I hear the phrase above so often in the Philippines I can barely believe it. Replace the word 'Internet' with almost anything you use in daily life, and there, in a nutshell, is life in Manila.
I should have started this blog a long time ago when I first moved here. At that point I was still incredulous and I would doubtlessly have filled many pages with examples of inefficiency and brokenness in this country. I may still fill in some of the more memorable examples at a later stage, but to kick this blog off, my main beef at the moment is the Internet.