The Morning Rush

Think of this as guide to go to work everyday of the week when you live in Imus Cavite and work in New Manila Quezon City. ^^ We are assuming that you can get prepared for work in one hour from wake-up to leaving your house, work 8am to 5pm, Mondays thru Fridays only, have a 15 minute grace period on time-ins, and a psychiatric evaluation ensuring you are completely insane doing this everyday probably for the rest of your adult life.

> Normal days except Monday, Wednesday.

1) Wake up at 5:15 AM
2) Leave home at 6:15 AM
3) Take the long bus trip to the Pasay Taft MRT Station. If you plan on getting a guaranteed seat on the bus leave 15 minutes earlier. If you want to sit down during this long arduous trek(especially if you're carrying something heavy or slept only 2 hours), take the Baclaran-Coastal jeepney. Please note that taking the jeep means you have drop off in front of the Baclaran Redemptorist Church (or somewhere nearby) and take the MRT-Nichols jeepney to the Pasay-Taft Station. The bus costs 13 pesos, the jeep costs 27.50 for the two rides (20 for the first, 7.50 for the second). You should be there by 7:40 AM.
4) Taking off from number 3, The train ride from Pasay MRT to Cubao MRT is 20 minutes long. The fare costs 14 Pesos. There will always be long lines for the tickets so be sure to have preloaded value tickets with you. The lines take as much as 15 minutes if you're unlucky. To plan for your exit, always proceed to the first car and take a seat near the third door. This will put you in front of the stairway nearest the Farmer's Plaza exit.
5) If the time on your watch is 8:00 AM, you'll still get to your timecard before 8:15 hits. Make sure to briskwalk all the way across the footbridge and towards Aurora Blvd to the Quiapo-bound jeepneys. Make sure to pick the jeepneys that are near full and/or nearer the traffic stop. If it's 8:05 AM, that's pushing it.. but 50% of the time you'll still make it by 8:15 AM!

> Mondays
You're fucked if you leave anytime after 5:15 AM. XD The traffic at the Palico diversion road will kill you and even then there's the SM Bacoor traffic to worry about. lol

> Wednesdays
No big shit if you leave on time. The only traffic to worry about is the semi-congested Roxas Boulevard in front of the Baclaran Church.

> If the day/s after the weekend happens to be a holiday...
Treat the next working day as a Monday.

> If schools have no classes
You get almost 20 minutes off your travel time!

> In short - don't be an idiot and get an apartment near Quezon City. XD But if you're a deadbeat like yours truly, just leave early. ^^;;