Category Archives: Travel

Vacation Dreams

Today is officially the start of Christmas vacation for the country’s school children, that is if some schools decided to have a Christmas party just today. Oh, that is just unfair.

It would be wonderful to spend Christmas somewhere away from the bustle and hustle of the city and the neighborhood. The son just whispered to me that in a certain city up north, temperature is between 14 – 16 degrees and he said he wants to see “smoke” coming from his mouth when he talks!

Hmmm… that idea is absolutely awesome and while at it, we might as well add sitting in front of a fireplace amidst rustic furniture with a window view of pine trees to this dream vacation.

A Safer Philippines for Ingat Pilipinas

Ingat Pilipinas has recently been launched to make people aware of road safety to avoid the loss of lives and properties through road accidents.

Ingat Pilipinas coalition is made up of the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (HPG), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and Safety Organization of the Philippines, (SOPI), in cooperation with Unilab and Biogesic.

Ingat Pilipinas

According to the PNP-Highway Patrol Group, there are around 50 road accidents in the country everyday. 78% of the riding public depend on public transportation like buses, jeepneys, taxis, tricycles, pedicabs, the trains and more recently, the controversial “kuliglig”.

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Nagmo-Motorsiklo Ka Ba?

Ang disiplina o ang kawalan nito.

quirino highway

Isang pamilyang nakasakay sa motor sa matrapik na Quirino Highway. Dalawang bata lang naman sa sa pagitan ng dalawang matanda. Bakit di pa kaya ginawang tatlo o kaya apat at nang mukhang habal-habal na sila? Bonding nga ito pero naman…

elbow helmet

Helmet. Para sa siko ng ating bidang nagmo-motor na may backride (na may dalang banderang pang-kampanya). Oo nga naman, baka magasgas ang siko kung sakali may mangyari. Tsaka sa EDSA lang naman ito, sisiw lang ang biyahe.

Di man mabilis ang takbo, para sa akin, reckless driving pa din ito, kumontra man ang iba sa akin. Basta, nakakatakot ang ginagawa ng ibang nagmo-motor.

Ang disiplina o kawalan nito. Bow.

Car Rental Coupons

Our relatives are already excited to go on a road trip soon and why not, summer vacation is supposed to be spent doing these fun things. Uncle excitedly asked me to help him look for car rental services he will consider using. Why rent a car I asked? He explained that there are discounts, extra mileage, free upgrades and a whole lot more of perks. Ok, he got me at discounts 😀

I found three car rental services that have car rental coupons. These three car rental services have car rental special codes that can be used several times. These codes have instructions about the rentals and how one can reserve online, print the reservation notice and go to accredited car rental services.

One of the three car rentals I showed my Uncle is the Alamo car rental coupons. An hour advanced notice in the Last Minute Specials can give one access to a rental car.

In participating North American locations, National Car Rental Coupons on the other hand have discounts for full-size cars that were reserved in advance. It is wise to reserve in advanced due to the availability of vehicles one can choose. There are a few conditions for restrictions like location of pick-up and drop-off services.

The last one we discussed was Hertz Car Rental Coupons that has almost the same conditions and restrictions as the second car rental services.

So there, my research for my Uncle is done. I am awaiting for his response since I already emailed him the details. If only I can join them that would be fun 🙂

C5-Mindanao Avenue-NLEX

Noong isang taon ay naging larawan at post ko sa temang simula ang ginagawang Phase 2 Project Segment 8.1 connecting Mindanao Avenue to NLEX.

Heto na ngayon ang malapit nang makumpletong modernong kalsada ng C5 – Mindanao Avenue – NLEX na alam ko ay isang malaking pagbabago hindi lamang sa mga mananakay kundi para din sa mga nakatira malapit dito:

mindanao avenue-NLEX

Ang nasa kaliwa ay patungong NLEX at ang nasa kanan ay patungong Mindanao Avenue.

Ito pa ang isang larawan sa ibang lugar (mula sa unang larawan) na malapit sa bagong kalsada: ang tollgate.

tollgate

Malaking pagbabago din ito sa amin dahil ilang bloke mula sa aming tinitirhan ay nakagugulat na makakita ng bubong ng toll gate. Maaaring hindi malaking bagay ito sa ilan ngunit hindi sa isang iang katulad ko na nag-aalala para sa kalusugan ng mga anak ko lalo pa ang isa sa kanila ay may asthma.

Hindi ko tuloy alam kung ako ba ay matutuwa sa pagbabagong ito o hindi. Malamang ang sagot ay hindi.