Tropical Storm Ondoy

"Stay on safe grounds. We are trying to get there as quickly as possible."
The government declared a "state of calamity".
Huge traffic jams clogged the roads in the capital as floodwaters caused many vehicles to stall….monstrous trafiic jam….several homes have been submerged in floods, TV networks showed a dramatic video of people crying for help, roofs of damaged houses being swept away by the suburban Marikina River.
Radio DZMM reported about a wall, weakened by floodwaters, collapsed in a suburb of Manila.
One of the three airport terminals in Manila was forced to cancel and divert flights after the flooding hampered its electrical system.
These were the damaged as Tropical Ondoy battered Luzon on Saturday. The storm, bearing winds of 85 kilometres (53 miles) per hour with gusts of 100 kph, hit the main island of Luzon near the town of Infanta at about 0200 GMT Sunday, moving west at 19 kph, the weather station said.
Government weather forecaster said the equivalent of one month's worth of rain fell on the city in less than a day.
We knew there would be rain but not like this. In 6 hours time it almost flooded the country. About 13.4 inches (34.1 centimeters) of rain fell on metropolitan Manila in just six hours, close to the 15.4-inch (39.2-centimeter) average for the entire month of September. After forty years ngayon lang uli naulit na bumagyo na ganito kataas ang tubig. At hindi handa ang tao sa pagragasa ng tubig.
Flooding was reported in many districts and on roads reported with waters in some areas reaching as high as the rooftops of one-storey buildings, the civil defence office said. Hardly hit were place like Pateros, Pasig, Rizal, Marikina, Antipolo, and some part of Quezon City, Bulacan, Laguna.

An average of 20 typhoons and storms enter the Philippines from the Pacific Ocean over the eastern seaboard every year.

Kaya nga ang bagyo ay may pangalan nagsisimula sa letrang A to Z.

Sino ba naman ang mag-aakala na ang bagyong ito ay lilikha ng malaking delubyo.
Sa taas ng inabot ng tubig ay makikita pati fridge sa bahay ay sumabit sa kawad ng kuryente. Ang mga sasakyang nakahambalang sa daan ay sumampa sa iba pang mga sasakyan. Nakakadurog puso ang eksena kung saan marami sa ating mga kababayan ang nawalan ng bahay at mga ariarian. Matapos humupa ang baha ay nakitang nakahambalang sa daan ang mga bangkay na nakalubog sa putik.
In hard time like this be brave, show the strenght of human spirit. Sa mga sakuna at kalamidad na gaya nito ay laging nakaantabay ang National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC), Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD), mga NGO's, Foundations, private sectors at iba-ibang tulong na ang pangunahing misyon ay sumagip ng buhay.
Sa mga naapektuhan ng pananalasa ng bagyo at mga kalamidad sana po ay tatagan natin ang ating mga loob. There is always a silver lining behind the dark clouds. Isa sa katangian natin bilang mga Pilipino ay kaya natin sagupain ang ilan man bagyong dumarating. Manahan tayo at hunawak sa Dakilang Lumikha. Pag-asa laban sa pag-asa.

A thankful letter

Pagbukas ko ng email ngayong oras na ito ay naiyak ako nang mabasa ang mensahe ng isang kaibigan. Sinadya kong huwag ilagay ang pangalan niya. Ni hindi ko na nga naalala ang tungkol sa ginawa ko para sa kanya sa maliit na bagay na iyon, na para sa kanya ay napakalaking halaga.


hi, imelda!
natatandaan mo pa kaya ako?
naalaala ko noong minsang magkasabay tayo sa atlas.
may nasingil ka noon at ako nama'y wala.
binigyan mo ako ng 50 pesos at inilibre pa ng kakanin at gulaman.
alam mo bang hinding-hindi ko iyon makalilimutan?
isa ka kasi sa mga taong naroon nang walang-wala ako.
thank you talaga.
sana, magkita tayo one time para mapasalamatan ulit kita..
graduate na nga pala ng college (BS Crim) ang isa kong anak.
sa call center siya nagtatrabaho.
malaking tulong na rin financially.
hope isang araw ay magkabalitaan tayo.
ingat lagi.
God bless you more.

di-nakalilimot,

BBPA class Public Personnel Administration

With Prof. Lyn Vargas

Estrella Clan

Today, we commemorate the martyrdom of Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.
Based on his undelivered speech: In a revolution there can really be no victors, only victims. We do not have to destroy in order to build.
On one of the long corridors of Harvard University are carved in granite the words of Archibald Macleish:
“How shall freedom be defended? By arms when it is attacked by arms; by truth when it is attacked by lies; by democratic faith when it is attacked by authoritarian dogma. Always, and in the final act, by determination and faith.”
The love story of Ninoy and Cory is the story that will end up all love story. Until Cory's last breath his love for Ninoy inspired the world.
Corazon Aquino was the eleventh President of the Philippines. She is known to be the global icon of democracy while her husband,the late Senator Benigno Aquino is considered the best president the Philippines never had.
As I surf the net I traced Cory's family tree and this is what I found out.
THE FAMILY TREE OF CORAZON COJUANGCO AQUINO:
The beginnings of the Cojuangco family can be traced back to Hong Chian town in Tongan province, China. Former President Corazon Aquino’s,great grandfather was the first generation of the Cojuangco clan that came to the Philippines in 1861. His name formerly, Mr. Co Yu Hwan converted to Catholicism when he came to Manila and was baptized Mr. Jose Cojuangco. He married Antera Estrella, a Filipina and settled in Malolos. The whole family tranferred to Tarlac.
My grandparents Estrella clan also came from Malolos, Bulacan and most relatives settled in Tarlac and Pangasinan the like of Congressman Conrado EstrellaIII.
I also met Captain Jaime Estrella in NAIA.
They were the icons of peace and democracy.
Hope in my veins flow the blood of a hero.

My Family

Mark Angelo, Me, Roan, Ryan and Renzo

Wikang Filipino

Is there a need to change English to Filipino as medium of instruction?
To the context of globalization we need to learn English and other international language to be global competitive. Jobs today are increasingly requiring workers who can interact with those who speak languages other than English and who can adapt to a wide range of cultural backgrounds. Individuals who speak, read, and understand more than one language can communicate with more people, read more literature, and benefit more fully from travel to other countries.
Wala namang masamang matuto ng ibang lengguwahe, dagdag kaalaman pa nga ito pero hindi ibig sabihin ay ikokompromiso natin ang sariling wikang Filipino.
Dapat pa rin pagtuunan sa mga eskuwelahan ang wastong paggamit,wastong pagbigkas ng ating sariling wikang Filipino. Ang taong nagmamahal sa sariling wika ay may dignidad at yaman ng bansa.

Two Angels

RHIAN

MIGZ