Just the very best news.........Makati taxis

I am feeling stronger but am still resting for a few days to make sure.

I have been out today for some food shopping, I was even tired after that and had to have a nap, on the way back I received a phone call from a friend in the UK which is always nice to have.

I read my paper whilst having a cup of coffee in the mall..... I wanted to jump for joy on reading one article...... 19 (not 17) Makati taxi drivers were arrested, they had their licenses suspended and were fined 1000 pesos.... what for ?........ for the very practices that I have complained about many times on this web page.

Makati police started an undercover sting called "snobbish drivers" and caught these 19..... (1)refusing to take some customers...... (2)refusing to use the meter and asking for a fixed price (higher of course)instead, (3)for insisting on an additional amount to be added to the meter price..........
I have experienced all those 3 bad practices and it is so annoying... so reading this article made me very happy. I know it won't last for long but for the time being these annoying drivers will be wary and may do a better job for a while.

I have to return to the hospital tomorrow to see my specialist again.... I might even take a taxi !!!!!

Not much else happening, just having a quiet life and waiting for Wednesday mornings must win cricket match between England and New Zealand.

If you an avid reader of this blog you will know that I wanted to visit China, Hong Kong and Macao, but because of the extreme weather they have had that is now out of the question.
I have a window of 10 days when there is no cricket.... sad I know !!.... so I am thinking maybe of just visiting other areas of the Philippines probably heading North.

I hope you all had a great weekend, I see that the property downturn has started in the UK, I have been advocating this for the past 2 years and it will only get worse now over the next 5/6 years, if I am still living there I may buy again round about 2012.