Havaianas Revives Filipino Street Games
A Family Day of Retro Filipino Games
The Havaianas Playback is very relevant to this day and age where video games and media players take a lot of our kids leisure activities. Imagine this scenario.
a) A single venue where you can relive your old-school, game-day glory.
b) An event where tin cans, garters and rubber slippers can test your strategy and agility.
c) A chance for you to prove your street-game cred and prove that you were—and still could be—the player to beat.
And I got to experience being brought back to my childhood days. What a clever event this is. Let me take you to my afternoon stroll at the Havaianas playground.
E-jeepneys (Electric Jeepneys)
(Photo by Greenpeace)
This is good news for the public. The first electric jeepney took a test drive in Makati City by no other than the Makati mayor himself. The electric powered jeepney or e-jeepney is a 10 to 12-seater but can run only at 40 kms an hour. This e-jeepney is financed by the Green Renewable Independent Power Producer Inc (GRIPP) in an effort to encourage the use of alternative fuels as well as to reduce the effects of greenhouse gases on climate change.
The e-Jeepneys are powered by five-horsepower electric motor engines with 12 batteries that, at full capacity, allow the vehicles to run 120 to 140 kilometers at around 40 kilometers per hour.
The batteries are charged for eight hours on ordinary 220-volt power sockets at a minimum cost of P120. In contrast, regular fume-spewing jeepneys guzzle P300 (US$6.50) or more of diesel each day.
Each e-Jeepney costs at least P400,000 to build, around P100,000 more than most shop-built diesel jeepneys.
I like the idea that it runs only at a maximum 40 Kms per hour especially in busy traffic areas of commercial centers. It isn’t feasible in highways though unless the speed is increased. Anyway, kudos to Greenpeace for undertaking this project. May we see more ejeepneys plying the streets of Manila.
Filed under Street life | Comment (0)Lucky Me Billboard
The start of billboard death has come. I talked of billboard ban a few days after Typhoon Milenyo hit the Philippines. Look at this “Lucky Me” ( a noodle soup pack) as if taunting me that it can’t be dismantled. So far, this Lucky Me billboard ad is flashing for all motorists to see. It’s lucky that it hasn’t been dismantled yet.
