It has been more than a month since Manila was ravaged by Ondoy. For most especially in the “dry”areas, it seems like a bad dream. But for others, it is still very much a part of their lives. There are still parts of Manila submerged in water where people use make-shift boats to navigate the streets. One of those areas is Pinagbuhatan, Pasig.
A photographer friend went there and what he captured through his lens, were reminders that Ondoy’s cruelty is still real for many of our fellowmen.
And Patricia Evangelista’s column in Inquirer reminded me that what happened wasn’t just a nightmare, it is as real as it can get.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20091025-232111/Yellow-river-red-balloon
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I am living in Marikina when the tragedy came in to our doorstep. The flood of water with mud (just like a light chocolate if you want to imagine) knocked our door and even if we do not want it to come into our house but we had no choice. I lost P50,000 from the unexpected joke of nature! But actually it was not a natural-made devastation. I have realized that because of our unrestrained habit of throwing our garbage in a wrong place this had contributed to what a painful result we earned! One more thing, the government before had warned about the condition of Metro Manila but there was no action in how to solve the urbanization problem like what we had last September. Truly, we are "battered" by the unanticipated event. We cannot blame the authority on why they let discharge some water from our reservoir,if they did not do that I believe I cannot be able to right this letter anymore, maybe in heaven!
You can check the aftermath of Ondoy here ----> Aftermath of Ondoy
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