i woke up to a screetching alarm at 3 am. was in a cold room, under some thick blankets in a hotel. was disorganized at first. wondered where the hell i was. as i looked at the bed beside me i saw 3 girls cramped in a double bunk bed. and then i remembered. i was at GenSan. the morning after the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit. chattee, dulce and tiara were my roomies. have to wake up. have to meet my mom in Pikit at 8 am for another round of relief efforts. had to drag my heavy butt to the banyo.
got to Barangay Paidu Pulangi with my mom's Lions Club crew at 9:30. was met by my suki, the good looking vice mayor Don and some uncles and aunts. i was fatigued, sleep-deprived, tired but still functioning. i had to hop into the front seat of the dumptruck again just so that the military won't stop the driver. face value daw as my mom calls it. i call it beauty. plain and simple (nyehehe please don't take me seriously i still lack sleep).
as usual, nawala ang pagod ko when i saw the kids at the evacuation areas. my mom and i gave out biscuits and cornick (care of Rebisco) to the young ones while the locals were preparing our lunch. i tried to appear stoic but lost control once i saw the children. even if we bring truckloads of food, i still feel kulang pa rin for everyone there. oh well, had to practice restraint just so i wouldn't cry.
let the photos speak for themselves.
(our entourage. promise i told them we didn't need the road security :)
(first faces as we were going in)
(when they look at you like this it would be impossible not to feel sad)
(oh yeah that's me up there on the truck! i'm so macho davah?:)
(and that's my mom with the orange scarf. ain't she the coolest!?)
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Ow you're doing great bai, but first, let me tell you I was trying hard to identify you from the pictures you posted. At last I'm quite sure about you and you look like one of the grand-daughters of 'biyuda' de Matalam (of the late Mayor Abdulkadir 'Tutin' Matalam). Are you?
"Biyuda' as she was fondly called is my wife's (Jasmin) elder sister.
I was just enticed to tell you about it.
I was going thru the list of bloggers posted in Bariles' Gensan blog and your name (being a Muslim) caught my attention. But really what's the big deal about it. There was for sure. You are the second Muslim blogger I know aside from myself. I have yet to know some more and I really hope that there are still some who may have just missed my roving eyes.
Blogging, I think, has become a part of “mainstream” media and is now a valid platform for spreading information. Info-dissemination done in your own exciting fashion is the most fulfilling hobby one can do in this era of media hyperbole. Gone were the days when the problem was lack of information. But now, I can never say there is information overload. There is no such thing. What would tend to compete at the forefront of media hype is how information can be personalized to suit the descriminating taste of readers. Yes, as more and more sources and type of information come to the fore, readers would tend to be more and more discriminating.
I must say this is where blogging stands out from the rest.
Regards and Salam.
MAUGAN BUAT MOSAID, PH.D.
Executive Assistant to
Mayor Sumulong Sultan of
Pikit, North Cotabato
great job, dahling. i'm soooo proud of you!
btw... "face value daw as my mom calls it. i call it beauty. plain and simple." -- how can i disagree???
love ya!
@Pres Mau:
Salaam for dropping by my site. yes I am very closely related to those you mentioned :) and yes they did say I look like my "mga babo". Hope to see you in some of my visits to Pikit.
@Kawadjan
I get my humility about my beauty (!?) from you. miss you more!
bisita lng ko! ;)
Hello Sarah, I hope you don't mind I grabbed some of the photos and posted it on our site: Global Voices.
You are doing a good job. We need more persons like you
Good luck on your advocacies
As-salamu Alaykum! (PEACE be upon you)
keep uip your good works!!!
we are proud of you. from kalinaw mindanao movement inc.,
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