But now we have reports of overseas help for the victims.
in addition to government aid, celebrities, including the Blackeyed Peas, Paris Hilton, and the Miss Asia NYC pageant folks are sending aid.
Yeah: cross dressers and gays are accepted here with affectionate joking, unlike the more puritanical USA where such things are controversial.
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Here, the country is starting to shut down for the exodus to home for the Christmas holidays.
we are praying for their safety, not only from storms and accidents but from terrorist attacks, since the Philippine military is busy helping flood victims.
At least one ex general wanted for "extrajudicial killing" is trying to leave the country, hoping they will overlook him in the exodus.
and the feud between the Supreme court justice Corona and the president has folks lining up on both sides. Is the president trying to be a dictator? After all, what's the problem with a small gift between friends?
yeah, and we're still waiting for justice for our nephew's murder, where the indictment was delayed (but if I name who gifted whom, I could be shut down...there is a strong libel law here)...
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and Man's best friend story of the day:
the Yecyec family found themselves bobbing in the rampaging waters.Marilou said she managed to grab a piece of wood from the debris of demolished houses and held on to it with Jennylou while her husband and son and their pet family dog struggled against the strong current.
A whirlpool that came out of nowhere swallowed every one of them, along with dozens of other people.
Marilou said Jennylou and the dog—which her family has had for three years—got separated from the rest.
Riding piggyback
The girl recounted that while gasping for breath, the dog—pregnant at the time—tried hard not to drift away from her.
“It’s as if it did not want to leave my side,” she said.
As she gasped for air, Jennylou said the dog would bump her lightly, as if trying to tell her something.
“So I rode piggybacked on her and she did the swimming,” Jennylou said.
Out in the open sea, Jennylou said the already exhausted mongrel navigated towards a plank of wood floating nearby. As soon as she held on to the wood, she said the dog sank and was never seen again.
At daybreak, rescuers on rubber boat plucked Jennylou and several others from the sea.
At an evacuation center, she would later be reunited with the rest of her family, who also survived the nightmare. There were profuse expressions of gratitude when the missing member turned up.
“I would have died if not for our dog,” Jennylou said
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