Category Archives: Urban Living

Reckless

Posted on May 17, 2009 by greenbucks| 4 Comments

Reckless.

That is what I can describe a big number of motorcycle drivers here in the country.

I have written entries about it here and here but I don’t get tired of saying these things that I have observed time and again, day after day:

  • these motorcycle drivers weave in and out of street lanes
  • they do not wear the proper protective gears like armor jacket, knee and shin protectors, back (and kidney) protectors and sturdy helmets
  • yes, they have helmets but they wear it on their arms/elbows, duh?
  • they have two or three passengers with them and that includes children

These protective gears are VERY expensive, I agree, but what could be more expensive than that but lives on the line?

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Phase 2 Project: Segment 8.1 Connecting Mindanao Avenue to NLEX

Posted on May 7, 2009 by greenbucks| 26 Comments

Simula pa lang ng paggawa ng malaking kalye malapit sa amin.

Noong Lunes ay isinarado na ang daan na dinadaanan namin kaya iikot na kami sa matrapik na palengke. Pero sige lang, pagkatapos naman nito (kung matatapos agad) ay magiging mas maaliwalas ang aming pag-uwi. Wala naman sana problema kung hindi nagsasara ng gate yung katabing subdibisyon mula 10am  – 5pm at 10pm – 6am para hindi na kaya naipilitan kami umiikot ng malayo. Hmph.

Importante ang daan na ito kasi mismo si PGMA (S)cares ay dumalo sa groundbreaking ceremonies noong nakaraang buwan (kung tama ang pagkakatanda ko).

c5-nlex

Pasensiya na po, malabo, umaandar kasi kami at may tint pa ang salamin.

Anyway… (pakibasa po hanggang bago magdulo, nandun ang climax)

Ang major road na ito ay mag-uugnay ng Mindanao Avenue sa NLEX or North Luzon Expressway. Heto ang isa pang link tungkol sa project.

Alam nyo ba kung magkano ang 2.8 kilometer na daang ito? 1.5 billion pesos lang naman.

Kung ito ay idi-divide sa 2.8 kilometers, pumapatak na 535 million++ pesoses for less than a kilometer ang presyo ng daan na yan. Sosyal di ba?

Twing! Twing! (Tunog ng cash register yan, lol!)

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Posted in business, Current Events, Environment, Interesting Topics, Philippines, Photos, Thought Bubbles, Urban Living, Visualizations

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Markdown Madness at Tektite on May 4-8, 2009

Posted on April 28, 2009 by greenbucks| 1 Comment

Sale?!

That

includes women’s shoes

Woohoo!

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Oh My Gulay!

Posted on April 16, 2009 by greenbucks| 17 Comments

Ako ay “palpak” pagdating sa pagpapatubo ng mga bulaklak, ito po ay aking aaminin

Pero nabuhayan ako ng loob ng subukin kong magtanim ng halamang gulay at kahit paano naman, ito ay nagkaroon ng bunga! Yipee! Me konting problema lang ako sa mga ibon dahil gustung-gusto nila ang aking okra, talbos ng ampalaya at mumunting mga kalamansi 🙁

Pero meron na din kaming mga malalaking bunga ng ampalaya at mga herbs na nagagamit sa pagluto 🙂

Heto ay larawan ng mga maliliit na okra sa aming bakuran:

okra

Maganda nga ang mga bulaklak, nakatutuwa at talagang nagiging mas maganda ang paligid pero siyempre, ang gulay naman, masarap at masustansiya 🙂

Ako ay mas excited mag-garden dahil dito na nakakatulong sa pagtatanim! Woohoo!

Posted in Environment, family, Litratong Pinoy, Money Watch, Philippines, Photos, Urban Living

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Used Coffee Grounds for your Garden

Posted on April 8, 2009 by greenbucks| 6 Comments

I have heard about the wonderful benefits of using used coffee grounds mixed with the soil for plants and so I went to a nearby world-renowned cafe and asked for a bag of these used coffee grounds

I researched about this and I have found this page to be very informative

And so armed with a cup of these used coffee grounds, I went to my small vegetable garden and had these mixed in the soil

I hope the rains we have had for a few days will help these vegetable plants grow more yield

Now if only those birds wold stop picking on the buds, that would be even better 😀

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