"Jeepney" is that the right spelling?
I really don't know the right spelling of that word but as far as I know it means a form of vehicle and sometimes if not mostly associated with traffic in downtown Cebu City. It developed mainly from the war vehicles used in WW2 or WW1 that was bought here by foreign soldiers at that time. By Filipino creativity and resourcefulness, it developed into something more useful and unique. It became a form of vehicle used in public utility and the main form of transportation if someone is commuting throughout cities here in the Philippines.
Although, few real jeepies really exists today for it is usually replaced by cabs which originally originate from Japan maybe 10-15 years ago, I think most of public utility form of transportation here in my city relies on what they so called jeepnies. Of any kind, of any class, of any model or version, they call it jeepney.
Here in my city there are no significant forms of changes occurring for the past at least 10 years. The form of vehicle used in transportation, the roads has just somewhat widened a bit, the aging faces of population, has just changed a bit and showing very very small societal progress. It think only the faces of the artistas and new technological gadgets has been replacing the old ones on billboards. So, it's pretty obvious that there's nothing to expect about having modern ways of transportation here like trains and trams etc.
My weirdest encounter with people in jeepneys/public transportation has been observed at my first self-trip in the city! I was on my way to UP that time to have my credentials processed. That school is really very particular with those stuffs, so I really expected to go back again and again. I observed something and that is of all the people using jeepneys as their main way of transportaion, a few only really pay the drivers! oh so poor, and I think it's really not that good to have free ride. That's their business of course and the gasoline now is really really very very expensive, a black gold indeed.
To prove my hypothesis for the last time, I sitted on the place nearest to the front sit. I really don't sit at that part of the jeepney, I don't like it and it sucks for me. All the dust and heat of the machine somehow goes out there, and ofcourse also the people saying "Will you please pass this to the driver" If only those coins will go to me and not to the driver, why not? haha. Most of the people pay when they are about to go out of the jeepney, while others don't even pay at all. I was the only person self-assigned to receive most of the payments of the commuters at that time. With my keen eyes at that time, I observed all the people and I was totally shocked after knowing that of all the commuters only 3 payed the fare of 7 pesos! my gosh!
After having these experiences, I realized what if I wont pay too! haha. It's really really bad if I'll not pay for fare and it's not fair too. huhuhu, hope those people will realize that too:P poor drivers:(
I really don't know the right spelling of that word but as far as I know it means a form of vehicle and sometimes if not mostly associated with traffic in downtown Cebu City. It developed mainly from the war vehicles used in WW2 or WW1 that was bought here by foreign soldiers at that time. By Filipino creativity and resourcefulness, it developed into something more useful and unique. It became a form of vehicle used in public utility and the main form of transportation if someone is commuting throughout cities here in the Philippines.
Although, few real jeepies really exists today for it is usually replaced by cabs which originally originate from Japan maybe 10-15 years ago, I think most of public utility form of transportation here in my city relies on what they so called jeepnies. Of any kind, of any class, of any model or version, they call it jeepney.
Here in my city there are no significant forms of changes occurring for the past at least 10 years. The form of vehicle used in transportation, the roads has just somewhat widened a bit, the aging faces of population, has just changed a bit and showing very very small societal progress. It think only the faces of the artistas and new technological gadgets has been replacing the old ones on billboards. So, it's pretty obvious that there's nothing to expect about having modern ways of transportation here like trains and trams etc.
My weirdest encounter with people in jeepneys/public transportation has been observed at my first self-trip in the city! I was on my way to UP that time to have my credentials processed. That school is really very particular with those stuffs, so I really expected to go back again and again. I observed something and that is of all the people using jeepneys as their main way of transportaion, a few only really pay the drivers! oh so poor, and I think it's really not that good to have free ride. That's their business of course and the gasoline now is really really very very expensive, a black gold indeed.
To prove my hypothesis for the last time, I sitted on the place nearest to the front sit. I really don't sit at that part of the jeepney, I don't like it and it sucks for me. All the dust and heat of the machine somehow goes out there, and ofcourse also the people saying "Will you please pass this to the driver" If only those coins will go to me and not to the driver, why not? haha. Most of the people pay when they are about to go out of the jeepney, while others don't even pay at all. I was the only person self-assigned to receive most of the payments of the commuters at that time. With my keen eyes at that time, I observed all the people and I was totally shocked after knowing that of all the commuters only 3 payed the fare of 7 pesos! my gosh!
After having these experiences, I realized what if I wont pay too! haha. It's really really bad if I'll not pay for fare and it's not fair too. huhuhu, hope those people will realize that too:P poor drivers:(
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