Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Manila, on the 3rd day of Ondoy Aftermath
This morning, the shining sun woke me up. Now this is significant compared to the days of gloomy mornings which I grew accustomed to for the past weekend. The storm had finally tempered, or so I think it did.
I was primed to fix all my undone schoolwork. I knew that the class suspension bought me more time to study. After so much thought, I decided to send the letter needed for a requirement in our Comm 3 subject. Jeepneys seemed to be abounding the streets again so I thought there'll be no transport problems.
I instinctively brought my digital camera with me. I don't usually bring my camera in fear of getting it lost. I was to travel the length of Welcome Rotonda to the street of Padre Faura. UST, Quiapo and Taft in between. The jeepney didn't pass by Recto. I'll soon learn why. It crossed Sta. Cruz and to my surprise, the area is still flooded!
The image on the left is the actual photo taken earlier this afternoon. Flood here could have been worse considering that the storm wrought havoc last Saturday.
It took me an hour to get to my destination. I passed by UPM to check if CAS and the white colleges are still intact.
After getting my business done, I went home. Again, jeepneys are dominating the Taft Avenue so I thought that the Sta. Cruz waterworks is an isolated case. But is it?
From Lawton, I could see that cars and public vehicles are jamming again. Then we passed by Quiapo then Recto. Only at this time did I learn why the jeepney driver needed to cut Recto and went inside Sta. Cruz instead.
Recto was transformed into an Olympic size swimming pool!
Shown in the left is the MMDA efforts of sucking the water out from the Recto underpass. I remember passing by that underpass every single school day of college and I never thought it could be made nonfunctional.
The jeepney driver I had earlier had a companion to whom he is having quite a good chat with. His friend is quite old, judging from the surface of his skin and the color of his hair. I overheard him saying that in his lifetime, Ondoy must have been the worst storm that wrought havoc in Manila.
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I was primed to fix all my undone schoolwork. I knew that the class suspension bought me more time to study. After so much thought, I decided to send the letter needed for a requirement in our Comm 3 subject. Jeepneys seemed to be abounding the streets again so I thought there'll be no transport problems.
I instinctively brought my digital camera with me. I don't usually bring my camera in fear of getting it lost. I was to travel the length of Welcome Rotonda to the street of Padre Faura. UST, Quiapo and Taft in between. The jeepney didn't pass by Recto. I'll soon learn why. It crossed Sta. Cruz and to my surprise, the area is still flooded!The image on the left is the actual photo taken earlier this afternoon. Flood here could have been worse considering that the storm wrought havoc last Saturday.
It took me an hour to get to my destination. I passed by UPM to check if CAS and the white colleges are still intact.
After getting my business done, I went home. Again, jeepneys are dominating the Taft Avenue so I thought that the Sta. Cruz waterworks is an isolated case. But is it?
From Lawton, I could see that cars and public vehicles are jamming again. Then we passed by Quiapo then Recto. Only at this time did I learn why the jeepney driver needed to cut Recto and went inside Sta. Cruz instead.Recto was transformed into an Olympic size swimming pool!
Shown in the left is the MMDA efforts of sucking the water out from the Recto underpass. I remember passing by that underpass every single school day of college and I never thought it could be made nonfunctional.
The jeepney driver I had earlier had a companion to whom he is having quite a good chat with. His friend is quite old, judging from the surface of his skin and the color of his hair. I overheard him saying that in his lifetime, Ondoy must have been the worst storm that wrought havoc in Manila.
Click HERE for more images
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