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December 8, 2006

my road trips home will never be the same again.

I’ve always enjoyed the loooooong (road) trips to my hometown. I wrote “loooooong” because it usually takes 21 hours to get there—by bus. More than half of the trip is spent along the stretch of Bicol region, the gateway to the south of the Philippines. When my schedule is not tight, I prefer land trips because I enjoy sightseeing. I get to see a kaleidoscope of nature’s wonders: a majestic volcano, forests, trees, shorelines, rivers, mountains, birds and a lot more. I get to pass by many towns and see beautiful countryside scenes: a market filled with busy people, a farmer plowing the field with a carabao, cows and goats on a grassland, boys flying kites, vendors on buses and most of all smiling faces.

But after this, I will be haunted by heartbreaking images of Bicol: houses which have become a mass of rubble, houses burried in mudslides, dead people in body bags, people weeping looking for their missing loved ones, people mourning for the loss of their family, and people begging for food and water. It’s just too much.

The people in Bicolandia need us. It will take a huge amount of money and a lot of effort and prayers before their livelihood can be restored. So, as Daisy put it in her blog, let us heed the call. We all know the estimated 100,000 survivors who live in the affected communities are not affluent. They're not the kind who own real estate in La Jolla. They are simple barrio folks who badly need our help.

I’m going home this Christmas. My schedule is not tight. But I won’t be traveling by bus. I just don’t want to pass by Bicol and see the region in it’s current state.

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Hi Bea- thanks for stopping by at my blog really appreciate it.

It sure a heartbreaking and bless those who got affected.

same here still i’m template-dependent. still don’t know how. hehehe.

Oh segi thanks again ha. Happy Friday and have a wonderful weekends.

Posted by Carlota at December 8, 2006, 2:32 pm

Hello Carlota!
You’re welcome.
Ipagdasal na lang natin sila and let’s think of ways to help them.
Have a wonderful weekend, too!

Posted by bea at December 8, 2006, 3:14 pm

Hello! Nakakaawa po talaga…napanood ko po sa tv. Wala akong ibang magawa kundi ipagdasal na makaahon na rin sila. Kilala pa naman ang mga Bicolano sa pagiging masayahin. Nakakaawa talaga. >,

Posted by celena at December 8, 2006, 6:24 pm

hi celena!
it’s already a big thing that you’re praying for them. prayer helps a lot. ako, pag may problem, pray lang ng pray tapos madaling naaayos ang problema ko.

salamat sa muling pagbisita!

Posted by bea at December 9, 2006, 7:06 pm

Lots of specialists state that credit loans help a lot of people to live the way they want, just because they are able to feel free to buy necessary things. Moreover, different banks offer collateral loan for young and old people.

Posted by BetteHill at May 22, 2010, 7:01 am

Oh, my girlfriend is South Korean and her dad is in Seoul. And you are right, the city is dangerously close to the border and vulnerable to both artillery and nukes. I agree that the stakes are too high. Besides, in the event of war, NK will surely disintegrate and SK can barely afford unification (SK economy, after it collapsed in 1997, is very fragile at this point).

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