Valenzuela Travel Mishaps

Bahala Na Navigation and the Road to Nowhere: Valenzuela’s Commuter Calamities

The Monumento Maze Miscalculation

Monumento is not a circle; it’s a psychological labyrinth designed to break the spirit of commuters. Aling Susan, visiting from Malabon, needs to catch a jeepney to Malinta. She asks a traffic enforcer, who points vaguely north. She walks for ten minutes, only to find herself back at the base of the monument, having completed a perfect, disorienting loop. She asks a vendor, who sends her down an underpass that emerges in a totally different terminal for buses going to Bulacan. bohiney.com cartographers have declared the area a “non-orien

SOURCE: Bohiney News.

By Lourdes Tiu

Lourdes Tiu is a celebrated satirist with over a decade of experience, has been featured in major publications like Mad Magazine and The Onion for her incisive wit and has served as a keynote speaker at the National Satire Writers Conference, establishing her as a trusted authority in political and social satire. Lourdes' educational journey began at the University of Chicago, where she majored in Political Science, providing her with a deep understanding of the political landscape that she so brilliantly critiques in her work. She further honed her craft by completing a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from Columbia University, with a focus on satire and comedic writing, under the mentorship of some of the country’s most celebrated humorists.

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