relief operations day3

let me blog in tagalog, my sentiments will be more sincere.


naiiyak ako ngayon.

rica, ate yani, ate vir, mika, miguel, dolly, danica, kate, roan, mika o., cas, miko, mia, deer, say, deli, judge, condom, deli (ulit? omg i can't see.), angelo. thank you sobra.

1. dahil sa mga entadirs na pumunta kanina sa area. di ko ma explain kung bakit, pero thank you talaga. sobra. ang dami natin kanina, at nakita nyo naman kung anong nangyari sa area natin... mga natumbang sasakyan, mga patay na katawan sa river, mga taong lalangoy sa putik para lang makakuha ng food pack, mga kapitan at heads ng barangay na sumakripisyo para lang mauna yung mga kabarangay nila.

ENTA's area. Industrial Valley Elementary School.

the people in our area in Industrial Valley Complex waiting for our food packages.

naiiyak ako. napproud din ako sa atin. sobrang thank you. :') sobrang thank you. sobra. :')
(special thanks to Ate Nono for making this possible. for bringing ENTA to our area. To Danica, for pushing this to happen. To Ate Vir who lent us transpo para mapadpad kami doon, to the alumni who were there! riz (who really wanted to go), kate, ate yani!! to EVERYONE. sobrang thank you talaga.)

2. dahil sa mga profs kong may pakialam talaga sa amin. naiiyak akoo di ko alam kung bakit. :( thank you for Mr. Roger Davis, naiiyak ako dahil sobrang sama ng mga tao sa kanya di pinupuntahan sa class nya, yet sobrang caring nya para siyang tatay. (oo may issue ako sa father figures okay. haha bare it all!?) minsan nag eemail siya na "i can't imagine this semester is going to be over, i will really miss you all. :("

ito yung itsura ng classroom namin for the first 30 minutes. puno yan nung first day. tapos nawawala nalang yung mga tao. cut lahat.

tapos nung bumagyo, sabi nya "i hope you and your families are safe... i can't imagine losing any of you.. :(" at ito yung email nya after sa amin... :((

"If you know students in our abnormal psychology class who are homeless could you please email me privately and let me know who they are?

A student asked me about grades today. If you've been severely affected by the storm, the first priority is your safety and housing, and everything else has to be secondary, including any presentations and papers.

If you've been severely affected by the storm, forget about abnormal psychology and just concentrate on getting life back in order.
-Raj"

naiiyak ako. yung thesis adviser din namin, nagtatanong if everyone is okay. :(

volunteers in Ateneo.
photo taken by Kevin Tatco.

3. dahil sa overwhelming number of volunteers. dahil Ateneo has been one of the biggest in terms of relief operations... (i'm not being competitive) yung mga tao sa cov courts, galing sa iba't ibang lupalop, kahit yung hindi atenista, andun. at sobrang thankful ako. :( thank you. di ko alam kung bakit kayo andun, kung may selfish kayo na motives kaya kayo andun (pero wala din ako maisip.) sobrang thank you tlaga. sabi ko nga sa theology paper ko, sa pagvovolunteer nakita ko na na-defy yung social structures and economic statuses ng mga tao, age at gender. lahat ng mga labels at walls, nawala. mapa bata o matanda, mayaman o mahirap, andun sa covcourts nagbubuhat ng mga boxes, nagpapack ng food packages, naghahanap ng clothes for a family of 6, nagmemeasure ng bigas, naging parte na ng assembly line para mag load or unload ng trucks, nadeploy sa mga areas para mag deliver ng relief goods. waah naiiyak ako. mababaw lang ako, pero kasi. this is not something you'd see everyday.

in just 4 days, Ateneo has packed almost 40,000 food packages, and has delivered them into 17 deployments to date.
photo taken by Kevin Tatco.

naniniwala na ako sa altruism. it may not be the same for everyone in the covcourts, pero alam ko nakakita na ako, and i believe in altruism. :(


4. GRABEH KAHIT DI AKO NASALANTA NG BAGYO, WALA MAN LANG SA FRIENDS KO SA ILOILO ANG NAGTANONG KUNG OKAY LANG AKO. pfft. this is a sign.

5. kanina when we were going to the convent to deliver the relief goods, there was a man who was in charge of IVC i think. and he was asking me about my course and what i plan to do after college. tapos, after a long silence, he told us "alam mo kayong mga kids, you are so idealistic now. we've been there before too, pero when you go out to the real world. it's so different. crazy. but that's okay. cge lang."

napaisip lang ako.

6. i know this is not the time, but thank you Lord dahil safe ako. safe ang pamilya ko.


Thank You po.