I could have blogged about this a couple of days ago but I was too swamped with school works and Plurk. Anyway, here’s the final tally for our first poll wherein we asked you, “Who are the most arrogrant drivers?”

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So far, only 22 people voted on the poll. Since only 22 people voted, it is really hard to make a conclusion out of the results. Anyway, as 22 of you voted, jeepney drivers are the most arrogant drivers. If you voted for jeepney drivers, can you comment on this post the reason why you voted for them?

We are still thinking on what to you ask for our next poll. Please do consider contributing a post on So Sick of Taxi. Details are posted on the “Contribute” page. Thanks!

With the rising cost of fares in jeepneys, buses and tricycles, a convenient way to go around in some parts of Manila is by way of the Light Rail Transit (LRT), and Metro-Rail Transit (MRT). The LRT 1 consists of the 15 km elevated railway system servicing the route Monumento in the City of Caloocan passing through Rizal Avenue and Taft Avenue in Manila to the end station Baclaran in Pasay City. On the other hand, the MRT is a 16.9 kilometer route on Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue passing through the cities of Quezon, Makati, Mandaluyong and Pasay.

From our place near the Monumento area, I have to ride a jeepney to take me to the Monumento station, which cost me P 8.00 or approximately $0.2 (1-kilometer stretch). I have to ride the LRT from Monumento station to Gil Puyat station (14th station out of 18 stations), 20 minute ride costing P15.00 ( approx $0.35 ). If I were to take the taxi from our place covering the same route, that’s P 140.00.

Taking the LRT is cheap transportation, considering I was able to save time and money and distance of my trip covered around 10 kilometers. For more convenience I buy a stored value ticket worth P 100 (approx $2.3) , which is about 4 or 5 rides, to avoid long queue at the ticket booths during rush hours.

Photo by Mithril Cloud (http://www.wikipedia.org) | Conversion Factor: $1 = Php 43

So, you want to know the origin of the word taxi?

Apparently, HotForWords, a YouTuber Philologist who believes that Intelligence is Sexy, in which I stumbled upon and subscribed because of her unique style in teaching, decides to investigate on the origin of the word, Taxi. Since this is in relation to our site, I decided to share it with you so here it is:

I really enjoy her videos.

Did you learn something? Oh well, I learned a lot…

You should subscribe to her channel also. LOL!