LRT Party: LRTA throws Glamorous 1920s Party Ignoring LRT Commuters Problems

Party pa more! Habang ang mga commuters nagsisiksikan sa pila. ilagay nyo naman sa tamang panahon ang pagpa-party nyo! Na galing sa tax payer's money ang 1920s dapper theme party nyo, Pa-Great Gatsby pa more! Pwede naman mag mamon na lang at maki-isa sa mga kawawang commuters!



You don't need to celebrate it lavishly and flaunt it online, knowing the existing problems of the LRT are not yet resolved. 

No MRT, No LRT Operations: Walang MRT LRT Bukas

The MRT and LRT lines will only operate until Holy Wednesday April 1, 2015 with the last trip at 8:30 p.m.

Walang MRT-LRT sa Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Black Saturday and Easter Sunday.

Adding more to the riding public's inconvenience this Holy Week, the Metro Rail Transit 3 will suspend trips to give way to system maintenance.

The Most Dangerous and Unsafe MRT Station Area in Metro Manila

I only go to Guadalupe via MRT when necessary because I know what I have to walk through in this area. I also make sure to only come here in broad daylight. Otherwise, I'll rather get off at the Buendia station and just take a Guadalupe bound jeep there.

Pedesterians going to the MRT station  'bottleneck' here on mornings.

Over the years, funeral wakes held at the Loyola Memorial Chapel has always dragged me back to visit this area. Nothing has changed. Maybe just the white walls. Pink fences or no fences, makitid pa rin, madilim pa rin. Amoy ihi at tae ang ilalim ng MRT stairway (the MRT stairway smells of urine and feces).

The Guadalupe path from the MRT station is long and narrow just meant for one person to pass through. If you cross paths with someone, one of you has to give way. You are at the mercy of strangers you come across with. Someone could stab you with an ice pick and you'll find yourself meters away from both ends, there is no quick exit,  your screams would probably drown in the noise of EDSA and the fast cars and buses would hardly stop or take notice.  

The San Carlos Seminary and the Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary has probably lotsa space inside, I think they could do the right thing for the Guadalupe community by easing this narrow path and donate a meter of their space for the public. Or the government should just purchase a meter of the land from them. Maybe it is easy for me to say these things because I wouldn't know the amount of paperwork and politics involved to make this a better and safer MRT stop.

I mean how many women probably got groped trying to go to work passing by here? Or people getting robbed at knife point? Who knows? I feel sorry for the call center agents living at this area. I can't imagine walking here at 11pm or 5am after their shifts.

Years ago on TV Patrol, there was a police report about a fast food worker raped and murdered at this station as she was just going home from work. I would understand the circumstances now why it happened, pedestrians are easy prey in Guadalupe. 

How do I get to Makati Cinema Square?

How do I get to Makati Cinema Square?
I need to reach Amorsolo corner Gamboa Street in Legaspi Village, Makati. I will be coming from Monumento, Caloocan.



Fastest route would be taking the LRT in Monumento then go down the LRT-EDSA station. From there, take the connecting MRT train going to either Magallanes or Ayala Station (your choice).

You can go down MRT Magallanes take PRC jeep and get down at Makati Cinema Square then go through the KFC-Chowking Exit of the mall then cross to Amorsolo St. cor Gamboa St (near Assorti and Phil Steel Bldg)

Or get down MRT Ayala Station walk to Park Square in front of Dusit Thani or along Pasay Road take the Libertad or Mantrade jeep. The Jeep passes through Amorsolo St along MCS. Get down at Gamboa st.

Jeepney fare costs P7.50 as of January 2009.

Makati Cinema Square Mall hours are between 9:30am to 8pm.