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RUSH HOUR CRUSH We met just by Hammersmith flyover. You had brown hair, blue eyes and a lovely wool coat. I saw you as I opened the door and you shouted ‘GET OUT OF MY FUCKING CAR! I’M NOT YOUR UBER! THIS ISN’T EVEN A TOYOTA’ whilst never breaking eye contact. Drink?
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What is the most popular car for Uber drivers?
The Toyota Prius hybrid is by far the most popular car that Uber drivers drive, at least in the U.S. Even the Uber drivers that don't drive Priuses often say they are switching to a Prius soon because: much better gas mileage, particularly for street driving and during rush hour on the freeways. "the depreciation on miles is low. I did a calculation on, ,Kelley Blue Book - New and Used Car Price Values, Expert Car Reviews, ,and it just showed very little change in sales price as I added more and more miles to the Prius I was evaluating." Excerpted from comment below by ,Kristen Pinchaw, Image from Wikipedia
If I reject Uber surge pricing and try again, is it likely that surge pricing will rise?
The pricing is dynamic, as in it changes according to the demand, and not a pre-defined rate. It is likely that the surge pricing will rise if you are, for instance, at the cusp of rush hour, and the peak of rush hour has yet to come. Let's say Uber charges 1.5x the price now. If you reject this, and try again in an hour, when demand is crazy high, it might be 2x the price then. Of course, it could drop if you then waited longer, for surge pricing to drop or disappear. Uber actually has an app, "Surgedrop", which will inform you when the rate does drop for your location. Of course, even if you do accept pricing and it's acceptable, there's a possibility that you'll be charged surge pricing anyway. In a ,PC World article,, Uber is cited as having earned an "F" rating from the Better Business Bureau for not only presenting many of their customers with just that situation, but also failing to respond to their concerns, let alone the Better Business Bureau's inquiries. My personal anecdote. I was on crutches, and tried UberX just that once, during rush hour. I didn't want to screw around, having already reinjured my foot trying to hail a cab before, but I had no other choice. The UberX driver assumed I could meet him at another intersection. I explained I was on crutches, and then eventually, after waiting another 25 minutes, the black Toyota I was expecting showed up, and I got in. It turned out to be an illegal cab driver, but at least he took me home and charged me less than surge pricing. 15 minutes into the ride, I get a call from the actual UberX driver, saying he had finally arrived, after having made two wrong turns.
Is driving for Uber just to earn some extra money a good idea?
I've been driving UBER for about a month, and it has been difficult getting used to, I will admit, but if you play it right, you can make a good amount of money PART TIME. Where are you planning on driving? I ask this because if you are near a city, during rush hour and on weekend nights are the only times you will want to drive. Rock the "surge" and you should be making a great amount of money on the side. I made $600 last week driving UBER 2x surge and UBER Select in about 15 hours. If you have your own car insurance, there should be no problem. Here's a good link on forbes that explains how UBER and your own car insurance can cover accidents. ,New Laws Push Uber And Lyft To Bump Up Insurance Coverage, But A Collision Gap Remains, ... oh... it won't let me post it on quora... definitely google it and you should find your answer. I would suggest further searching into the insurance thing by simply typing it on google, but I'm confident it is safe. Pros: It takes a week (1 day to set up, and 5 days to be activated due to the online background check). You work your own hours... If you're not feeling like going out or have no plans... or you want to drive and listen to some music? Drive uber during a surge and make easy cash. Sometimes I will be on the way home from work and decide to drive uber... I usually get a trip that is on the way home. Cons: Unless you're driving a hybrid vehicle or a Toyota Prius with great mileage, and have a lot of time, the only rides you will want to accept are surges of 1.8x or greater. Don't accept pool unless it's a 3x surge. Another plus of UBER is the sign up bonus... definitely make sure you use the code below during your sign up and you will get at least a $100 bonus after you complete 20 - 40 trips. Code: KAZ5GZF6UE A lot of people sign up for UBER, do 40 trips, and take the big bonus and it ends up being very profitable... on top of the money they make doing the service, it can be close to 1,000 dollars. Also, and this is a personal thing and definite PRO, I drive in LA and have made great entertainment connections driving UBER Select. I am an introverted individual, so to be able to have great conversations with all types of respectable people, has been an experience in itself, and has bettered me as an individual in social situations. Anyways, hope you decide to at least try it.
Is the Toyota Rush a good car?
You need to take a good look into it from safety standpoint. . Where is the crumple zone if hit from back? Also where do you put luggage, on the roof? Smaller suv such as these also has a tendency to easily roll over like the famous Suzuki Samurai models. Tiny engine… less than half the horsepower of Camry. Sounds like a car created for the uber drivers in urban areas of India.
When is surge pricing on Uber generally in effect in Chicago, and how high does it go?
In the morning during rush hour Between 6 and 10am on the weekdays, a surge is pretty much guaranteed. It sometimes happens during the afternoon rush hour, but not often. During inclement weather Is it raining with strong winds? How about heavy snowfall? A surge is about to happen and it's going to be a big one. Disruption in the city Is there a blackout? Are certain parts of the public transportation shutdown or delayed? Is there a hostage situation going on, or an active manhunt? Yep, get ready for a surge. Special events In August 2016, Coldplay performed over the weekend at Soldier Field. After their concerts, LSD (Lake Shore Drive) turned into a parking lot. Surge levels hit, and they were at 3x in some areas. Beyonce performed the very next weekend and it was worse. Chance the rapper soon followed around September and surge went to 5x. A rugby match was around that time as well at Toyota Park and surge was the highest I've ever seen! (8x!) Let's not forget about the cubs winning the world series! Surge was at 3x. (The surge tends to be in the area affected by the event) A simple shortage of drivers Most people who drive for Uber do so as a primary source of income. Therefore, most tend to do their hours in the morning on weekdays. Weekends and nights tend to have few drivers, leading to surge. The airports tend to lose drivers around 7pm, leading to surge as everyone from the morning is going home. In all, if demand is higher than the amount of drivers in an area, surge is used as a way to coax drivers to that area. Or it's used as an excuse to take advantage of a situation like cab drivers do. Depends on who you ask. Uber says the former, customers say the latter.
How can Tesla compete with GM and Ford when they start churning out similar cars?
*IF* ,GM and Ford were technologically and organizationally able to make similar cars - and at similar price/performance levels, then of course, Tesla would have a much harder time of things than they currently do. HOWEVER, there are no signs whatever of any of the big car companies being able to do that. To the contrary - instead of (for example) Ford being able to build an electric pickup truck to compete with the up-coming Tesla CyberTruck - they spent a small fortune financing another company (Rivian) to do that instead. In April 2019, Ford ploughed HALF A BILLION dollars into Rivian. Why would they do that to help Amazon, Cox Automotive and others to start a rival electric truck company if they felt themselves able to compete? The “Big 5” auto manufacturers have a lot of problems when it comes to switching production over to electric cars. CORPORATE CULTURE: Some of them (BMW, for example) are hell bent on building a standard car chassis (a “skateboard”) that can be kitted out as an electric, hybrid or gasoline vehicle. This is a disastrous way to build an electric car because you bring along all of the compromises of internal combustion engine vehicle designs into your electric vehicles. The only way to compete with Tesla is to design a vehicle as a no-compromises electric vehicle from the ground up. You only have to look at BMW’s electric MINI Cooper to see what a disaster that can be. (Would you buy a sporty hot-hatchback with a top speed of 92mph?) The problem is fairly ingrained into the way they work and the deals they’ve made with various unions over the past decade. The big car makers have “An Engine Factory” and “A Transmission Factory” and “A Panel Stamping Factory”…all of which have representatives in high level management. So when someone says “Hey let’s build an electric car!” - which has no engine and no transmission - you can just imagine how enthusiastic these other divisions are about that. Then, when you tell the Airconditioning division that you need their A/C unit to be powered electrically and not by the serpentine belt - AND that they need to work hand-in-glove with the new “Battery Division” (which doesn’t yet exist) to allow the A/C unit to also cool the batteries…you can imagine the fight you have on your hands. BATTERIES: Worse still - about half of the weight (and a LARGE fraction of the cost) of an electric car is the battery pack. A typical Tesla has around 4,000 individual batteries in its battery pack. Buying those batteries on the open market is a MAJOR problem because you’re competing for them against companies like Compaq who use them in laptops - and Chinese makers of those “Hoverboard” toys…there are only just so many batteries to go around. Tesla have contracted two big battery makers (Panasonic and LG-Chem) to make batteries for their cars WITHIN Tesla factories - and it’s looking like Tesla will soon boot out Panasonic and start making their own batteries. Could one of the Big 5 car makers do that? Well, with a major corporate re-org, they might…but then when they come to start up their battery production - they’ll need all of the very specialized equipment to do all of the chemical processing and so forth. None of them have that expertise - heck, they don’t even make their own 12 volt lead acid batteries. So - they need to go out and buy the equipment to do that. OK - so who makes the machinery to make batteries? Turns out it’s a rather obscure company called “Hibar”…who were recently purchased by…do you want to guess who? It begins with a ‘T’…and it’s not “Toyota”! They’d also need huge supplies of Lithium and Cobalt…and the places where that stuff is mined in an environmentally sound way are all tied up with contracts from…um…now which company was that? Ends with an ‘a’ - and it’s still not “Toyota”! The remaining lithium mines are HORRIBLE places with really nasty environmental track records…exactly what you DON’T want when you’re trying to appeal to the tree huggers who buy electric cars. So even building a battery factory would be a nightmare. SELF DRIVING: The other problem the Big 5 car makers have is with the whole self-driving thing. You can see them rushing out features like “advanced cruise control” (which is basically just regular cruise control with a thing that slows the car down if a camera or radar signal beamed from the front of the car detects another car too close in front. Also “lane centering steering” - which either uses a camera to look for the white lines and a SIMPLE AI program to figure out how to stay between them. Cadillac even has one that uses a high rez map to do that and can only use the feature on freeways. It’s fairly clear that they are all WAY behind on self-driving. Most estimates are that they are 5 years behind EVEN IF they go to Waymo or Uber or Apple and buy their expertise. CHARGING NETWORKS: Tesla has spent a ton of money on their supercharger network. Their technology is ahead of the curve - the chargers themselves are capable of pushing more energy into the cars than the cars are able to accept. The latest generation can charge at “1000 miles per hour” - but current generation cars are only able to accept that charge at maybe 500 miles per hour…especially with the lower-end models. Tesla have offered the opportunity for other car makers to use Tesla chargers - but in order to do that they have requirements on the car designs to allow them to interact with the charger safely. So far, not one other car company has signed up for that. Other car makers have various public chargers that can be used. Tesla cars can ALSO use those chargers. So right now - Tesla owners have a MUCH larger set of charging options - all of the public chargers PLUS all of the Tesla chargers…of which there are a hell of a lot. But the problem with public chargers is that they cannot interact with the car to do things in a smart way - so this is a problem for the other companies. Porsche have done things like installing their “own brand” chargers at Porsche dealerships - but that’s a joke…there aren’t enough Porsche dealerships on the planet to come close to solving the problem. BRAND AWARENESS: This is a tough call. If Tesla continue to be perceived as the best there is in the EV world then their brand awareness is over-the-top good. If the Big 5 car makers continue to make “meh” vehicles that aren’t exciting - then beating Tesla on brand awareness is impossible. Tesla took a car and had SpaceX launch it on a rocket to Mars…there is nothing the Big 5 could to to match that kind of awareness. But the Big 5 car makers have brand awareness for their existing brand names. When the “Electric Hummer” comes out - there is an entire audience of customers who will wake up and pay attention. But it’s also possible for them to look too desperate - so when Mustang enthusiasts hear “Electric Mustang SUV”…they first recoil in horror, then they laugh, then they are horrified that this bizarre thing gets stuck into their Mustang owner’s club gatherings! So I feel that trying too hard could cause a negative reaction. BMW’s electric MINI Cooper is definitely like that…a sports car that can only go 92 mph simply reinforces stereotypes about how crap electric cars are…not a good thing! CONCLUSION: So Tesla will certainly win on software, self driving, over-the-air updates and charging technology. Not doing advertising, not having car dealerships also helps because it keeps prices lower than they would otherwise be.
A friend received a six figure inheritance when her father died. She blew it all in one year. I've seen several people do the same thing with windfalls. Why does this happen?
Because our brains can’t comprehend numbers that big. I’m serious. A typical human brain can’t directly comprehend any number bigger than five. When we deal with numbers larger than that, we have to deal with abstractions. Either we divide it up into smaller chunks, or we relate it to something more concrete. If you tell me I’ve won ten thousand dollars, or a million dollars, a billion dollars, all that sounds like to me is a lot of money. And if it’s more money than I’ve ever seen in my life, I can only make sense of it using math. If I consider that ten thousand dollars will pay off my credit cards, or buy me a used Toyota, then it seems like a much more concrete sum. If I calculate that a million dollars is as much as I’d make in 17 years, it takes on a much more reasonable meaning. But if someone is not trained to think in ways like that, then all those numbers just sound big. And this is the thing, a million dollars is not an unspendable amount of money. Not by a long shot. There are plenty of uber-rich people who spend that much money every year. And people who do so have a very clear sense of exactly how fast that money can go. But someone who’s lived paycheck to paycheck their whole life will see half a million and decide that they can never spend it all. So they start buying everything that catches their fancy. Then they’re beset by people who want them to donate to causes, or have ‘investment opportunities’ (some of which are outright scams, others merely risky), or simply want the person to give them money. Someone who’s been rich for a while is used to this happening, and has learned to say “no” long ago. Someone who’s never been in the position of being able to give big chunks of money away will often feel bad if they don’t. And when you give money away, or spend it on other people, everyone treats you like you’re special. You feel like a big shot. It’s an incredible rush. And everyone in line behind them expects money too, and you don’t want to be unfair, so you keep giving, spending and investing, certain that a pile of money this big can never run out. Until it does. It always does. The point is that being rich requires fiscal discipline. It means you’re exposed to far more opportunities to dispose of money, and you have to be able to constantly turn those down. You have to have a very good sense of how much money you can spend each week, month and year, and to stick to that. Unfortunately, most people who come into that kind of windfall, particularly if they’ve never had much money, have no idea how to safeguard a fortune, and it’s quickly gone.
What's the most interesting conversation you've ever had with a New York City taxi cab driver?
I'm recovering from a broken foot, and I've needed to go to the doctor every week. I was having an impossible time hailing a cab on crutches. I actually slipped on my crutches and made my foot worse... bad enough where I HAD to go for surgery, so I did. I couldn't afford car service every week. I decided to go with "Go Green Ride", an enviro-friendly car service that costs around what a cab does, has good leg room, and friendly drivers. So I was taking them every week to the doctor. The problem was getting home. I don't know how long my appointments would last, so Go Green Ride told me to request a "ride now" after my appointment was done, and they'd be there in 10 minutes, or 20 if it was rush hour. Well, I tried that, around 3pm, which I was hoping was far enough from rush hour. No availability for at least as long as the doctor's office was staying open. I knew I had no chance of hailing a cab, and there was no way I was going to try going into the subway. I was left high and dry, and made a mental note to replace my favorable Yelp review of that car service with an angry one. Okay, I'm getting to the interesting conversation... I tried out "Uber", having previously created an account with them and having the app on my phone. They have a cheaper service where, I believe, non-professionals can give rides requested through the app. During rush hour, they'd charge 50% more, and Uber is already relatively expensive. I didn't have much choice, so I went for it. Albert in a Toyota Avalon was supposedly on his way, and I could see on a map that he was already pretty close. Pretty impressive. I saw he was approaching, and went to the street. No one was there. I got a call from him, saying he was one block away, and was asking me to go to him. I told him I was on crutches and I'd rather not, but I'd wait until he arrived. 20 minutes later, I see a Toyota go by and wave at it. The driver nods and pulls up. Finally I'm going home. But on the way home, I get a call from Albert saying he just arrived. I realized I got into a car (from a car service) that illegally accepted a street hail. The driver, in his very sparse English, reassured me that he was a good Christian. He showed me his driver's license and car service permit. He showed me a cane next to him, saying how he had quite the experience himself recovering from an injury, and how he only recently was able to drive again. He gave me another "hang in there" story, half in Spanish. I nervously ask him what he was going to charge me, and he shrugged it off, saying "Whatever you want to pay." I shrug and just decide he's a good dude. I did my best to navigate him to my home, and it worked out fine. I paid him around what Go Green Ride would normally have charged me.
What do Indonesians like about the Philippines?
I’m Indonesian and happily married to a beautiful Filipina. I finished my college in Manila and therefore know very well about the country and its people. When I was a Freshman, my peers thought I was snob because I always answer their questions in English (not in Tagalog) and my teachers thought I was a loner since I didn’t mingle with the others after class. But they were all very kind and helpful to me, even before they find out that I was a foreigner. And that was when I realized how much they value others and how open and compassionate they are. And that was also the era when everything was so cheap for us due to very favorable Rupiah-Dollar-Peso rate. I studied in the top 3 university there and which was also considered the most expensive (along with Ateneo de Manila), but my complete expenses including annual tuition + living allowance + return tickets were much cheaper compared to those of my Indonesian friend who studied in the top 3 university in Jakarta, living with his parents and chauffeur-driven to and from the school. He couldn’t believe it himself. Edit: One more thing about my peers. Although I studied in one of the most expensive universities in Manila and most of the students belong to the rich and famous families, I hardly noticed it, they are all so good-natured and not snob at all. Since I wasn’t used to famous Filipino family names, I only know that my seatmate was YYYYY Cojuangco, and the one to my left side was R….l Santiago, and somebody else came from the ‘Sy’ family, to name a few. If it was in Indonesia, I would most probably stayed away from them, not because I don’t like to have good connections, but it would be a waste of my time, not to mention my patience in dealing with snob people. I didn’t even know that one is the son of a prominent movie director, and that he himself would become a famous star and subsequently a successful movie director, he’s just so friendly. And so many years later when I was in Manila with my wife, we saw him in a restaurant, and nonchalantly he approached and greeted us. I was actually hesitant to make the first move because I wasn’t sure whether he would still be the same humble person after all the public attention he’s getting, but I was wrong! That’s how it is with Filipinos. And another good example of Filipino hospitality/generosity: My late father had several important friends in the Philippines due to his active contributions to sports, namely Softball/Baseball and Golf, and he always lead the Indonesian teams in international sports-meetings like SEA Games. One of them is the late Gov. Rodriguez of Rizal province, who was the Father of Softball in the Philippines. When I was arranging for my wedding in Manila, my Dad told me to invite the Governor, which I did very reluctantly, with visions of being politely rejected. Afterall, who am I? But lo and behold, when I visited his residence with my fiancee (who incidentally hailed from Rizal), he welcomed us warmly, and he mentioned how he remembered fondly my father, and so on. And he did attend our wedding with his wife, which made for a very happy re-union with my father. I can only imagine what would happen if I invited an Indonesian governor, who hasn’t met with my father for a long time, to our special day. For sure I wouldn’t even be allowed to enter his residence, much less a “Who are you?” question. And with the prevalence of universities there, from the cheapest to the most expensive, most of the population is very highly educated. I had a friend living in the house of an Indonesian diplomat, and his English was not that good. In his freshman year, the housemaid would help him with his homework. How so? Because the maid had already finished college, that’s why, and with no better job available to her, she became a maid just to help support her family while trying to get a better one. Such is the condition of Filipino overseas workers abroad. They are 99.9% likely to have good college degrees but were forced to look for greener pastures in other countries. So they will grab whatever job/jobs they can get, all the while looking for white collar jobs in offices. Sadly to say for Indonesian overseas workers, most of them have yet to finish grade school, and probably do not posses the necessary skill even to work as house helpers. Others have mentioned about less cigarette smoke in the country, which is true nowadays (and a heavenly perk for living there) due to more successful government restrictions, but during my college days it was as bad as in Indonesia now. And I like driving in Manila, even during rush hours, because of less motorcycles (and therefore less pesky riders) on the road. Filipinos really value their families, hence they would rather use very old cars than risking their loved ones being cramped into a motorcycle, which is very common here in Indonesia, and which is very dangerous. And then not even providing helmets for those riding with them. And somehow, the streets in the Philippines are bigger, since they are used to big American cars. And another perk of the streets there involves 2 particular Toyota models (Innova and Avanza), or rather, lack of. Unlike Jakarta, there are only a limited number of the above mentioned cars, and a lot of other choices of cars, which is refreshing. Filipinos don’t really care whether the cars came from (or designed in) Japan or not and embrace cars from other countries, as long as they are good and backed by solid after-sales services. So not only Toyota, Honda, Mazda and Nissan thrive, but so do Chrysler, Kia/Hyundai, Chevrolet, Ford, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, and even Chinese brands like BAIC, BYD, Chery, FAW, FOTON, Geely, among others. And car prices are also lower in the Philippines. While the mentality of Indonesians are (sadly), aside from Japanese cars, other car brands are difficult to maintain, expensive parts, bla-bla-bla, even without trying or knowing those cars. Sometimes I feel so confined and bored when driving in Jakarta streets due to so many ‘generic cars’ everywhere you look, and the preference of Indonesians to choose black as the color of their cars. I ordered an Uber in Manila (sadly long gone) and the app informed me that the car was B.Y.D. Uh oh, Chinese car, I said to myself. But was pleasantly surprised when the car arrived, it was very nice, looks like the 2nd generation of Toyota Altis and felt solid and quiet, with a luxurious interior (leather, wood panel, automatic trans) complete with a sunroof. Just try that in Indonesia and I can tell you that 99% of the time you’d get that plain Jane ‘generic car’ I was talking about, Toyota Avanza, with mediocre ride, uncomfortable seats, noisy, and uncomfortable gearing of the manual transmission. A long time ago, when I first came there as a child, Makati (the financial center of Manila), looked like any big city in the US, with wide streets and wide sidewalks, lots of open space, and generally very clean and good cityscaping. Today, the description is still valid, except that there are a bit less open space and a lot more tall buildings. And then there is another very nice and modern city-within-a-city in Manila called Bonifacio Global City (BGC). This is truly the "In" place in Manila and located less than 10 minutes from Makati. Speaking of transportation, Filipinos are much more mobile than Indonesians. You see a lot of public transportation around big cities almost always full of people, from the colorful Jeepneys (traditional minibus) to big buses to LRT (Light Rail Transport) and MRT (which, incidentally, would only be enjoyed by Indonesians from 2019, or 34 years after the first LRT system started operating in Manila). That is very good for the economy. The only thing lacking there is taxis. Filipinos in Indonesia love riding taxis here because the cabs are mostly clean and reliable. Taxis in the Philippines are not as many as before, and those in operation are, sadly, not properly maintained. That’s why Filipinos now prefer online taxis like Uber. Regarding health care and medicines, Indonesia is sorely left behind. Starting from PhilHealth (Philippine Health Insurance Corporation) which is much better all around than Indonesian BPJS, to the many and affordable hospitals around, to cheap medicines (not necessarily generic as in Indonesia), and more than enough good doctors than the country can absorb. Although my wife had stopped working after we got married, up to now she is still being supported by PhilHealth. And despite so many people needing medical assistance, the services in hospitals are so admirably fast and to the point (unlike here wherein doctors sometimes fail to inform patients of dangerous side effects of medicines and are generally annoyed when people keep asking questions about their illness). Edit: And thanks to an inexplicable reason, drugstores in Indonesia are fond of pasting their own store labels directly covering the text containing dosage/contraindication on medicine bottles/tubes, thereby you can read only the dosage from the doctor, me and my wife make sure that we check the dosage/contraindications first on MIMS Online or app. One time my wife had to be confined in NKTI (National Kidney & Transplant Institution) in Manila and after I paid the bill (finished in less than 20 minutes by the way) then proceeded to leave, they called us again for a slight miscalculation on a medicine. Expecting to wait for sometime because of so many people in line, the revised bill came out in just 5 minutes. Impressive! Try that with any of the big hospitals here in Indonesia. To think that NKTI is a government hospital. And contrary to what Indonesians might believe, the best place to go when you have kidney problems is the NKTI in Manila, and not some big hospitals in China. Even when it comes to everyday things like going to mini-markets, the service is almost instantaneous, just like in big supermarkets. That’s why I was so surprised when local mini-market chain Alfamart opened it’s outlets in Manila, because the Alfa I know have verrrry slow services, and certainly out of tune with 7-Eleven chains in the Philippines. Well, maybe they adjusted to the local culture and if so, good luck to them. We were just terribly sad when Indonesian 7-Eleven chains closed shop, because my children will miss so many of their menu, especially the heavenly Slurpee. I was raised in a good family with very close extended families, but that was nothing compared to my wife’s family. They are all very gentle, very hospitable (as any Filipino), and ready to help anybody in need, and not to mention, very humble and friendly. I don’t have to mention about religion and religious tolerance because it is a fact of life. There are churches everywhere, so if you are a Christian, you should be ashamed if you don’t attend mass or even visit any church when you’re there. And religious intolerance? What intolerance? Moslems in the Philippines are very lucky, even though they are the minority. Sadly to say as a Catholic in Indonesia, I see a lot of religious intolerances and persecutions in my own country, so spending Christmas in the Philippines is like a fresh breath of mountain air. My children love spending Christmas vacations with their relatives there. Everywhere you go, Christmas is truly in the air and people flock to the shopping areas with gusto. And they do buy things, lots of them, not just windowshopping like most Indonesians do, even during the days leading to Idul Fitri or the equivalent of Christmas for Moslems. Edit: And I should add here regarding shopping in Manila. Aside from big names in apparels and cosmetics, which are similar in both countries (with similar prices, except for goods coming from the US), I can find a lot more small things in Manila than in Jakarta like gadgets, outdoors equipment, sporting goods, electronics, etc. Just a walk through Greenhills shopping arcade, especially during December-January, is enough to see the difference. Well, you can argue that you can browse and order such things online, but it is always better to see them in front of you and handling it before buying/haggling. And how can you order something if you didn’t even know that it exists? I love the hardware stores in the Philippines. I can literally spend hours just looking around for interesting and useful items in the big stores of True Value in Manila. There used to be True Value stores here in Jakarta but sadly they’re gone, leaving just the boring (local) ACE Hardware chains and a much smaller alternative, Glodok Elektronik. Even SM (Shoe Mart) Hardware stores offer better selections than ACE. The problem with Indonesian hardware (and car accessories) stores is simply lack of choices. You go to one car accessories center and go from shop to shop and finding exactly the same selections of goods, which are mostly made in China and Japan. So generic and boring. While in the Philippines, there are a lot more goods coming from the US and Europe. And as others have said, the beaches in the Philippines are some of the most beautiful in the world, and very affordable too. Indonesians might argue that we also have some of the most beautiful in the world, but sadly and inexplicably, those places are unbearably costly to visit, while a plane ride to Palawan (with some of the best beaches in the Philippines) from Manila only cost $60, the cheapest flight from Jakarta to Raja Ampat islands near the Eastern tip of Indonesia would cost $120. And don’t forget the hospitability of the people, especially those in the tourism business. I even got a very nice surprise from one of their airlines: ,What is your best or worst experience flying with Cebu Pacific?, And the fact that most Filipinos can speak English. I was able to pursue scuba diving cheaply during college and racked up more than a hundred dives, which only cost a fraction of the price if I do it in Indonesia. I was always into skin-diving as a kid, but never imagine myself to go all the way to scuba diving, since the cost was so prohibitive in my own country. As a comparison, I once joined a three days dive cruise with college friends which amazingly cost me only around $70, including all the foods that you can eat, free tank rentals and tank refills. Granted, that was so many years ago, but if I did that in Indonesia at that time, it would cost me at least $200. The food. Ah, the food. When it comes to food, frankly speaking Indonesian foods are tastier. Period. Sorry my Filipino relatives and friends, but those who have tasted Indonesian foods will surely know. Don’t get me wrong. I like sweet Filipino chicken like Aristocrat and steak and cakes and Halo-halo and dried mangoes (which is different and much better than the local version here), but wouldn’t miss them (my youngest daughter will get mad at me because she loves Jollibee). And I’m sure by now many Filipinos have tried the ‘famous’ instant noodle Indomie Mi Goreng (Fried Noodle) from Indonesia. Well, if you tried the ones being sold in some super/minimarkets in Manila, you’re still missing the remaining 20% of the original taste. You should try the original instant Mie Goreng being brought into the country as pasalubong, and you won’t go back to the local version. It is that good! I think they reduced the ingredients of the seasoning for local consumption. What a pity. This is actually a clue for Filipinos to ask for simple pasalubong from your Indonesian friend/s who will visit the country, and a much appreciated gift for Indonesians visiting the Philippines. Just bring 10 packs of these and everything will be OK. And speaking of security and contrary to what other people had said, in all the time that I spent in that country, never did I experience any crime or felt threatened in any way. During college, I used to go alone at night riding the LRT almost end-to-end from Pasay to SM City at the other end of the first LRT line at that time, just to catch re-runs of old James Bond movies, and going home past 10pm, without any incident. Actually, I always feel safer there than in my own country. Well, there you have it. Do I recommend Indonesians to go to the Philippines? Highly. Although with some reservations like be prepared to bring your own ‘sambal’ (hot chili sauce) since most restaurants there do not provide such. I myself don’t depend on sambal on my food, unless it is really meant to be eaten with it, but I know a lot of Indonesians who simply can’t live without a lot of hot chili sauce on their plates. And also be prepared to be greeted in Tagalog as most Filipinos like to greet each other in their own language, and like so many have said, Indonesians are pretty indistinguishable from Filipinos. Simply say politely in English that you don’t speak Tagalog and they will understand. It’s also not a bad idea to google for some everyday Tagalog words that you can use in simple conversations in the store, in the airport, in the hotel, restaurants, etc. Even if you only stay for a few days, there is always time to go around Manila and visit historical places like Intramuros (the old city) Fort Santiago Corregidor island tour and of course, the famous sunset at Manila Bay, where you can choose to eat at numerous restaurants along the bay, after a good stroll. BTW, the best time to visit the Philippines are from December-February where the weather is slightly cooler and typhoon season should have ended. Long time ago during college days, we even enjoyed going to school wearing jackets when the temperature dipped below 30 degrees Celcius during midday and low 20s in the evening in the ‘cool breeze of December’, just like in the song. Enjoy your stay! Edit: Thank you very much for all the comments, upvotes, and shares. Maraming salamat!
Which is better to take in NYC, Uber or a taxi cab?
It depends on whether or not it's rush hour, really, and if you want to spend extra cash. Hailing a cab around rush hour in NYC is quite a challenge. I've had quite an ordeal with it, especially while on crutches, so I've resorted to other options. I tried "UberX" once, around 4pm when hailing a taxi already is quite hopeless. Immediately, "Albert" in a Toyota Avalon was in route, supposedly 9 minutes away. I saw on the GPS that he was going a weird direction that would take him likely 20 minutes rather than 9. I got a call from him saying he was a block away, and if I could meet up with him. I told him I'd wait, not wanting to go very far on crutches. Being stuck on street-side on crutches sucks. Finally, 20 minutes later, I see a Toyota drive by slowly and I wave at it. The driver acknowledges my wave and pulls up. I get in, relieved to be off crutches. 15 minutes into the ride, I get a call from Albert saying he just arrived. I wonder, "Who the hell am I in the cab with?" Albert apparently made all sorts of bad turns while stuck in rush hour gridlock trying to get to me. My driver tried to calm me down, showing me his license and explaining in half English, half Spanish that he's a good Christian. I asked about price and he told me not to worry about price. ... It seemed he was intent on driving me home. The rest of the ride, he talked to me about how he practices "Chinese medicine", based on the research from a healer that spent months caring for his wife on top of a mountain. He told me it could work for my broken foot too. I tried to reply occasionally, but there was too great a communication barrier. I did eventually learn that the car I was in was from a normal car service, and he just illegally accepted a hail. Fine by me. He was my hero, as far as I was concerned. I just paid him what a cab would've cost, and it turned out quite well.
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