The joys of travelling by jeep.

In order to stretch the money lent to me by Jel, I've decided to change my morning travel rituals altogether. Before, I used to take this route:

Jeep to MRT station - PhP7.50
MRT station to LRT station - PhP11.00 (either stored value or single trip)
LRT station to UN Avenue - PhP13.00 (if stored value) or PhP15.00 (if single trip)

Travel Time: 45 minutes, more or less
Total (back and forth): PhP63.00 to PhP67.00

Then in going back home, more of the same. The stored value tickets cost PhP100.00 each; technically, therefore, I only pay a lump sum of PhP100.00 once for each train and get my rides "free" after I pay the lump sum. Doing this saves me PhP2.00 per LRT train ride and even more important, saves me the grief of lining up to buy tickets, especially during rush hour.

Now, I take this route:

Jeep to Pedro Gil - PhP10.00
LRT station to UN Avenue - PhP12.00 (either stored value or single trip)

Travel Time: 40 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes, depending on the traffic
Total (back and forth): PhP53.50 to PhP55.50

In going back home, I use my old route. As you can see, it's definitely cheaper to use my new route. However, the inconvenience of buying MRT tickets during the afternoon (as I cannot afford to buy an MRT stored value ticket) and the inconvenience of walking from Pedro Gil to the LRT station take away most of the convenience of using the new route. Unfortunately, convenience is not a priority given my situation right now; cheapness is. So there. I just have to suck it up, I guess.

Being broke sucks.