Yesterday was a Wednesday, and it's THE coding day. The plate number ends in six, so like other car owners with a six at the end, we were not able to drive the vehicle from 8am - 10 am and from 3pm to 7 pm.
I wanted to check out an exhibit in Makati but couldn't; Makati does not have a "window of opportunity," those times outside 8 - 10 am and 3 - 7pm, when you could drive on your coding day.
I remember some relatives who came to visit one time, and were forced to stay up to 7 pm because it was their coding day. Twice, I confidently drove out of the house before 10 am having forgotten my window of opportunity started at 10 am. Of course, I was stopped by those traffic enforcers.
If there are errands to be done on a Wednesday, we do so after 10 am. Then, we stay in the place or wherever we would be until 7 pm.
Killing time on a Wednesday becomes expensive. If you happen to be in a mall, you've got to have two snacks, a lunch, a dinner plus a movie perhaps, and to do some forced shopping.
Now, that Aquino has been elected new Philippine President, will he replace Bayani Fernando as MMDA Chairman? And if he does, will the new chairman continue enforcing coding, or come up with new strategy to improve traffic in Metro Manila?
New and better roads, new forms of transport, new brand of discipline - these are what we need in Metro Manila.
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