The sister and I saw this movie called Bangkok Traffic Love Story last night. After a series of convincing her to watch it with me again, she finally said yes, and I didn’t disappoint her (as always).
Ahihihihi. So gwapo.
The movie basically tells about the crazy, stupid and clumsy love affair between Mei Li (Cris Horwang), a 30-y/o woman who kinda felt hopeless after all her friends tied up the knot and Loong (Theeradej Wongpuapan), an engineer working for the BTS Skytrain (HE IS SUPER GWAPO TO ME).
I also read somewhere that it was shown in line with the Skytrain’s 10th anniversary, allowing its name to be used for the film’s Thai and English titles. Pretty cool, huh.
Seeing the film reminded me of my short-lived Bangkok love affair (the first one was like 5 days and the other was just a portion of my weekend). The BTS Skytrain is a huge part of my BKK life, it brought me around the city, told me stories of everyday Bangkok life, and spoke to me in English (whenever it stopped by a station. LOL). And recently, I also got the chance to take the train to Suvarnabhumi Airport. Yay.
Who's gonna Bang Sue?
Whenever people ask me tips about traveling, I always tell them to look for the nearest train line and they won’t get easily lost. It practically serves its purpose just about anywhere, plus it’s safer, cheaper and more efficient compared to taking other public transportation.
Here in the Philippines, our version of the BTS are the LRT Lines 1 and 2 and MRT line 3. I’m one of the regular MRT passengers, taking it on my way to the office just about everyday. I’ve experienced the best and the worst of taking a ride at our very own skytrain. At non-peak hours, you can do somersaults in the aisle, whereas during the rush hour, you might want to take taekwondo lessons or learn your signature tornado move so that you can shoo everyone who’ll get in your way.
But despite the countless taekwondo matches that have happened inside the MRT and all other things, I cannot imagine life without it. I don’t think I can survive going to office from Cavite every waking day. Or I could show up very late for my meet-ups within Manila, or go totally nuts with Manila traffic.
What I wish for is that they’ll somewhat improve the system. LRT 2 is still the OK line for me. I don’t know how they’ll do it, perhaps they could start with passenger control or whatever. I’m not sure with widening the train because of certain restrictions within EDSA line. It would be awesome though if they could extend it soon to Pampanga or Cavite!
The story of Bangkok Traffic Love Story simply illustrates how many lives are changed in the BTS. I’m not saying changes are grand or worthy of doing another movie for it. Just think about the number of people who have been saved from getting fired because they always arrive early for work, or messengers who had to catch the bank on time, or Romeo wants to see Juliet during lunch hour or people who have to chase other people, or hundreds of people who gave up their lives so that the government would wake up and realize that our national security is taken too lightly (The Rizal Day bombing, never forget).
One of these days, you might get a chance to ride the MRT at around lunchtime. You will find me sitting in one of the corners of the car with my earphones plugged in. I never liked interacting with people but you might want to say hi. Promise, I won’t bite. 
