Vintage...

Before I went to work, I heard on the news that the Inflation Rate of the Philippines went down for September to 11.9% from 12.7% last August. This is because of the easing prices particularly in food and petroleum products. Hmmm... But how come commodity prices aren't lowering yet? Why is it that when dollar rate goes high, prices goes high BUT when dollar rate went low, prices stays the same. Lucky for us, we are not having the same crisis as what United States (no offense to my American friends) is currently experiencing right now. I'm crossing my fingers that we don't get the same experience. They say that we will see lower inflation rate in the first quarter of 2009, I hope so. This is what I call Vintage issue.

Due to the fact that prices are going high as I have mentioned in my previous blog, we need some alternatives. My father, brother and I decided that we get back to biking since transportation fare especially tricycle fare is getting too high even if you are just going to a near place. I see more people now riding their bikes going to work or just going to the market. That is why I'm seeing different kinds of bikes and some amazes me. It's like bringing me back to the old days. So my brother and I decided to restore an old bike that our late grandfather handed to our father. In some places here in the Philippines, the old bikes or what I call Vintage bikes are popular now that transportation fare is high. Biking is good for our body. Here is the restored bike that I am referring to. It's a bit dirty because my brother went out for a spin. I forgot to take the photo of how it looks like before we restored it.