Bumped into this few nights back and this has made me totally inspired. Not just with my work but this pushed me to totally persevere for my family. Hope you'll find inspiration too. Dad Speaks.
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Monday, October 08, 2012
Weather, weather lang 'yan
SERIES 1
The intense rains that caused another Ondoy-like flooding in Metro Manila last August 2012 was unexpected. This type of "flooding" was supposed to happen every +10 years or so. At least this is what I was told.
I remember in the year 2000, barely 11 months of adapting to the Manila lifestyle, massive rains caused floods in Pasig that took more than 30 days to subside. It was no issue for me then since I was alone with no children to worry about.
Nine years after, in August 2009 Typhoon Ondoy poured a year's worth of rains that inundated the whole of metropolis including [to no surprise] Pasig City. While it was such an unfathomable devastation that crippled the National Capital Region not sparing places like the Makati Central Business District, the floods subsided in approximately 12 hours or so.
But not in Pasig City. This time my priorities has changed and I was not just fending for myself. I now have kids I worried about when 3 days have passed and the flood level at the street outside our house have not subsided. We relocated to a safer place for 30 days.
So who says it's 10 years? Ondoy was 9 years apart. 2012 Habagat was not even 3 years since Ondoy.
On that fateful Monday night [August 6, 2012] the heavy rains have not stopped since Sunday afternoon. This has started to worry me. I found myself watching by the window for signs of water rising at the street. By Tuesday morning, our streets remain to be flood free but the intense rains continue and by midday, the flood has reached gutter deep. We were still safe at home but my anxiety has not subsided.
On Wednesday morning, there was a sign of hope as the sun shone to give a glimmer of hope. Yet, Sandoval Ave which served as our only exit out of the Village and out of Pasig City is now impassable. And just before lunch, the rains once again poured to no end. The street flood is now higher by 5 inches above gutter. This was just a beginning. By 2PM, the rains was raging endlessly that even caused waist deep flood along C5. And the street water has reached our garage...and our yard and our kitchen. The toilets no longer work. We decided to flee while it was still early or was it?
The kids were a priority. For as long as they are safe, we are okay. I guess in the end there are still a lot to be thankful for. Still few days from that 2-day deluge, the floods along our usual routes have not subsided.
We moved to a safer place once again and because classes will soon resume. And I am not sure if we can survive the 3hour morning rush out of the Village from the back door. Kids have to be in school at 7am hence we need to leave at 5am. No way.
Images courtesy of www.lifestylecheck101.blogspot.com
It is still the wet season, so there is still a huge chance of heavy downpour and a high possibility of rains. I am excited for summer to come. Luckily, since that Habagat in August, Metro Manila was spared of Typhoons except for the occasional thunderstorms and rain showers. Still all these are tolerable.
But to me, the anxiety is eternal. With slight thunder I am worried not just for my kids but for all the people who I know will be more than affected than I am. People living near the river, people who are still on the road and people whose shelter are unstable.
I look forward to the day when, even at the heaviest downpour, no one of us will worry about severe inundation. Our local government should start working on short and long-term range plans. But I appreciate how the local government of Pasig (and perhaps other LGU's across Metro Manila) continue to work on cleaning up gutters, creeks and rivers. A few have installed submirsible pumps.
Yeah, I still worry about rains. And perhaps that's natural for a father like me.
[Please watch for the second series featuring my love affair with PAGASA and DOST NOAH.]
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Please check blog with similar topic.
http://lifestylecheck101.blogspot.com/2012/08/photo-updates-on-flood-in-sandoval-ave.html
The intense rains that caused another Ondoy-like flooding in Metro Manila last August 2012 was unexpected. This type of "flooding" was supposed to happen every +10 years or so. At least this is what I was told.
I remember in the year 2000, barely 11 months of adapting to the Manila lifestyle, massive rains caused floods in Pasig that took more than 30 days to subside. It was no issue for me then since I was alone with no children to worry about.
Nine years after, in August 2009 Typhoon Ondoy poured a year's worth of rains that inundated the whole of metropolis including [to no surprise] Pasig City. While it was such an unfathomable devastation that crippled the National Capital Region not sparing places like the Makati Central Business District, the floods subsided in approximately 12 hours or so.
But not in Pasig City. This time my priorities has changed and I was not just fending for myself. I now have kids I worried about when 3 days have passed and the flood level at the street outside our house have not subsided. We relocated to a safer place for 30 days.
So who says it's 10 years? Ondoy was 9 years apart. 2012 Habagat was not even 3 years since Ondoy.
On that fateful Monday night [August 6, 2012] the heavy rains have not stopped since Sunday afternoon. This has started to worry me. I found myself watching by the window for signs of water rising at the street. By Tuesday morning, our streets remain to be flood free but the intense rains continue and by midday, the flood has reached gutter deep. We were still safe at home but my anxiety has not subsided.
On Wednesday morning, there was a sign of hope as the sun shone to give a glimmer of hope. Yet, Sandoval Ave which served as our only exit out of the Village and out of Pasig City is now impassable. And just before lunch, the rains once again poured to no end. The street flood is now higher by 5 inches above gutter. This was just a beginning. By 2PM, the rains was raging endlessly that even caused waist deep flood along C5. And the street water has reached our garage...and our yard and our kitchen. The toilets no longer work. We decided to flee while it was still early or was it?
The kids were a priority. For as long as they are safe, we are okay. I guess in the end there are still a lot to be thankful for. Still few days from that 2-day deluge, the floods along our usual routes have not subsided.
We moved to a safer place once again and because classes will soon resume. And I am not sure if we can survive the 3hour morning rush out of the Village from the back door. Kids have to be in school at 7am hence we need to leave at 5am. No way.
It is still the wet season, so there is still a huge chance of heavy downpour and a high possibility of rains. I am excited for summer to come. Luckily, since that Habagat in August, Metro Manila was spared of Typhoons except for the occasional thunderstorms and rain showers. Still all these are tolerable.
But to me, the anxiety is eternal. With slight thunder I am worried not just for my kids but for all the people who I know will be more than affected than I am. People living near the river, people who are still on the road and people whose shelter are unstable.
I look forward to the day when, even at the heaviest downpour, no one of us will worry about severe inundation. Our local government should start working on short and long-term range plans. But I appreciate how the local government of Pasig (and perhaps other LGU's across Metro Manila) continue to work on cleaning up gutters, creeks and rivers. A few have installed submirsible pumps.
Yeah, I still worry about rains. And perhaps that's natural for a father like me.
[Please watch for the second series featuring my love affair with PAGASA and DOST NOAH.]
--------------------
Please check blog with similar topic.
http://lifestylecheck101.blogspot.com/2012/08/photo-updates-on-flood-in-sandoval-ave.html
Monday, September 24, 2012
Cool Change
I've finally found the perfect title for this blog. Dad Speaks. For all the new generation Dads in the metropolis.
So I'm saying goodbye to my old blog name....
So I'm saying goodbye to my old blog name....
Monday, March 26, 2012
Oh La La, Bianca!
Who can ever miss this? Bianca Gonzales has proven that a woman her age will continue to exude that immaculate sex appeal, ethereal beauty and intelligence possibly uncommon to her contemporaries.
And this video will leave your shrewd imagination to the wild! Oh la la, Bianca!
And this video will leave your shrewd imagination to the wild! Oh la la, Bianca!
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Understanding AZKALS
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| The AZKALS in Kathmandu, Nepal (Photo by Neil Etheridge as posted on Twitter @Neil38Etheridge "Nice little trip") |
Despite their loss to Turkmenistan Friday night, March 16 2012, the AZKALS continue to prove that they have indeed gone a long way. In the AFC Challenge Cup, we defeated two (2) former champions and we are gunning for a 3rd place, likely competing with Pakistan on March 19, Monday.
Following the AFCCC, the AZKALS will definitely be on the lookout of our Asian Comrades. And we are in for a stronger AZKALS this summer at the Long Teng Cup and 2012 Suzuki Cup.
The growing number of AZKALS fans are definitely happy, satisfied and just as excited for this team to reach that pinnacle of success in the coming years. Come to think of it, it was only 2 years back since this country has understood what Football is all about. Or have we?
Marred by multitudes of accusations and stones hurdled at them, the AZKALS are still in pretty good shape. Sexual harassment is very serious and a very strong form of accusation. This needs to be resolved and penalize those that are proven guilty. Until such time, let us leave that to the authorities. But notwithstanding the comments of Arnold Clavio and Rhea Santos, the insensitive, insecure and obsolete newscasters from GMA 7, the AZKALS continue to make waves in last friday's game with Phil Younghusband goal at 25 minutes.
What most people do not understand, including the critics and cynics, the Philippine AZKALS has given so much pride for us Filipinos and for our flag, both here in the Philippines and abroad. I speak for a number of fans who are intelligent enough to know that they may not look like your typical brown skinned Juan dela Cruz but are Filipinos by blood one way or the other. I am fair skinned with chinito eyes having come from a Fil-Chi forefathers. But that does not make me less of a Filipino. I travel to the US and I embrace the American culture to be part of our heritage. I have family and friends in North America. That does not make them less Filipino.
Apart from pride, the awareness on Football has grown tremendously. Go to ULTRA and you'll see football practice almost everyday. Filipinos now talk Football. Isn't this something. Yes, the AZKALS may look like foreigners now, but do we not also foresee our "brown-skinned" boys playing for the Philippine National Team 10 years from now? Because of this strong awareness, do we not also realize that the Tondo Football could be a breeding ground for the next Phil Younghusband?
Arnold Clavio and Rhea Santos uttered the word "MA-SAMPOLAN". What does that mean? Their arrogance was downright demeaning. It doesn't matter now if they seek understanding or if their network thinks it's not offensive. They have made an awful call of judgement and it will forever stain their credibility and integrity. Tough reality.
GMA7 should know better. Their stand on the issue speaks a lot of who they are and what they believe in. Nothing close to "WALANG KINIKILINGAN, SERBISYONG TOTOO". Whatever their anchors or commentators say, it is reflective of their principles and ethics. I can't help but compare them to ABS-CBN. In the recent past, a few reporters or anchors were handed that "disciplinary action" memo because of ethics, or a violation of their core principles. I do not see that in the other network. I pity GMA7. And I pity their News and Public Affairs team who have worked doubly hard to bring this station close to what ABS-CBN has achieved. I wouldn't be surprised if one day TV5 will surpass GMA7, especially now of this one-sided stand.
Arnold Clavio along with Rhea Santos, Lyn Ching-Pascual and Connie Sison are epitome of the Pinoy Crab Mentality. So sad to hear those opinions from them, the supposed experienced journalists, err, host. Apparently Arnold Clavio has only spoken to Cristy Ramos but I doubt if he has sought the side of the AZKALS? Obviously one-sided opinion. Now tell me, Walang Kinikilingan?
Bottomline is, there are still a lot of us who support Philippine Football. We condemn sexual harassment and violation against women. But we also believe in Azkals and their will power to carry the Philippine Flag in the global Football map.
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