EDSA’s Emergency Bay

I was travelling southbound along EDSA in my vehicle when I found myself caught in a major traffic jam. In no time, I had reason to suspect that my engine could be overheating. For around thirty minutes, as I slowly inched my way through the jam, I finally pulled into one of the Emergency Bays. [...]

MMDA’s New Pink Line

The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has just painted the sidewalks of some of Metro Manila’s thoroughfares with pink lines.
These pink lines are supposed to act as a demarcation to establish pedestrians’ rightful walking space.
According to the information leaflets they have been distributing, the MMDA will dismantle any structure and even tow any vehicle encroaching within the pedestrian [...]

Fuel for Cooking

In India, one of the alternate fuel sources used for cooking is simple dried cow dung. With the abundance of cows in India, there should be no problem finding enough cow dung to dry. This photo, taken during one of my trips to India, particularly in the Vrindavan/Mathura area, where Lord Krishna was born, shows [...]

A Time-Saving Parking System

At the Sunway Mall, in Subang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, I observed a unique parking system that definitely saves time for motorists and simplifies the ardorous task of scouring for an available parking slot.
Notice the red beacon lights which are easily noticeable from the driveway. These are meant to tell you, at a glance, if a parking [...]

Observations of Telco Service Offerings in India and Malaysia

I recently arrived from a trip of various Asian countries, and in two of the countries where I spend the most time for work, I took for myself local pre-paid SIM cards. Answering calls and responding to SMS messages through my Philippine-issued roaming postpaid SIM card just didn’t seem like a financially intelligent proposition. I [...]