Dark Days Ahead

Seems like apocalypse have hit us once again. As if last week's rampage of the Ondoy/Ketsana was not enough, tomorrow comes the new, even stronger super typhoon Pepeng/Pharma.

The strongest flood that hit Metro Manila in decades, Ondoy forces Manila down to its knees, drowning the city for days. And before we can even recover, Pepeng cuts to the scene.

The only silver lining is that this worst of events has brought out the best in Filipinos. Willing and able citizens used everything at their disposal to help people out. The cellphones and the internet are used extensively to communicate, and identify flooded, and locate survivors and stranded citizens, helping a lot in the relief efforts.

Now if only the public infrastructure is just as cutting edge as most Filipinos are with their gadgets, then maybe the situation would have been prevented in the first place... That, I'm afraid is still a looooooong way to go.

If that's not enough, the recent earthquakes in Indonesia seems to portend even worse tidings in the coming days. Hope this isn't so, but everyone should be prepared.

On a more personal note, all of these events seem to have been eclipsed by the catastrophe. Don't want to get in further details, but suffice to say, we've hit rockbottom like never before. Still recoving and I thank the people who supported us along the way.

Anyway, here's to hoping that the future is not as bleak as it appears to be right now.