But I didn't th
ink it would come this soon--
certainly not on the first week! My son, one week into driving class at A-1 driving academy, had his first taste of the real motoring world the other day - an honest to goodness BANGGAAN (That's collision in other words but for some reason the tagalog translation sounds more dramatic.) All the elements were there, from hungry cop asking for
lagay (for the benefit of my int'l readers,
lagay is the filipino word for "put". As in "put the money in my hand so I'll let you go, but do it discreetly") to the traffic reaching a standstill not because of the accident but because of curious onlookers slowing down to stare, gape, and even sneer.. to the PEDICAB who rammed into the car...and finally to the ominous looking 'lynch mob' (the neighborhood in that little esquinita way deep inside Pasig) that sided with the pedicab even if he was obviously in the wrong. Luis survived it, loved every second of it, and took pictures for posterity...
ink it would come this soon--
certainly not on the first week! My son, one week into driving class at A-1 driving academy, had his first taste of the real motoring world the other day - an honest to goodness BANGGAAN (That's collision in other words but for some reason the tagalog translation sounds more dramatic.) All the elements were there, from hungry cop asking for lagay (for the benefit of my int'l readers, lagay is the filipino word for "put". As in "put the money in my hand so I'll let you go, but do it discreetly") to the traffic reaching a standstill not because of the accident but because of curious onlookers slowing down to stare, gape, and even sneer.. to the PEDICAB who rammed into the car...and finally to the ominous looking 'lynch mob' (the neighborhood in that little esquinita way deep inside Pasig) that sided with the pedicab even if he was obviously in the wrong. Luis survived it, loved every second of it, and took pictures for posterity...
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