Gas price looms at sixty-f******-five per liter

At the P40-P45 range, it was tolerable.

Nearing the P50 mark, i felt helpless.

By P54, i was defeated (and angry!).

I wonder how i'd feel if gas prices actually hit P65. I dare not find out.

Only in the Philippines are consumers so helpless against this brand of capitalism. In this case, motorists are dead in the tracks of oil companies.

I've ventured on a personal boycott of sorts--i don't use my car unless i absolutely have to. This isn't such a tall order as i thought it would be.

For the past 2 weeks now, I've taken the jeepney (2 actually) from Manila to work (P8 + P9 = P17, back and forth would total P34/day). Pros: i get to have my morning walk and my own public stairmaster when i use the overpass. Cons: inconvenient, of course.

Prior to that, i spent an average of about P100 (give or take) per day on gas/parking alone. Yes, of course, no doubt about it, it's convenient, but unreasonably/outrageously expensive for my middle-class taste (?).... read: remuneration.

Now, if there were thousands and thousands like me, that is, taking public transport (unless they absolutely have to drive their cars), this "boycott" of sorts would be a whole new ball game.

Ahh, but that's just me dreaming out loud.

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Postscript. Raise that flag, citizen! Mabuhay tayong lahat on the occasion of our 110th anniversary as a nation.