences done to us by VIP security escorts. Do you really believed that motorcades by the president and some VIP people is the main reason why we have a horrendous traffic in Manila? Think again, you are absolutely "misinformed". However, let me explain this little bits of information on the subject. Presidential convoys going to and from Malacanang has nothing to do with the worst traffic snarls in Manila. Not with the amount of time the presidential motorcade spends on the road. Actually, it has nothing to do with the messy road condition we're all seeing nowadays.Consider this, whenever presidential securities have already cleared the road, it will only take about six minutes and twenty one seconds for the motorcade to reach PICC from Malacanang palace. (my own observation, cause i always see them all the time) That's the total amount of time you will be waiting sitting in your vehicle. There, is that too much to ask? You will be stuck in traffic anyway, with or without it for a very long time. Why? cause, the guy walking next to you hawking "balut", "peanuts", "banana-on-a-stick" and some other items too long to mention will be walking and running right in front of your car. And also, the people who wants to get to the other side of the divided median walking close to your car that you can literally smell their breath. It totally gives a whole new meaning about people on the road.Reminder: incidental events, places or things mentioned in this blog is based solely on my own observation and not of any other entity, persons or group of persons which are either connected or known by me.Thank you very much for your time reading this.

I have just read an article here on GMA7 about the untimely death of De Las Alas. This was just about the state prosecutor questioning the chief of police of Makati who did the initial investigation at the crime scene. The chief made a statement to the state prosecutor that, the reason why they (the police) didn't find any fingerprint on the gun was the fact that a) the gun was not held tightly b) the gun has a smooth stainless steel and c) cold temperature in the room creates a residue of moisture on the surface of the gun. Whoooaaa!! Only one of the above mentioned criteria could affect lifting prints on the surface. Even then, a gun that has been submerged under water even for a week would still have prints on them. Whatever happened to the picture they showed and even indicated that the gun was on top of the table of Leviste around the side of the table, with the barrel pointing towards the back of the wall. Then, just the other, when they were having a re-enactment at the crime scene, i saw this male individual (could he be a cop?) trying to place the gun on the right hand of the poor guy who is trying desperately to act as the deceased. Correct me on this one please, if i am terribly mistaken but, did he (De Las Alas) sustained a gunshot wound at the back of the head, and behind his torso that goes through and through the seat? Because, from what i saw yesterday on that picture when one of the boy's of the state prosecutor was taking "the chair" out of the room where De Las Alas was presumably sitting, i did not see any remarkable trace of blood on it. I gathered perhaps, that, he took the bullet from behind. Just like the bullet he sustained at the back of the head. I don't know what to say on this one! How could a guy comfortably sitting on a chair be a greater threat to anyone? Let me tell you, i wouldn't want to be standing close to this guy while i am having a conversation on my cell phone, he might think that i was gonna hit him with my motorola razor phone and smoke me instead. Wow! only in the Philippines.