Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Why Investing In Luxury Pieces Is Actually More of a Luxury and Not an Investment
Shop that luxe out of love. And not for profit.
Saturday, April 20, 2024
The Saintly Lessor, With OverBearing Next of Kin
This post is inspired by a column from another Philippine multimedia news site.
Intense Weather Hits Not Just Fever Pitch
If you think El Nino is the only thing that threatens man's survival these days aside from poverty and the rising prices of commodities, think again.
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There's more to the intensely sunny weather that hits every poor man's back on the road waiting to explore what opportunities are left when there is none extended, other than a pittance of serve to the locals.
At the intersection of Alabang, Madrigal, traffic bleakens the wait of many commuters who are eager to go home at 5pm this day.
But that's not all.
Traffic aides err in their pitchiness as every hotheaded men/drivers on the main thoroughfare seem to find compelling reason to yell, whistle at any one getting in their drive route, so hotly showing brute impatience on the road.
As men display irate reaction to the traffic, women tugging along their kids mostly below seven, brave the sun to weather a weekend at the mall. The kids dressed in their best OTDs seem to have a fun frolic at a popular shopping destination down south.
The city scene seems to be trying to bounce back from it's reclusivity as many shoppers line up at the counter to buy lifestyle items and fill in the spots at their favorite food crawls.
These juggernaut seem to juxtapose at the true need of the city to mind the unspoken and that is to have more commuter-friendly transports with genuine courtesy and pleasantries for commuters on the level of VIP standards for service.
As for shoppers, a more favourable pricing of commodities to afford every mom with essentials for their kids would have been a better trend than to simply go out to escape from the current abnormal weather.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Compulsory Hiring of Middle Age Moms of Minors Must Become A Law
Nowhere in the timeline of the country have there been so much bias, than here from the onset of pandemic.
Friday, April 12, 2024
Roll Over And Bow If You Don't Have This As Investment
Frenzy or fiasco for luxe investments?Small-time shoppers/ investors can be left stunned by the trend right now.
Sunday, April 7, 2024
Customers' Ordeals Noted In The City
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
So close. So profitable.
Help me solve my Math problem.
An ageing mom tries driving lessons for the 2nd time, after not getting the nod the first time in license requirements.
The first batch of her training costed almost ten thousand of recent years prior this year. It is out of necessity of parenting that she feels obliged as commuting does not do justice already for her kid's daily routine.
A license to drive then bragged to cost about less than a thousand for a simple paper (pardon the numbers, not accurate) around five years ago, would have given this ageing unpopular mom by the wayside of a very trying to be humble town composed of around 500,000 residents when she last checked the population count, would have given her the freedom to pursue her entrepreneurial spirit or look for employers that would be kind enough to allow her with enough flexibility of time.
Enough with the problem on joblessness of a middle age mom hiding in a cave of shade because nobody gives a care how middle aged moms are shoved to the side of forgetful opportunities.
So the ageing mom spent around 10 thousand plus miscellaneous expenses of having to report or pursue the paper work and walk work for a simple but so precious license to drive non pro style.
This second try, the mom goes and shelves about Php 5000 more, not to mention the very wasteful time dedicated to undergo lessons from theoretical to practical driving. Again this excludes miscellaneous expenses including meal expenses for long queue or lack of change at the windows of LTO.
Compound the liabilities she gets for being exposed to the unfriendly weather which would require her additional expense for vitamins supplements, facemask etc.
And the negative feedback of getting a fail after all expenses have been made, with zero profits or gratuity for her.
On the other side, business is bustling for driving schools who couldn't care less what ordeals their students go through. Being exposed to shaming by fellow student drivers who flaunt their wealth or yelled heckled at by the stable of "mentor" drivers who probably think a militarized approached to teaching driving to an ageing so helpless mom would finally give her the heartless learn; or get the picture that her rights to independence are being denied or at least deprived, like a candle in the wind.
The driving school can earn from two thousand per student, and a batch could merit at least 10 to 15 students in one sitting for theories and "stars and moon" combined (figure of speech).
What more if a student driver fails? Would the student old so mom have to go back to school same school again fronting as nice once done but fails to give merit to its own students?
Imagine the numbers and the student old mom's expenses.
Without justice. It was so close for her. And so profitable for them.
Social commentary by the writer.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
It's Not Just the Weather News That's Making the Hot Temperament
When a mayor declares a class suspension, that hints an aversion to experience the real situation of extreme weather change that's breaking charts even without looking at the temp measure. It also brings to fore the need for many adjustments that have to be made in the areas of infrastructure and adaptability of cities to endure the current weather, for the sake of the locals.
The hot climate as a consequence of an unforgiving weather phenomenon, is a risk to the health of the general populace. This we need to acknowledge.
We need not validate the results as it can be clearly seen.
The drying of the soil even in metro cities; the slowing down of water connection service in areas that are wooing new real estate buyers for their "housevesting"; scarcity of potable water; and the risks of being exposed to the radical sunny weather that is changing our body in a lot of ways, are the "must" precursors for change in making adjustments to our roads and infrustructures.
Even the way we build our homes needs a reinvention of sorts.
Most apartments, residences and buildings in the Mega Manila are cement structures that do not help curb the effects of the weather but instead magnify the heat, making the weather more unbearable for the locals.
The roads and the streets of Metro Manila are not capacitated to give shade and shelter in case of extreme weather conditions.
Most shades or by the wayfare commuter stop gaps, are selectively placed only. Most do not have the continuity of providing a safe roofing or shade from the hot weather.
There must be additional structures built in cities with highest risks for heat wave, that could serve as a buffer for the intense heat that could threaten the commuters and pedestrians, who are most exposed to the El Nino phenomenon.
Also this is the best time for our national and local leaders to step up on their "plantito, plantita" hobbies by propagating a greening of sidewalks, streets and alleys even in areas that are most serving as bottleneck for traffic, and converging main roads and highways.
There cannot be avoidance for El Nino like a mere tolerance for the temperament of the locals who are showing already a flair for discourtesy against customers, even in the middle of a business day.
It must not be because of the weather that we accept the heat.
We deal with the ordinary challenges of the weather like an economy that needs to refocus back on a middle ground.
That which are not just beneficial for the rich or the "uberly" "masa"; but also meant to give convenience for the middle class who tow the line of endurance, for the most part to ensure a continuance of the economy despite the challenges of El Nino.
News Review Philippines editorial
Friday, March 29, 2024
Professional Drivers in the Philippines: Most Abusive
Part two of a series.
This article is written to increase awareness on the risks of hiring private or family drivers who are abusive of their profession, and who observe malpractices against their employers or the very clients they serve.
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