Ondoy relief operations

(this blog may seem like i'm running for office or something, showing off how i volunteered, but this is just to document what i did the other day. :)

unlike some people i know. at least, i know now who i'm not going to vote. ARG.

this was what katipunan looked like last Saturday. it never floods in Katip. Katip has a good drainage system, but somehow, this typhoon was just extreme.

Jer and i decided to go to MVP (Manny V. Pangilinan Center for Leadership) last Sunday to see what we could do to help. We were escorted to the briefing session and we signed up for cooking. We srsly wanted to cook. When we got to our assigned venue for cooking, no one was telling us what to do, so we went back to MVP to help up with Danica and the other ENTA members who were in the OSA Office. We were the 'operators' receiving reports and forwarding them to NDCC, updating the status of the victims and etc.

third, cute, cas, jaki, jer, danica, pam and i. :)

this was the Cainta board, there were other reports coming from provident, and etc. We even received a report asking to rescue 3000 people in a barangay/village. huhu.

while danica was calling NDCC to report them, the rest of us headed to Colaycao Pav to help out with the repacking.
one bag should contain 4 canned goods, 5 bread/biscuits, 500-600ml water, and 4 cup noodles. Ateneo packed over 8,000 that day. When it was getting darker, the whole relief operations moved to the college covered courts.

the bags being moved to cars. thank you to people who volunteered their cars.

so while people were mobilizing to the covered courts, i went back to OSA because i've been receiving texts from people who haven't been rescued yet. NDCC WAS NOT ANSWERING OUR CALLS. We searched for other rescue operations like ABS-CBN Foundation and GMA, but FAIL. We searched for RED CROSS, and THANK GOD they were responding to our reports. Thank you RED CROSS.

Demi Lovato tweeted about donating to the RED CROSS and helping people in the Philippines. Other celebrities like Paris Hilton, Deepak Chopra, etc. have sent their help as well. Thank YOU.

I went home at around 8. I was on hunger strike, so i tried Mcdo and Jollibee but they were still FAIL. So i went to Rustans to panic buy my face. The aisle for canned goods and noodles were EMPTY. I lined up in the shortest counter, and saw that people were avoiding that line because the one ahead had 3 carts full of groceries. WAAH. When it was about time to pay for the groceries, the owner approached. Si Jericho Rosales lang pala. HE IS GWAPO. He may look simple on tv, but he definitely stands out. :)

And guess who I saw on my way back, none other than The Virlynn Ramirez. HAHA. Looking for yosi in katip. I accompanied her in searching for yosi and found Deer and Mitzi!

Mitzi's 8th floor condo unit got flooded. HOW? I DON' T KNOW TOO. HAHAHAHA

classes have been called off till Tuesday. i say, not because i want to take a rest from everything, extend it. Because there are lots of ateneo staff, faculty, and students who are still recovering from the calamity. They've lost school stuff, clothes, how are they going to school!? gets. and for the relief operations to continue, because volunteers have been pouring in in Ateneo. some people say there's a surplus of volunteers in the Ateneo already. i'm so proud. GO ATENEO.

it's not too late. If you're not in Manila, and you want to donate, click here to find your location and how to donate.
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