Daghang Salamat ONDOY

[ieaiaio]

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maayung pakahiluna ang mga punto ani... tataw jud kaau ang korapsyon sa atong gobyerno

[ieaiaio]

nindot ni basahon nya ang background song kai "where is the love" by b.e.p. haha

[ieaiaio]

"most of us only care about money making"

[pinoyapache]

nindot kaayo ang imo'ng post bro ako ni ibutang sa akong blog...with your permission. thanks @madmike

[jrconde]

i learned a lesson out of this.

[KASAAC]

"most of us only care about money making"

TRUE enough...



What's wrong with the world mama?
People living like aint got no mamas
I think the whole worlds addicted to the drama
Only attracted to the things that bring you trauma
Overseas yeah we tryin to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin
In the USA the big CIA the Bloodz and the Crips and the KKK
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And if you hatin you're bound to get irate
Yeah madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
You gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love y'all

People killing people dying
Children hurtin you hear them crying
Can you practice what you preach
Would you turn the other cheek?
Father Father Father help us
Send some guidance from above
Cause people got me got me questioning
Where is the love?

It just ain't the same all ways have changed
New days are strange is the world the insane?
If love and peace so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong
Nations dropping bombs
Chemical gases filling lungs of little ones
With ongoing suffering
As the youth die young
So ask yourself is the loving really strong?
So I can ask myself really what is going wrong
With this world that we living in
People keep on giving in
Makin wrong decisions
Only visions of them livin and
Not respecting each other
Deny thy brother
The wars' going on but the reasons' undercover
The truth is kept secret
Swept under the rug
If you never know truth
Then you never know love
Where's the love y'all?(I don't know)
Where's the truth y'all?(I don't know)
Where's the love y'all?

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm getting older y'all people get colder
Most of us only care about money makin
Selfishness got us followin the wrong direction
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting their young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what the see in the cinema
Whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness and equality
Instead of spreading love, we're spreading anomosity
Lack of understanding, leading us away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling down
It's no wonder why sometimes I'm feeling under
I gotta keep my faith alive, until love is found

[lafter26]

maayo unta to:
-kun ang ng-ubog sa baha na taga liog ang mga govt officials nga nangaon ug mahalon na
restaurant kay kuno deserving sila ug mahalon.
-kun ang namatong sa rooftop tungod sa baha ang mga govt officials na nag-overpricing sa mga
projects para makapursyento sila ug magamit ang pursyento sa sunod election.
-kun ang na trap sa baha ang mga govt officials na walay lain gihimo kun dili ang pagpadato sa
ilang kaugalingon.
-kun ang nabasa sa ulan for pila ka oras ang mga govt officials na wala jud nabuhat para
pagconserve sa atong natural resources.
-kun ang nagutman for pila ka oras ang mga govt officials na nanawat ug bayad para sa illegal na
negosyo
-kun ang mga nangamatay sa baha ang mga govt officials na corrupt.

ug dili ang:
-mga tao na gagmay ug kita pero tinarong.
-mga tao na maoy ngsweldo sa mga corrupt na govt officials.
-mga bata na bisan wala pa na tao dagko na kau ug utang tungod sa corruption.
-mga lola ug lolo na pila na ka tuig nag-antos sa corruption sa gobyerno.

[n0stALg|a]

i cannot help but be moved by this thread... all points taken are exactly what i am feeling right now... it's not that we are blaming the government for the tragedy that happened... all we're saying is that if only there was a little more effort from the ppl who have vowed to make this country a better place to live, then at least the effects would have been minimised... it's just sad that other ppl see this as a complaint... as something that we cannot do because as they say, the government is as helpless as we are... some would even say that if the US had not been prepared for Katrina, how much more for the Philippines? we're not pointing fingers here... it's just they have more capacity to do more and better things to prevent or at least minimise this kind of incident... ppl just dont get it and it hurts to be labeled as someone who just complains and does nothing to help!!!

[ieaiaio]

pero all hope is not gone since we are gonna change... hehe mutuo ko nga ang taw pwede pa magbago pero naghinaot ko nga dli na kelangan ug casualties para magbago ang pinoy.

[mata_hari]

read this in time.com today: just wanna share.

The Manila Floods: Why Wasn't the City Prepared?
By Ishaan Tharoor Tuesday, Sep. 29, 2009

In Manila, millions of residents now live in a world of mud. Torrential rain over the weekend triggered the worst flooding the Philippines' capital has seen in over four decades, submerging more than 80% of the city, killing at least 246 people and displacing hundreds of thousands more. By Tuesday, the water had receded in many places, but it left behind ruined homes and swept-away neighborhoods, and according to health officials, it disabled the majority of Manila's medical facilities. Debris, sewage and abandoned vehicles that were tossed around by gushing currents now litter the notoriously polluted capital; aid workers warn of water-borne diseases. The government has placed the area around Manila under a "state of public calamity."

In an appeal for assistance, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo described Tropical Storm Ketsana, which hit Manila on Sept. 26, as a "once-in-a-lifetime typhoon." A month's worth of rain deluged the city in the space of 12 hours. "The system is overwhelmed, local government units are overwhelmed," said Anthony Golez of the state's National Disaster Coordinating Council at a press conference on Sept. 28.

Yet many in the country are pointing fingers at its politicians for failing to predict the scale of the disaster or lessen the damage it caused. Manila, they say, was always bound to face such catastrophe, and more should have been done to help its millions of residents prepare. A recently published study by the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSA), a research group based in Singapore, ranked metropolitan Manila as one of the provinces in Southeast Asia most vulnerable to flooding. The capital region is perched on a marshy isthmus that is crisscrossed with streams and rivers. An ever-growing population — Manila is now a sprawling mega-city of some 12 million people, larger still when factoring in the day-worker population — and the lack of infrastructure to accommodate it left swaths of the city exposed. "What we are seeing is a phenomenon that will affect many major cities in Asia," says Neeraj Jain, country specialist for the Philippines at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is headquartered in Manila. "Urbanization has been so rapid, yet the planning processes have lagged."


Last weekend's flood was in large part the result of the capital's poor drainage and sanitation systems, which have been neglected by several successive administrations in power. As Ketsana rained down upon Manila, sewers that were clogged up by plastic bags and other refuse led to roads becoming rivers and gardens lagoons. Video images of desperate people riding floating pontoons of garbage down inundated streets were a sign not just of the consequences of the flood, but also its causes. Many impoverished Manila residents live in makeshift settlements by rivers and creeks — the source of their drinking water — that overflowed and carried off their homes. "People have always been living on the edge," says Carlos Celdran, a popular Manila historian and performing artist. "It's amazing the city has actually managed to make it this far."

The Spanish seized Manila from its Muslim rulers in the 16th century and set it up as their colonial seat in Asia. The city was a flourishing, elegant entrepôt for centuries, but in recent times civic planning has been more haphazard as the population has boomed. Lambert Ramirez, executive director of the National Institute for Policy Studies, a Manila-based think tank, says much of the blame for poor urban management ought to be leveled at the government. "There's no coordinated policy for cleaning up garbage. There's no political will to get even simple things done," he says. Ramirez spoke to TIME while salvaging appliances and valuables from his own flooded home.
(See pictures of the recent floods in Georgia.)

Jain of the ADB says the leadership in Manila, faced with elections in the coming months, is indeed thinking of long-term solutions to its infrastructure woes. Plans have been afoot to improve sanitation and also relieve the population burden in metro Manila by shifting certain businesses and government offices to areas outside the dense capital region. But the challenge facing the Philippines and other poor Asian countries is one of resources. Most Southeast Asia nations budget around 2% or 3% of their GDP for infrastructure development. To fend off such disasters in the future, Jain says that figure ought to be closer to 5% or 6%. It's a deficit that few governments can afford to make up overnight.

But given the looming specter of climate change, they may have to find a way sooner rather than later. The prospect of another typhoon this week underscores environmentalists' concern that shifts in global temperatures may mean increasingly extreme weather patterns for coastal cities like Manila. "[Ketsana] was a startling, unique event," says Herminia Francisco of the EEPSA in Singapore. "But then I think this is going to happen more and more frequently in the future."
(See a TIME graphic on destructive weather.)

For today, as international aid pours in from organizations like the Red Cross and the World Food Program, Manila residents are slowly retrieving their homes and livelihoods from the mud. Thousands of volunteers have donated food and rushed to help those who were worse affected. "Filipinos are used to crisis," says Celdran. "We've gone through a lot over the years, but we've managed. We're a resilient people."