Viral Now: Watch How People Enjoys Riding LRT 1... It's More Fun in the Philippines!

Our country’s tourism slogan “It’s more fun in the Philippines” landed third among the 100 smartest marketing campaigns in the world. “It’s more fun in the Philippines” campaign was launched in 2012 to attract visitors to visit the country. The campaign hopes to direct the whole country in creating positive buzz around this tagline. “Using Filipinos themselves as the inspiration for the campaign, the slogan: ‘It’s more fun in the Philippines’ captured the attention of the whole nation – even the world,” Warc said.

Behind this fun tagline is a more serious problem that our country is facing today. One of these is the transportation which is the main necessity of all Filipinos. A Facebook user named James Cubelo, Advertising student and soon to graduate posted a video and gained a drastic attention of netizens. 

In his short video, he’s showing to all the netizens how crazy his experience in LRT1 from Central Station until Pedro Gil. He compared his breathtaking LRT journey to fantastic Star City ride. It’s not just James who encountered this unique ride, even student foreigners experienced the fun and exciting LRT ride!

PART 1

Crazy LRT experience
Guys!! Share natin to hanggang maka-abot sa Management ng LRT!March 10, 2016 around 6 pm. Sumakay kami ng friend ko sa LRT1 from Central Station. Napansin namin na hindi nag-close ang door pero tumatakbo na, nagulat nalang kami nung sinabi ni manong guard na kumapit nalang kami ng mabuti, ano to! Star City lang ang peg, ganun! At first di ko naisipang i-video kasi sobrang kabado talaga ako! Pero, in fairness ahh! nag-enjoy kami! i know na sobrang delikado talaga sya, pero no choice na kami at that moment kasi nakaandar na sya ng matulin! best part is, sumakay kami ng puno na ang tren, pero nung nalaman na bukas ang door habang tumatakbo, biglang lumuwag nalang,,, haha. takot nalang namin lahat na mahulog noh, knowing na GRADUATING KAMI! ganun! Well, thanks God, buhay pa kami now at safe!!! HUY! KAYONG MGA STAFF SA LRT1, UMAYOS-AYOS KAYO HAH!p.s. alam na nilang di nagsasara ang door, pero di nagtapos sa U.N. station ang lahat dahil may part 2 pa ang ride, upload ko nalang later. May foreigners akong kasama that time :)hi Danelle!! nag- enjoy ka ba sa mala-Star City ride natin!#OnlyInThePhilippines #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines #LRTMoments
Posted by James Cubelo on Thursday, March 10, 2016

PART 2

Crazy LRT experice part 2
So ayun nga, dumating kami sa U.N. station. nadagdagan ng passengers, mas sikisikan, syempre mas iba na ang Intensity level. (di po kami nakapag-reklamo agad kasi pagka-hinto ng tren as in dinumog agad, at kung mapapansin nyo, nagitgit tlga ako, ok) Pero umandar parin ito ng nakabukas ang tren, ni walang nag stop, o tumawag sa driver, ganon. Tapos ang bilis pa ng takbo, at kung makikita nyo din, Mas delikado ngayon kasi yung mga nasa harap ng open door, as in konting galaw lang, may possibilities na mahulog. nakaka-hiya naman sa mga foreign students na nakasabay namin, naranasan pa nila to! So ayun, nagpatawa ulet ako para bawas stress, at takot. ganon. nag video ulet. Hanggang dumating kami sa Pedro Gil, at duon nagkaroon ng testing sa door, sa wakas with the help of God, nagsara ang naging kalmado na ang byahe namin hanggang EDSA station... bow! Dear LRT Management, Di po ako nagmamadaling makita ang bagong tren na nabili nyo, o makasakay man dito. Sa pagkakataong ito, isa lang po ang hinihiling ko, SAFETY, di lang para sa akin, kundi para sa aming lahat na sumasakay, at patuloy na sasakay sa LRT line 1. maraming salamat po! :)Paki-explain na din po sa amin kung ano ba tlga ang purpose ng red button, kasi medyo wala po kaming alam dun noh, kahit ako, kasi ang akala ko is pag pinindot yun, bubukas lang ang pinto, (which is nakabukas na nga so di nako nag-aatempt) . base sa mga nakita at na experience ko :)Sa mga nanonood, wag naman masyadong magmagaling, Wala ka po sa pangyayari! At kung may alam ka, EDI WOW! buti alam mo... ok :)p.s. Ngayong Araw na ito, sasakay na naman ako ng tren, hindi dahil sa gusto kong maranasan ulet, kundi dahil sa mas nakakatipid ako ng pera, oras, at pagod. Advertising Student and Graduating here! :)Godspeed!
Posted by James Cubelo on Thursday, March 10, 2016

Management and government should be aware of this situation especially SAFETY of the entire passenger is the main responsibility of our government. LRT or any kind of transportation should provide the assurance that the passenger will reach its destination from point A to point B. Is this the new meaning of the tagline “It’s more fun in the Philippines”? Watch and share us your thoughts!

Source: James Cabelo