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Korean-American singer Eric Nam gets frustrated about Metro Manila's bad traffic 

Published Aug 3, 2023 02:27 am
Korean-American singer Eric Nam got a taste of Metro Manila’s bad traffic situation and felt frustrated about it.  He is in Manila for his “Eric Nam Live at Market! Market!” event that will be held on Aug. 5 at the Market! Market! mall in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.   Korean-American singer Eric Nam and his Aug. 2 post on X (formerly Twitter) (Instagram, Twitter)

“Manila your traffic is unmatched,” Nam posted on X (formerly Twitter) at 6:59 p.m. on Aug. 2. The post has become popular, garnering 1.5 million views, 5,064 retweets, more than 10,000 quotes and 51,400 likes on X as of this writing. He also trended on X.  While he used the word “Manila,” Nam could be referring to Metro Manila. On Aug. 2, he was a guest on the GMA Network show "TikToClock." He also performed at the Wish 107.5 Bus Roadshow at Eastwood City in Quezon City. The event started at 4 p.m.  Filipino netizens replied to Nam’s post. Here are some of them:  \- “May bagyo beshyyyy\. It’s typhoon season” \- “Hahahahahaha sorry na Eric\, ganito lang kami” \- “Traffic is worse because it's raining” -  “We're sorry” \- “Oh rain or shine traffic is always bad here in Manila\. Welcome back to the Philippines” \- “There's a typhoon which makes the traffic worse than regular days\. 🥲 Stay safe on the road\. Enjoy the traffic\, you'll never get to experience being stucked on the road while raining \+ being hungry in other countries\, only here in the 🇵🇭🙈 \- “We have traffix on Normal days and its at the finest on Rainy days\.\.\. We lived through thay frustration as Manila commuters\. Sad you have to experience it but it is one of Manila's trademark\. Only the during the pandemic it was so smooth to go there…” \- “I wish I can just say that it's because of the weather lately but even in normal days the traffic here is 💀” \- “Welcome to the Philippines\~ 🤣🤣🤣 but yeah\, traffic is hell here\, worsened by the rains too so 🤣🤣🤣 it's more fun in the Philippines\~🤣🤣” Manila is ranked No. 9 among 390 cities in the world with the worst traffic, according to the [2022 TomTom Traffic Index](https://www.tomtom.com/traffic-index/ranking/). 

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