"M.R.T"

The Metro Rail Transit (MRT) is Metro Manila's third rapid transit line. It forms part of the Strong Republic Transit System, which includes the Manila Light Rail Transit System. The line operates under the name Metrostar Express and is colored blue on rail maps.

Filipinos are really unique. Our taste in clothes, our hospitality, our ability to laugh when someone falls down a flight of stairs or slips on a wet sidewalk while trying to help the person at the same time make us distinct from our Asian counterparts. Our modes of transportation, of course, do not escape the Filipinos’ penchant for things outlandish.

Ate! Ate! Tulungan mo ako! Ayoko nga!

"Kahit mahulog ka sa manhole, tatawanan ka lang bago ka tulungan. Kahit masagasaan ka ng 10 wheeler truck baka palakpakan ka lang ng lahat. Kahit gagapang ka sa septic tank, sa imburnal. Asa ka tulungan agad ng mga tao dahil yan ang pinoy."






Have you ever tried riding the MRT on an early weekday morning or during rush hours after offices close shop for the day? For those who are stuck everyday in traffic busily honking your horns or singing yourselves deaf out of boredom. Monday is HELL! From North station at exactly 6a.m. the joys of the crowd gathered already just to ride the one eyed monster that we call MRT. And if you're going to ask me a word of advice. All I can say is Pray the rosary. That's it.

6am to 8am North Station line MRT

From North Edsa, it's already one Hell of a ride. "Dinaig pa yung linya ng SPACE SHUTTLE ng Enchanted Kingdom" Frustrated and annoyed passengers rushing to their work to make money for this country and our public officials are forced to line up every morning for single-journey tickets. A suffocating volume of people fills up every breathing space in platforms just to get their hands on single journey tickets that get used up instantly. Passengers who are used to suffering inside the congested and poorly maintained trains and stations are made to suffer even more day after day, night after night.

But then one of the reasons people take the MRT is because it’s fast. Let’s face it. Forty minutes in EDSA would amount to just about twenty minutes in the train. So when you do not have the luxury to take the roundtrip, listen to some strategies I’ve noticed quite a number of people do to get in the crowded train.


Filipinos are "sometimes" stubborn when riding the MRT.Instead of staying behind the yellow tiles which mark the danger zone, people edge each other back even at the cost of breaking their necks. "Kahit ilang beses na pumito ang gwardiya para palayasin sila sa yellow lane, ayaw pa rin makinig ni ate at kuya. Kasi si lolo at lola ganun din. Di natatakot ma side sweep at machop chop ang katawan sa tren basta makauna lang sa karera puntang pintuan."

                           DIFFERENT KINDS OF PASSENGERS INSIDE THE MRT:

Koya! Koya! Yor Armpets are WIT!

Deodorant Hater - These creatures doesn't know what a deodorant looks like. Hindi lahat ng tao alam kung ano ang itsura o meron ba talagang deodorant sa mundo. Sila ang wa ko paki sa katabi ko system, mamatay man sya o magsasayaw lahat ng langaw kapag paparating na ako sa Betty Go Belmonte Station! 



Ang salitang putok ay maaring mangahulugan ng sumusunod:

- putok as in tinapay
- putok as in tunog ( putok ng baril)
- putok as in mabahong amoy ng kilikili

Ang huling pakahulugan ang pag-uusapan natin ngayon. Ang Putok. Bow.

Putok. Anghit. Jabar. Shutoklamey. BO.Lahat yan iisa ang amoy--PASABOG! Ewan ko ba kung bakit nauso pa ang putok.Hassle kasi talaga. Kahit anung ganda o gwapo o talino mo-kung meron ka nito--wow, nakaka- turn off talaga. Agree?

ATLETA - 
Eto ang mga kamag anak nila Nancy Navalta, Bea Lucero, Manny Pacquiao at Efren Reyes. Nakaka 2,000 medalya na ata to sa kanya dahil sing bilis ba sa kidlat kung pumasok ang mga taga ibang planetang to, di pa nagbubukas ang pintuan, papasok agad. Akalain mo na walang masakyan o di kaya mamatay na sa ilang segundo.

Kung kamag-anak ka ni Nancy Navalta - alam mo paano tumakbo ng matulin kahit naglilinya ka pa lang sa ticket booth.

Kung kamag-anak ka ni Bea Lucero - Di mo na kelangan makipagsiksikan para makapasok. Tumbling na lang at upo agad.

Kung kamag-anak ka ni Manny Pacquiao - dami mo masuntok para lang makaupo at makapasok. At kung Efren Bata relative ka naman, para ka lang nag astral  travel at andun ka na sa loob nakangiti.

ECHOSERANG PALAKA 
Lahat ng tao dun sa loob ng MRT kaibiganin mo kahit wala kang silbi sa mundo. Lahat ng dumadaan, greet mo ng hi hello how are you?.

Feelingera ang kadalasang pasaherong ito, pa importante sa loob ng tren. Akala mo sino nagbayad ng diamante o brilliante para lang mapansin at paupo-in.

MGA MAARTENG BABAENG AYAW SUMAKAY SA  "FOR WOMEN ONLY" SECTION NG TREN


Eto yung mga nakakainis na part, MOSTLY sa mga impaktang babaeng to hindi pumupunta sa designated women ONLY section ng tren at nakipagsiksikan talaga sa lalaki na area. Dahil sguro kasama ang mga syota o asawang mukhang pawikan at ayaw maghiwalay.

UNFAIR!Kung mga lalaki pupunta sa women section, Babarilin kami sa mukha at mahahawi ang bangs namin sa mga guwardiya sibil ng MRT!

Auntie! Ako yung pinsan nyo

            WEIRDOS
These are the people who keep talking to themselves. Tumatawa at kaway ng kaway sa u (feeling close) at babanatan ka na pala sa mukha.

Minsan pasayaw sayaw sa loob ng tren, at kinukwentuhan ka ng mala telenovela nyang buhay, as if may paki ka dun! At magpakilala sa u bilang nawawalang kamag anak na ang lolo't lola nagkawalay nung giyera't ngayon lang nag reunite after 100 years muli.

Malalaman mo naman sila dahil sa pananamit, sa mukha at mga facial expression. Wala silang sakit. Hindi sila Bipolar, walang Schizophrenia involve dito. Taga ibang planeta lang talaga sila,

ANG LOLA MONG MATARAY NA FEELINGERA
Okey, marami dyan. Tinatarayan ka dahil gusto maunang pumasok sa tren na akala mong sinong maganda. Nagdadabog kung di masusunod.

Nagagalit kung di maka upo, pinaparinggan ka't may planong patayin bago ka baba ng tren dahil di umubra ang kaartehan nya sa u. Usually may mga malaking bag sila na mukhang refrigerator.

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

You can't blame Ate or Kuya if they're sleeping inside the MRT. They're tired. Wag kayo mag alala, just like me, they have animal friends na gisingin sila kung malapit na sila pababa ng station.

Susunduin pa sila ng tupa, squirrels, usa, rabbit at dinosaurs habang kinakantahan ng mga vulture pets na may pilikmata at naka Topaz/Blue/Gold eyeshadow.

Minsan deadma, they're ignored by the people around them, binibigyan na lang sila ng unan, kumot at kulambo para the next day, baba na sila uli at work.

 THE FAMILY TREE
Filipinos are well known to be the most lovable family in the world. Because of that, Sila ate, kuya, Auntie, Uncle, Lolo, Lola, Pinsan, Pinsan sa tahod at baga, Mommy at Daddy, half brother, half sister sama sama sa loob ng tren.

Hinakot na lahat ng pamilya. Ayaw mag taxi dahil di kasya. Ayaw mag bus kasi maarte ang Mama.

MGA JEPROKS NA MUKHANG HOLDAPER
Jologs are nice, they have their own fashion statement. And one them is the YO MAN Holdaper ako look!

Sila yung mga papansin pagdating mo sa tren, walang paki sa DON'T STOP ME FROM FASHION LOOK, kaya lang si Kuya nakakatakot. Baka tutukan ka at putukan bigla.

POWDER PUFF GIRLS
For the record, these women dala dala lahat ng make up kit at dun mag drawing sa loob ng Tren.

Amoy baby powder ang mga ito. Parang nagmumulto lang at amoy kalachuchi minsan. They love putting face powder hanggang kumalat sa sahig ng tren.

Kulang na lang Calumet Baking Powder, Harina ang ilagay sa mukha para maging crack pan de sal looking na!

TO BE CONTINUED......