Yes Cainta and some part of Taytay looks like they’ve been submitted to a “dry run” to battle heavy typhoon like Ondoy, and it seems that they lost the battle.
After the short but heavy rains around mid-afternoon yesterday, thousands of people and vehicles were stranded for long hours along the stretch of Ortigas extension, and that includes me and my Yamaha Mio.
It instantly created a large traffic as 3 major portions of Ortigas extension were flooded from knee to as high as hip deep.
Some say that it much higher inside some subdivision. You could imagine the phobia from an Ondoy veteran like me, who almost drowned last year. I even saw a firetruck with a boat on top traversing the flood. Everything lookslike reminiscences of last year disaster.
The same day we celebrated the Philippine Independence Day last June 12, 2010. The president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo also held a “Vin d Honneur” in Malacañang Palace.
I got interested upon hearing the news reporter on TV pronounced “Vin d Honneur” (/váN do núr/), and went loco searching for what it means. There’s a number of meaning indicated on net though, but to cut it short, it’s a celebration.
This is her last Independence Day celebration as President of the Philippines, it’s farewell to the great office furniture in Malacanang. That’s probably why the celebration did not only embark upon independence. It also highlighted the parade of the 11 floats, 10 of them signifying each letter of the acronyms B.E.A.T.T.H.E.O.D.D.S. (isn’t that great ^_^). These floats allowed the people to be informed of what her (PGMA) government has provided the Filipinos in her 9 years of presidency.
I like acronyms, so I say Kudos! to the organizers who brought that up, by the way “BEAT THE ODDS” meant, Budget reform, Education for all, Automated Election, Transportation and Digital infrastructure, Terminating hostilities, Healing the wounds of EDSA, Electricity and water for all, Opportunities created from 6-8M jobs, Decongest Metro Manila by decentralization of gov’t offices and new transport infrastructure systems, and lastly Develop Subic and Clark as globally competitive logistics hub. Not bad at all!
Drug abuse is the most common issue any country’s governance is faced to fight with. Most of its victim comes in depressed areas, especially in 3rd world countries, and sniffing solvent or “rugby”is one of the cheapest and popular.
The Philippines has just finished their elections giving way to a new President, Its new government faces huge amount of difficulties but hopefully it could strengthen its campaign against illegal drugs which is currently scourging the country.
This global epidemic can be fought not only by the government; each of us ordinary individuals who have internet access can actually help these people. The Tennessee Drug Rehab houses huge information on every type of addiction which we normally face at present, e.g. (drug addiction, alcoholism, etc.)
If you encounter people who’re having difficulties avoiding these vices, especially at early age, do not hesitate to help and make them learn what harm this may do to them and hope they could eliminate their addiction as soon as possible.
