Crazy Commute

Maybe it was because of the sudden rains, but commuting was cray-cray yesterday.

This was the MRT chaos that greeted me in Ayala Station.

Decided not to even attempt riding the MRT and just took the bus carousel. Surprisingly, that commute was much easier and faster.

Lyli echoed this sentiment and told me that their commute home yesterday what crazy, too.

Hope this is just a glitch.

The buzz on the bus

Check out the bus I rode to work this morning. It's so SG and HKG! It looks like the same bus I ride going to work back in HKG, and when I'm visiting SG.

Looks like our transport system is finally getting an upgrade.

Bus to Busan

Lookie! The bus I rode this morning was showing "Train to Busan."

I've said this before, I'll say it again. This film is DA BOMB!

'Nuff said.

Psychedelic Pink

On my way to work today, the bus was playing a selection of MTVs from the 80s. Among those they were showing was this classic ditty from the Psychedelic Furs.



Of course, this song is inextricably attached to the Molly Ringwald film of the same name. I think that's the reason why this song became so popular.

I'm not sure if it's intentional or not, but it seems like buses are getting into the Friday Magic Madness mood, too.

Holiday on a bus

Since I take the bus on my way to work, I get to see a wide variety of "bus films."

Most often, they're pirated DVD versions of films that are currently showing. For example, the bus I took last week from Ortigas to Cubao was showing "After Earth."

There are the perennial B-movies. These are straight-to-DVD American films that star no-name actors in films with ridiculous plots and bad special effects.

Then, there are the Pinoy classics. Or old Filipino films - the ages of which vary from the 80s (Chiquito films) and the 90s (some Ronnie Ricketts action flicks) to some films from the mid to late 2000s.

Just when I thought I've seen it all, today's bus ride from Cubao to Ortigas had a surprising choice for a bus film.

Yup, they were showing the Audrey Hepburn classic, "Roman Holiday." Needless to say, most of the passengers were oblivious to it, but I was transfixed on the screen.

Heck, I even thought of going all the way to Makati just so I could finish the film. Harhar.