Matthijs is crying loudly here.

Probably because he’s upset he’s been dressed in some kind of girly yellow dress!!

Don’t worry Matthijs - tomorrow after you’re discharged from the hospital you can wear your own kit.

Where in the world will you see a golf cart with a wheel clamp? Well in good ole Discovery Bay.

I noticed this dude who probably parked overnight where he is not supposed to and got this nice yellow clamp from City Management. He should keep it as a trophy!

After I returned from my holiday in Cebu in the Philippines I thought I’d write a little bit about my driving experience there.

Driving in Cebu city is a great experience, but you need a strong heart, an ear for adventure, and a horn that works well!

There are positives and negatives, and to start with the latter; negatives can be summed up in one word:

JEEPNEYS

These guys are just unbelievable. They go left, go right, have no brake lights, some have no side mirrors; some have no mirrors at all. To me it feels like all drivers have some kind of tunnel vision and all they can do is look in front of them. So the key thing to avoid any accidents here is to try and anticipate every naughty move they might make.
Unfortunately this makes driving less then relaxing and basically you got to be suspicious of every damn Jeepney near you. Interestingly, Jeepneys I think are more well behaved in Cebu city than outside. If you go slightly outside the city (say towards Talisay) suddenly the Jeepneys seem to have no manners at all and appear from nowhere in front of your car.

Turning to the flipside now, fortunately there are a lot of positive sides to driving in Cebu. Firstly I really enjoy the luxury of being allowed to have a more personal view of what is legal and what is not. In two weeks in Cebu I’ve not seen a traffic police officer at all, and when I did, they did not seem to be paying much attention to traffic. So one can permit oneself to ignore the occasional “no left turn” sign allowing for a more efficient route from a to b. (and only if no other traffic in sight of course - I’m not anti-social!)

Secondly, it’s a great thing to notice that traffic laws and specifically those in the area of who gets right of way are relative to the size of your car.
Being lucky to drive around in a rather large SUV this meant I’ve actually seen traffic stop to let me on the road! It’s like it’s part of the law or something, “Thou shall yield to any vehicle on your left, right, front, rear, top, bottom, as long as it is bigger than the vehicle you are driving yourself”.
What a difference from the cold Holland where I grew up; there you can wait for ages for a gap? no matter what size your car is.

Thirdly, the parking dudes. I don’t know what to call them but it’s great having a dude running around your car blowing a small whistle and risking his own life holding up the traffic to let you back it up on the street.

As you see, I liked driving in Cebu and look forward to my next trip!

Goodmorning all.

Nice to tell you today that the SARs number of infections in Hong Kong seems to be decreasing greadually. It looks like we’re past the peak and this infectious disease will hopefully stop bugging us here from now on.

However, users of Instant Messaging / Chat services etc. are advised to take extra measures. See attached picture.