Community activities

In the last couple of days I commuted home, our public utility jeepney (PUJ) ran into two consecutive community activities of the same nature by two different baranggays (villages) bordering the same main transport route.

Friday night, I got held up in a 30 minute kilometer long traffic jam because of the Santacruzan that passed within the boundaries of Sta. Rosa, Pasig City. It was a long 3-lane crawl from the Pasig Plaza to the T-intersection near Ado's Panciteria. Fortunately, the procession turned right at the next corner. When the tail end passed that next junction, we zoomed to our destination in no time.

But then again, last night on my way home, our PUJ is once more stuck in traffic. Good for us it only took about 20 minutes for the parade to turn a corner before the Ado's panciteria T-intersection. If the line proceeded using the same route as before, I would have ended up taking the same amount of time to get home as the other day.

Although these two events are being undertaken by two different communities, these communities border the same main road and plotted their routes to include this road. Good thing I am not leaving the house today. If I had to and there is a third baranggay I did not know about, I'd be stuck again for almost the same amount of time.