Nakakainis

You must’ve read the Richard Gutierrez brouhaha . He’s been all over the media, it’s hard to miss him . He even made it to New York Times. Sushal, di ba?  I don’t care if it’s true or not that he did not save anyone on his way, even an infant, to save his lading-lady – the damsel in distress, Christine Reyes. I don’t care if he and his family were embracing all  the interviews about his heroic act KUNO.  I don’t care.

Okay, I lied. Naiinis ako sa pagmumukha niya! Puede ba? A lot of people lost their lives to save others, they are the real heroes.  There are thousands of heroes during and after the catastrophe…the neighbors, volunteers, firemen, policemen, the AFP and the thousands of people in and out of the country who donated to help our kababayans. Why make a fuss about helping a friend? Why did Richard or the media sensationalize about helping his friend? Yes, it was nice of him to help his friend but this fails in comparison to what our other kababayans did to help not just their family and friends, but to mere strangers.  Did Richard help a stranger? Did he reach out to our kababayans? Did he make even just a little sacrifice to help our people who lost their homes? Correct me if I am wrong, I did not hear any news about him helping the victims of Ondoy. Instead this is what I’ve read, nagwawala daw si Richard sa NAIA because he missed his flight to Kuala Lumpur. Bakasyon grande ang drama niya kasama ang ge-ep. It’s not the airline’s fault that Richard and his girlfriend were late to begin with. Power tripping? Or is it the  you-don’t-mess-with-me-coz-I-am-effing-popular mentality? Or is it the I-get-what-I-want-or-else-you-deal-with-my-mother mentality? Or is it, I-am-retarded-that-I-don’t-know-I-need-to-be-in-the gate-30-minutes-prior-to-departure?  Who knows! You decide.

Mabuti pa ang mga boyfriendssss kong sina Gerald Anderson and Jericho Rosales. Hihihi

Folks, sorry about my ranting here…blame it hormones. Red tide kasi. Hahaha. TMI! No offense to all Richard fans. Ito ay isang opinion lamang.

Idaan Mo Na Lang Sa Tawa

I am sure most of you have seen pictures of our kabayayans smiling inspite of the catastrophe brought by Ondoy.  We are indeed the happiest people on Earth in spite of our predicament – being a third world country that is.

I laughed my head off when I watched this video.

Panoorin niyo tong video na to para naman kayo ay ngumiti ng kahit konti:

Another typhoon is approaching. It is not an ordinary typhoon for it will be bringing 200+ kph wind. Pepeng, a super typhoon, is expected to land in Aurora, Isabela this Saturday morning if it won’t change its projected path. Aurora is where my JLC’s family lives. Huhuhu. I panicked when I read the news and immediately call him. I told him to call his family back home. As of this writing, we can’t contact them. We hope and pray that they are safe. After what happen to Manila and surrounding areas, you can’t help but be paranoid – that it there’s a posibility that it will happen to other provinces as well – given the fact that this one is way much stronger than Ondoy. Huhuhu.

I had experienced a category 3 hurricane. It was hurricane Wilma I believe. Or, was it Dennis? I can’t recall. I was also still in Florida when hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana very bad. Category 3 has sustained winds of 111-130 mph (178-209 kph). It waas bad. You really could hear the wind. The good thing about Florida, unlike the Philipines, it is ready for this kind of calamity. It has designated evacuation centers. It has signs all over the state where you could go in case of a hurricane. I could only wish the Philippines would be like Florida but no, we fail in comparison. It is sad.

Ondoy, Not Ondoy At All

Ondoy,in Bohol, is a term of endearment. It means ondong in Cebu or totoy in Tagalog regions.  But storm Ondoy is no totoy at all.  Ondoy brought 13.4 inches rain in just six hours…that’s a month’s worth of precipitation!

It brought havoc to Manila and surrounding areas. Lives are losts, houses are shattered, food is scarce. This is the time to help our brothers, folks, in whatever way we can. Barrio Siete, spearheaded by Reyna Elena, created a campaign called Barrio Bayanihan for Ondoy Victims. As of this writing, Php 57,970 were donated.

In the spirit of Barrio Siete, we invite you all to join our Bayanihan Fund Drive: Donate to Ondoy Flood Victims. Very simply:

1.) Make a donation to our Bayanihan Fund Drive: Donate to Ondoy Flood Victims. If you can’t, then help us by making this viral and create an entry entitled: “Bayanihan Fund Drive: Donate to Ondoy Flood Victims“. A link to this original entry will be appreciated where your readers can make a donation. Please leave us a note in the comment section if you are joining so we can list your entry, in case the pingback doesn’t work.

2.) Invite other bloggers to join our “Bayanihan Fund Drive: Donate to Ondoy Flood Victims”

3.) We will list the names of the donors in a worksheet, their organization and/or their websites, unless they prefer to be anonymous.

4.) The listing will be updated regularly and will be posted here in Barrio Siete Dot com.

5.) We are only accepting monetary donations in currencies accepted by Paypal.

6.) All donations will be remitted only to the Philippine National Red Cross in Manila. (We have not made any contact with them yet.)

7.) If you prefer: You can make donations directly to the Philippine National Red Cross. Here is the link: Ways to donate

In Barrio Siete, this is where you can make your donation. We will in turn, turn this over to the Philippine National Red Cross.

8.) Reyna Elena’s entry on Ondoy here is getting a lot of messages from readers asking for help and assistance. If you are reading this, please head over to that entry and respond to some of the questions if you know because it kills me that I don’t know the answer to their questions or their plea for help. Hopefully, there is one here who could help.

The photos and videos I’ve seen in the web are heart-wrenching.  My heart and prayers go out to those poor victims of the storm. This is not the time to blame anyone. This is the time to reach out to our kababayans.

Check out these heart-wrenching photos I’ve gathered from the web:

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