Your Laundry and Jeepneys

Last Monday, I had a realization -- never let your laundry reach over 7 kilos. If you're like me who needs to go to a laundry service to have your laundry done, I think you would understand. 7 kilos? It doesn't sound really heavy, right? Well -- think again -- especially you are in a situation wherein you had to carry that 7 kilo load on a 20 minute walk and in the rain. Or with your 7 kilo load -- riding a almost full jeepney -- those multi-cab types. I'm talking about these types --


There's nothing really wrong with these types. It's just that when they are full -- peoples knees can almost touch kneecap to kneecap. When you are a passenger trying to get on or even off, there is really no easy way to do it -- but -- ram over those kneecaps. If it's annoying for the getting off or on the jeepney, trust me, it's also rather annoying for those who had their kneecap rammed.

If I'm not in a hurry to get to my destination, and I had to ride a jeepney, I make it to a point to choose the bigger type jeepney -- like this