pollution & transportation

there is so much traffic nowadays and so many vehicles that have turned smoke belching into an art that breathing a lungful of air in EDSA (as many, many people do) could shorten your life by ... well, let's just say a lot.

really, it can be solved if we had a decent transportation system. one that wouldn't require us to put our lives in peril everytime we got on board. the LRT and MRT lines now are actually a big step, and i think it's great. traffic is actually not as bad as it used to be! now, if only jeeps and buses could be repaired and ORGANIZED, and the drivers become better drivers who follow the rules.

my philo teacher, Dr. Barbaza, told us that if he were ever to become head of the MMDA, the first thing he would do would be to revoke all the licenses of all the drivers in the country and then require them to pass a REAL, international standard drivers' test before he gave them back their licenses.

a very idealistic notion, and very good. it will, however, probably cause a revolution in the streets.

but imagine! a Philippines where people will not be afraid to take public transportation, where people don't have to breathe and then later die horrible deaths!

ok, i could go on and on, but i gotta do my thesis now.