two weeks after ondoy hit, our subdivision was still underwater

material things are inconsequential. the floods have made my husband realize that it doesn’t make sense to buy a P300,000-living room set (we don’t own one) when it can easily be swept away in an instant by floodwaters. he realized that it’s useless to buy stuff [...]

i don’t know if those who were affected by the floods would be able to go back to their normal lives again. i don’t know what “normal” is anymore for them. many lives and businesses were ruined by ondoy and pepeng.
as of today, the main mode of transportation in pinagbuhatan, pasig is still the banca. [...]

yup. still living in a waterworld. reminds me of that apocalyptic movie…similar circumstances: the movie showed that they were fighting for scarce resources; while opportunistic bastards here are taking advantage of our desperate situation. a store here sells a 5-gallon mineral water for P160 whereas under normal circumstances i can buy at least 15 gallons [...]

metro manila is under a state of calamity. no-brainer.  80 percent of metro manila is submerged in our own filth. pasig-cainta area —where we are—is one of the worst-hit places in the metro. Other Half and i are lucky that the floodwaters didn’t enter the house; it only reached the garage and thankfully the cars [...]

…err, not really new. let’s just say “intensified” adventure.
i’m talking about this plan to document my travails towards financial freedom i.e. being more responsible with personal finance. i don’t know where it would lead me but blogging about it may help other people (just like my budget wedding entries, which received many requests for info).
it [...]

i read that book and i had a chance to tour taiwan with the author about 2 years ago. we talked about the book and the personalities involved there.
i remember julie y*p d*za telling me that it is a mortal sin for a mistress to think and wait for the man to leave his wife [...]