Perhaps I should get used to this. Since I’m an incoming college senior, soon enough, I will not look forward to summer for its days-stretch of lazy sunny afternoons. It will no longer be equal to free and leisure time. I just didn’t expect it to come this soon. Aside from my daily ten-hour internship in Makati, other commitments just keep piling up. Sometimes I just want to drop everything and fly off somewhere abroad (which will happen anyway in a few weeks).
Last Monday, I got at the Quezon Avenue station of the MRT at a quarter past seven, and wow, it was a riot. The entire platform and staircase was filled with people, with multiple and slow-moving lines stretching all the way down to EDSA. I was obviously surprised, since I was never a regular MRT commuter in the morning till now.
What made the commuting worse was that a number of trains had passed me on the platform without me being able to get on because other people just kept pushing and shoving ahead of me. By the time the tenth train came, I decided to lose all my respect for other people and began shoving everyone else near me to get on myself.
law student, leftist, national democratic, film school graduate, photography hobbyist
Monday, I was there seven-ish rin. EXAG.
Tuesday, I got in the same time and it was okay.
Wednesday, I got in a quarter hour earlier. All the pushing made me almost fall in between the train and the platform.
Thursday, I’m still alive.
Maybe I should blog about this, but I just don’t feel like it.
its push and shove talaga. the north avenue station grabe. the stairs, people just push you up the stairs. you dont have to walk.
why’d you leave us kanina? hmp
Kitams? Ang ganyang klase ng pila sa MRT tuwing umaga ay isa nang bahagi sa buhay ng mga regular commuters at avid fans ng MRT na katulad ko, parang pagkain at pagligo. Ang magandang bahagi lang ng islaman na ‘yan, ewan ko, pero sa’kin, masarap pa rin ang salubong ng umaga na unting-unting bumabati sa’yo mula sa loob ng MRT. Kaaya-aya pa rin ang simoy ng hangin na kunyaring sariwa. Ingat lamang sa mga taong amoy 4:30pm na agad kahit alas-otso pa lang ng umaga.
Mag-kotse ka na! Hahaha.
But that’s gonna be a whole other kind of a RIOT.
xa nga pl. xan n ung kotse mo bikoysky…. hmmm… xan mo b pinark?
Welcome to DCSS (Daily Commuter Stress Syndrome)
I am not quite sure if its better if you ride from first station, especially at 7 am. Going there (1st station) earlier would probably be better. The other option would be an FX ride.
I experienced one in LRT
I second Juned’s suggestion.
I think the problem is with the MRT system itself, plus the Pinoy’s (innate?) characteristic of getting ahead. Now if only we could channel that characteristic into something more profitable to this country…..
It happened because most Filipinos just don’t have the discipline to line up and follow rules. In my eyes, sometimes these commuters look like animals already. Yes, I do ride the MRT and I loathe that I have to get quashed just to get to the door. It’s part of the commuter’s life but I hate it. I hate that we, Filipinos, have sunk so low.
when riding the LRT or MRT, one advice…
GO WITH THE FLOW!
Because of the MRT, I was encouraged to be competitive, to be selfish and to be unfair.
hindi lang naman sa pinas ang may tulakan sa mrt eh. pati dito sa singapore noh! hmpf! naku! lalo na sa india.
moving from makati to quezon ave, yun din yung dilemma ko, kung panu mag commute sa mrt during rush hour. nakapa hirap sobra. thats y i prefer workshifts na hindi kasabay ang rush hour, para iwas tulakan.
para iwas pila ka na rin, u buy SV tickets, para di ka na pumila araw araw.
tip lang: as much as possible dapat nasa first line/row ka palagi para mas madaling makasakay. mas mahirap kasin gumalaw kung nasa second row ka na. sa side ng pila ako naghihintay (di baleng malayo sa opening ng door), tapos habang humihinto ang tren, unti unti rin akong lumalapit (sumisingit) papunta sa door. usually yung nasa second row, di nakakasakay. diskarte lang yan kesa naman ma-late.
dati, nag-ra-round-trip din ako (sumasakay ako pa-north bound side to north avenue at di na ako bumababa at hinihintay na lang na bumalik siya). additional ten minutes din ang biyahe pero at least nakasakay na hindi na nakikipagbalyahan, makakaupo ka pa. pero di na ata ina-allow ngayon ang ganun.
Malay mo maging tulad mo yung kahawig mong korean si Gyeun Woo sa Sassy girl o kali yung lalaking tinagurian sa Japan na…Densha Otoko (the train man)** ewan ko kung aware ka sa movie na yun**
tip: get on at the north ave station, pero from the other side, the one right in front of trinoma. then tawid ka na lang papunta sa kabila. the line’s faster, and mas may chance kang makaupo. tulakan pa rin though, ganun tlga. ganyan kmi ni nen when we ride the mrt going to work. and of course, malaking tulong ang stored value ticket.
hahah! unahan tlga sa mrt… haizt… msaia rin pg pra na taung sardines sa loob.. ^_^ haha!