it’s only now that i am seriously thinking of applying for a scholarship…to japan. just to get back.

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 [...]

two nights ago, i dreamed about a friend. a very close friend from highschool. she saved my sanity during those years. we remained close even until after college. she was on my speed dial in those days. Other Half and I went to her place almost 9 years ago so that she would get to [...]

News magazines and newspapers should think hard about how we would be able survive this changing world.
“Far Eastern Economic Review to shut down in December
The Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER), one of Asia’s most respected English-language news magazines, will close in December, its owner Dow Jones and Co. announced on Monday.
“Unfortunately, despite several attempts at [...]

Saturday, 19 September, 2009 04:30:55 PM PHT
so some colleagues and i were wrong about the noynoy-mar thing being a gimmick (that noynoy would eventually say he’s backing out in deference to mar, who is more prepared to run for president).
so aquino would carry the torch for the liberal party. hmmm…
they say he has integrity [...]

a newsweek article on its sept 14 issue summed up what i’ve been trying to say in the past year or so.
“Can’t We Get Along?
by Laura McFeely
Ever since blogs took over the internet, mainstream media companies have been wringing their hands about bloggers’ corrosive influence, even as they’ve scrambled to get on the bandwagon…”
yeah, that [...]

…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 [...]