Pedicab Musings

Whatever type or kind of vehicle you have, you are only as slow as that pedicab in front of you. That is the reality in this our dear country! I have long accepted that, and I have long despised pedicabs when they're allowed to ply routes where motorized vehicles pass. Lately though, my attitude is 'a changing'!

Like on this one kanina, my driver started honking on this pedicab, and I said "stop that"...
pedicab donated by a humanitarian aid group after yolanda
What can that old man do anyway, right? He can't swerve any further to the right to let us through. And it's not as if he can revv up his feet any faster! Since there were vehicles on the opposite lane, we just better also crawl until we find an opportune timing and enough space to overtake, so I said, resigned!

And we started wishing donor companies considered "age" before doling out pedicabs after Yolanda! Many of these pedicab drivers are too old to pedal, they should have been given different livelihood options. These donor organizations (let's thank them anyway) have their names written at the back of each pedicab. LIke that one came from Emmanuel Relief & Rehabilitation Philippines. Oh the writings!

That shifted my attention to writings behind pedicabs. Instantly, I saw something "provocative"!
pedicab with a catchy expression written at the back
All I could mutter was "really?" hehe. I know "to err is human, to forgive is divine" - a common quote we often read. But is that really a translation to another language? I doubted, but this got me thinkin!

Wheh, linurong la ito! I guess hehehe!

Not far was this other 'signage'.., (you can still see the "ero is humano" pedicab on the side btw)
pedicab with a catchy expression written at the back
It basically says "keep distance", but I can't seem to translate the expression into English or Tagalog so that it still retains its humorous "emotion". Lost in translation! But it made me smile anyway. Aliw!

Agiii! The things we encounter when we travel! Makalilisang!

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