Clean-up Holiday Cancelled

I was waiting for the update of this clean-up holiday, The president announces last monday of one-day special non-working holiday or clean-up holiday within this week. It is friday today and we are already at work. So the holiday isn't happening. :)

Ms beng forwarded this email to me which says:

Administrative Order 270, issued by President Arroyo last Tuesday, directed all heads of departments, bureaus and agencies under the executive branch and government-owned and controlled corporations to mobilize their officials and employees to help in the relief and rehabilitation of calamity-stricken areas brought about by storm “Ondoy.”

Instead of the planned one-day special non-working holiday announced last Monday, Malacañang has decided to mobilize government employees to help in the cleanup operations in areas affected by floods. Source: Philippine Star

Clean Up holiday in Metro

I am still here in the office 630pm, typing and waiting that somehow the drafting of the executive order for a massive clean-up in Metro Manila will be announced not later tonight.

It has been in the news that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo already ordered the drafting of the massive clean-up day and it will be declared a special non-working day within this week.

The massive clean-up is caused by none other than typhoon Ondoy last weekend which left 246 death tolls, 37 people remain missing, 374,890 people sheltered in 607 makeshift evacuation camps and P2.33 billion cost of damages to property and crops.

Though Malacañang asks metro mayors to exercise their power to "declare a holiday for a massive sanitation and clean-up day" if it deem fit. I wonder if Makati will declare a holiday..

Heavily flooded Manila

We were set to go to manila Saturday morning. We were supposed to spend the day with kat and my close buddies daryl and arlyn. Kat and her brother, who came from davao, will spend 2 weeks on the apartment yobib and I reside while I was pregnant with yena. But due to Ondoy’s showery visit we stayed home the whole day and watched movies.

I have been whining on our soaking wet kitchen and our wall that has been moist for the very first time because of the nonstop rain brought by typhoon Ondoy. But my complaints turn to shame when I saw the news and the view of the heavily-flooded metro manila. Cars were scattered like toys, people were at the top of their houses asking for help. And would you still whine on your current situation in life while looking at this photo below?
I cannot contact pehpot until now, I have heard in the news that the whole pasig is in flood. My boss and ms beng are not able to report to work today because of the flood. It is disheartening to see such calamity that struck the nation as quick as that, but it’s comforting to know that there are people who are willing to lend a helping hand. My office mate told me, ABS CBN even collected a total donation of Php20M in just day of their telethon. God bless them..

It is high time to help, in our own way a prayer will do. Let us pray for the victims of typhoon Ondoy..