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Episode 40: Baboy sa Checkpoint
Episode 40: Baboy sa Checkpoint
Jun 24Checkpoint? Or Something Else?
Last March 14, 2008, in an unsuspecting afternoon, Ma and I decided to go shopping for groceries at SM Molino – which is just 10 minutes away. But these minutes turned into hours, at least for most people along Molino road, as the PNP put up a “checkpoint” for vehicles on their way to Manila or Alabang. This was the same day as the Anti-Arroyo Youth Rally held by different universities at Liwasang Bonifacio at the height of the ZTE Deal Scandal. What a (non)coincidence.
Watch as one supposed-to-be-usual checkpoint turn into something else.
POSTER BEFORE THE RALLY:
WHAT CAVITENOS MISSED THAT DAY:
Thanks Bikoy for the pics!
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soft-core martial law?
LOL. soft-core talaga? Buklod yung nakita naming driver. Hehe.
Panalo si Mama mo. You should experience the checkpoint going to Davao. All private vehicles are made to stop. And all the men are made to get off the bus or jeep. But it doesn’t cause traffic.
It’s a daily routine already.
Wow. That I got to see. That’s from the airport?
Going inside the airport, inside most malls, and most other points of entry via land.
I meant the checkpoints. But the men getting off the vehicle is only for buses/jeepneys from other towns/cities.
Ah ok. Well meron din naman dito sa malls and airports pero wala kami nung bababa lahat from buses and jeepneys. hehe.
grabeng traffic yun. masmabilis pa maglakad. sinong nagcheck sa checkpoint ? parang sign lang ha…
If you notice, the police was there before we went in the mall. Pag labas namin, wala na sila. Parang “JOB DONE. NOBODY’S GOING TO MANILA IN THIS TRAFFIC” ang nangyari. Iniwan na lang nila.
Tsk. Tsk.
“Grabe, di pa nila time nalitson na sila!” haha! ang kewl ng mom mo coy! yay, kawawang mga baboy….
Haha! Mejo comedy nga ang dating ni mama dito. LOL.
Natawa rin ako sa Mom mo!
I thought yung wireless bayantel phone part eh umaarte ang mom mo!! Totoo palang phone un na wireless????
BAt ganun ang laki pa rin nung aparato… inde ba nila ireduce ung size nun! Tagalagang ganun na ganun ung phone namin sa bahay inalis lang ung wire at pinalitan ng atenna! wahahaha
at ung sa baboy! tawa ako ng tawa!!!
My blood boiled with this one! Traffic is already an understatement in Bacoor, but this one was really bull—-! I read about these so-called checkpoints during the rallies in Manila.
It is absolutely disturbing to see how the public is subjected to this kind of pacification. It all reminds me of V for Vendetta.
On a lighter (defensive) note, that’s the uglier school bus from the alma mater. And, we really love your mom’s comments!
Coy this one was brilliant.