I bet this only happens in the Philippines. Two tricycles (a motorcycle fitted with a sidecar, a common means of transportation here in the Philippines) drag racing in the runway of a small airport in Lingayen, Pangasinan. One of the tricycles hit and slightly damaged a small plane. Yes, you read it right. They were drag racing in the runway and the plane was about to take off when the two tricycles suddenly darted out of nowhere to claim the airstrip. "Get out of way you stupid plane, I'm on a race here!" Lol
Imagine yourself as the pilot and the student-pilot inside the plane ready to take off. You got your check list to make sure everything is fine and in perfect shape. You can't afford to have problems later on when you're airborne and they probably don't have parachutes strapped to their backs so they got to make sure.... So as the pilot asked permission to take off, (I'm not really sure if the pilot had to ask any authorization, it's really just an airstrip and not an airport) two drag racing tricycles suddenly steal your runway. Yup, I would probably pissed my pants too if I were the pilot or student-pilot inside that plane.
Things that happen in this country are really unexpected and certainly full of surprises. That's what makes our country and our fellow Filipinos unique from the rest of the world. That's what makes us frown, smile, laugh, sometimes it embarrasses us but often times fellow Pinoys just makes us forget our problems temporarily. Despite these negative and shameful things that our corrupt politicians and government officials do, it's the ordinary folks that make me smile and laugh. It's the simple and poor folks that make me love our country more and it's them that make me a proud Pinoy. :)
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