- Last night, we loaded gas, and I still can't believe until now that it costs P44.++ per liter already! That is around US$ 0.85/liter! On the news today, it says that the peso is at its strongest in the last three months. So why does gas price continue to rise? Ok, I'll wait until after a few more days.
- The traffic is getting terrible. For three consecutive days now, I'm late for work. I even adjusted my alarm clock, to no avail. I find it ironic that despite the increasing price of gas, more and more people are buying cars. What's up with that? I think the government should have the roads widened instead of implementing a number-coding scheme. Shouldn't an avenue be wide anyway?
- We have a relatively high standard of education but why are there too many underemployed/unemployed college graduates? It's so difficult to find a decent job here. That's the main reason why many Filipinos try their luck elsewhere.
- Owning a house or a car is next to impossibility.
- Government agencies' procedures are so chaotic. I was denied a passport because of an erasure on my birth certificate. I was told by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to secure an annotated copy of it from the National Statistics Office (NSO). NSO then told me to file for RA 9048, at the Local Civil Registrar (LCR) where my birth certificate was filed. The LCR then instructed me to submit some documents, including my dad's birth certificate printed on security paper from NSO. Unfortunately, NSO doesn't have my dad's birth record so I was doomed. Dead end. I really hate having to suffer because of other people's mistakes.
I can go on and on, but I need to do some work. I just hope some other country would adopt us. There's just too much dirty politics here.
