Minor notes on driving in Metro Manila

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This evening, we shopped in Mandaluyong, finishing at the SM Megamall, which is where I once had a shawarma burrito from Taco Bell. What I hadn't previously noticed is the Japanese automated car lot outside, there are metal towers in which cars are parked on individual platforms that slowly travel up and down. We watched it while waiting for our Grab^* six-seater to arrive. Some of our cars home use Waze to navigate which requires verbal correction on our part. Our impression is that Waze is inspired by the routes motorcycles take, not distinguishing them from cars when routing, which can guide drivers onto some of the local roads in Bicutan, etc., that are not comfortably passable in something as large as a car.

^*like Lyft, Uber, etc.