The student who thought his car is a boat

His consolation could be he is famous by now. I hope his future prospective employers will forget this fame when they employ him upon graduation.

Greenpeas. That guy happens to be my friend's husband. I am not trying to defend him or anything. I do agree with him that it would have been better if there were signs or people who would warn motorists not to pass by an area due to high floods. He does not often Araneta Ave and i would like to believe that he took his chances that the flood can still be passable; apparently, no and he even became a laughing stock of netizens and the rest of the filipino community. His wife is really worried right now because he still has not come home. He is still into hiding because of this humiliation, nobody knows where he is right now. People, despite of their educational background loose their brains and common sense when anger and frustration strikes. More often than not, when anger strikes, it is a lot easier to blame other people and not look at own's inefficiencies. Furthermore, when anger strikes, our ears become deaf to what others have to say. Yes, he had been wrong but to turn him into a laughing stock by the whole world is something that i couldnt condone. His family is so worried sick of him; it was already too much for them to bare. Too much humiliation, a worried family; is this the price for a comic relief?

That was funny.. Any video link of this in youtube? I missed this one.

I was one of those who thought that he is stupid enough to think that his car can make it across a tire deep flood. More than his stupidity, I think people are more annoyed on how he lashed out and blamed anybody except himself on the incident. But to a certain degree, he's right, because there's always a chance that it's his first time to cross that street or it's the first time that street flooded that high. If those in charge are quick enough to put out a sign that it's no longer safe to cross that area for light vehicles then that surely would have made a difference but then again, it's common knowledge how fast streets gets flooded in metro manila when rain pours so not unless he's not from here I would let it pass but if he's been around since I heard that he's studying at UP and have his own car then I would presume that he lived here long enough to know our street conditions when it rains so it would boil down to commonsense which is something he doesn't have right at that very moment.

I pity the guy though he knew the way is flooded but still he decided to go on.Maybe he taught his car is different from the others and can go through any floods.I guess the guy have intelligence but the sad thing is he didn't use it. He even did blame the bystanders, maybe they are on stand by to earn a living too like helping him or pushing the car to safety.Why should he blame them, for an educated people like him he should knew better.

Good thing he did not think it was as airplane, I bet you that kid has a rich father who can shoulder all the expenses of the damage so it gives him some sort of false security and clouds he's right judgement. If you worked hard to buy your own car, I do not think you would even dare treat it that way

hi greenpeas. caught this in the news the other day but really didn't pay much attention to it until i came across your thread here in mylot. my friend adolf hitler took the words out of my mouth and i share hitler's sentiments about mr. christopher lao's misfortune. have a look and see, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qexr6oNG6do comic gold!!!

i've been ignoring the video posted all over facebook for so long and finally i watched it yesterday. i wonder what this person is feeling right now. there is even a page on facebook dedicated to him. some people who recognized him said he is intelligent, but oh well, you are right, he doesn't have common sense. i think what made the matter worst is the fact that he's blaming everybody else which made people make fun of him.

Hello green-peas, When I watch the news, I just felt weird with his ranting and didn't understand why. but later I thought maybe he was either stupid or ignorant regarding the situation. I hope he learn his lesson and should stop when ever there is flood. I know my brother is also university graduate, he won't go to that kind of road with out looking at it first.He never have done this before, oh well am sure he won't repeat it again.

For me they don't noticed that it is cruel place to cross the road when it is more water.

I saw the video in YouTube. At first I'm really sad of what happened. However his reactions feels like he is blaming other people of what happened. Honestly, I was irritated by the way he reacted. But those hateful fan page and comments are too much. He made a mistake, that's it but people should not ruin his life just because of this.

Honestly, at first I was really annoyed by his reaction and manner of talking. But I pity him now because his action had created a "not good image" of him. I believe he has learned his lesson. Let's give him the chance to recover from that untoward incident.

To think that he was a UP student too, maybe his common sense was lost in all that studying. I would never ever cross a flooded street without other cars crossing it first, you must test the waters first. I think he was in a hurry that's why this happened and the adrenaline rush blocked all of his senses away when he was interviewed. A brief misfortune that ended as entertainment for everyone, a sad thing for the affected though, he lost his car and reputation.

Love it that's what happens when you don't think about what you are doing. I would feel sorry for him but if there is flood water you don't use it.

Well he should have no trouble getting his degree in Stupidity with Honours - no problem. Blame everyone else but himself. Typical!

perfect,and I can't stop laughing while reading this my friend (ugh ugh) And..what a UP student,gosh, where did he left his common sense huh? opps,,no offense meant UP :p Does he knows what he is saying about warning and blah-blah blah ? I am sure he now wants to blame the rain also thanks for sharing this,you made my day :) jaiho®

Like many of the Filipino public, I didn't know whether to laugh, cry or be in despair. I researched about this guy and yes, I find him completely funny and utter out of this world. I didn't care if he was a promising lawyer or he was studying for UP, I just laughed becuase it is quite not exactly what a person would do in that situation. After a few minutes of getting air from laughing, I realized that this incident is just temporary. The guy will move on and so will the public. A little more time in the net and I found the sentiment that I been looking for. For me, the guy was just pure entertainment value and sympathy came next. But this guy won't give a great impact in my life someday soon. Maybe I'll even thank him to keep my common sense in place. Good luck on the car though.

a lot of my friends on facebook has posted and reposted that video.. he is annoying and kind of funny because of what he did.. i wish he acts as a grown up especially if there is a tv crew that would interview him :)

I hate him for that! It is his very responsibility to take care of his own car which is equivalent to not letting it be submerged in the flood. He has a point on having a warning sign but still it is stupidity on his part to cross it when in fact he can see that not a single other vehicle passes through it. There are a lot of ways to see if he can pass through it but he didn't think it out first before going into the deep. Poor decision making and common sense. And now he is blaming others for his stupidity. He is such a big disgrace to the UP community. Any other person should have queried first the depth of the flood before going in. I would have forgive him for that if he just humbled himself and admit it was his fault. But he didn't that's why the internet and social networking site are all out to poke fun of him. Very arrogant and stupid. I don't hate him as a man, but I hate his stupidity and how he handled his stupidity! He makes me faint really!

I think it was just only a product of miscommunication. There's a signage in mother ignacia st. corner edsa that "During rainy days the road is impassable" which he haven't noticed at the first place and its pretty obvious that the flood was so deep and he still continue to move forward besides its really hard to blame who was at fault. I think he learned his lesson now so we should not insult him further because it might happened also in you.