One of the most comical thing that happened is, I was leaving hotel at 12 PM, and a girl promised to meet me at 9 AM. She turns up at 11.30, because ... she was trying to use public transport, and decided to dry run, as her next work place was near my hotel

talk about wrong priorities - as I said, you get used to it after a while. I mean, waiting and waiting without blowing your top !!
PS, I know I am not fugly, but I am not Bradd Pitt also

The girls who refuse to kiss admit because they are in relationship or married - you know pinays, some are weird, they will agree to fxxk but no bj or kissing, because that it is for the one they love.
And it only gets bad at times- say after a sudden down pour or some procession and some church deciding to have their convention in the middle of EDSA and sometimes - just no reason !
I pity the people - spending 3 + hours to get to work and 3+ hours to go home - 1/3 of the day just on travel.
The skyway maybe a temporary solution - by the time they finish it, it would have become worse traffic.