In My Opinion - A Few Good Men

Koronadal City, currently in State of Calamity

State of Calamity

Koronadal City is declared under state of calamity. The City was flooded for 3 consecutive days. Many lives has ended as well as roperties and crops were eroded by flood. The flood is associated with the excessive and continuous rain. An estimated  17million or more worth of properties was destroyed by the calamity.

Currently our son, was at Koronadal with his lola Puring. Thank God my in-laws' house is away from the flooded area.  Thank you mama Puring for taking good care of Raph!

Police and media (ironically including bystanders) hurriedly flocked around the hostaged bus

Philippine Hostage Taking Training

My hubbyness watched "The EXPANDIBLES " last night, we were happy to see old but familiar faces (hahaha! now, you have idea how young we are). It is a good movie but I wouldn't recommend it to younger ones. Very violent. What's so amazing is, while watching it, I remembered the Quirino Grand Stand Hostage taking last month. Currently, even with overrated and repeated news about it, no result of investigation has yet been released.  Going back to The EXPANDIBLES , well, who would have thought? The members of the gang may perfectly train our SWAT. The "Sorry We Aren't Trained" men? hehehe just kidding. My friend's hubbyness is a police, as well as most of my uncles are too; so let's not be too hard with these guys. If our government is not just that corrupt and the supposed money will only go to the proper budget such as policemen trainings, ammunition and other valuable defense gadgets; probably, more lives may have been saved. Or may be our government officials are may be fair, equal and humane in dealing with  their subordinates, none of these hostage taking took place at all. Sana sa pagkakasibak lang ni Mr. Hostage Taker, maayos at fair, he would have not gone amok.

And by the way, who was that silly big boss of PNP? The fat Poncious Pilate? I don't like him pinning down he's men. Di ba dapat kasama sya sa ginigisa? And can we review our government system's hierarchy? Without stating the obvious that they are not properly coordinating as heads of their offices. Bureaucracy, that is.

Celebrity Survivor Philippines, Jon

Mind Game or Playing Dirty?

Michelle Madrigal's boyfriend and a fellow Celebrity Survivor Philippines, is now hated by everyone. It is because during the episode last night, he played a dirty trick. According to Jon, he just played the "mind game". But as everyone concluded, it was one dirty and unmanly trick. While Mama Elma Muros (known as one of the best athlete and brought a lot of medals for our country) was bearing 26 kls of weigh on her shoulders, Jon threw a silly and depressing words to Ms. Muros, saying that the weight is too heavy and she will just have to quit. Seeing Mama Elma is having a hard time carrying the very heavy weight, she also bruised herself, and as an addition to the burden, Jon is harsh enough to persuade his female opponent by making not so encouraging words. The other contender of the two is, a Japanese model,  Akihiro.

Heroic Story

On a lighter side, while preparing for work this morning, I watched on GMA& news about a taxi driver who whole-heartedly returned a bag full of techie gadget and Canadian dollars worth 40,000 in Philippine peso. What's so impressive with the taxi driver, is that even he has financial difficulty, he still returned the bag. It's easier not to be tempted if we don't really needed the money, but for the case of the taxi driver, he needs it to provide his family's needs. But of course, when interviewed on DZBB, he admitted that he also thought of keeping the money. But with the persuasion of his wife, he hurriedly called the radio station and asked to look for the owner of the bag. The owner, in return, rewarded the him,  in gratitude of the honest and kind taxi driver.

Currently, I am researching for the name of the taxi driver so that we could commend him personally. Correction, not just taxi driver but "THE TAXI DRIVER"! Kudos to you! I would definitely include you in our prayers that God will bless you more than what you have returned, good health to you and your family as well as a happy and peaceful life. (I promise, I'll try to search his name and his photo as well -- so we can proudly brag him, I will post it ASAP, once I will have his name )

Remembering other Heroic Act of Simple Worker:

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  Alexander “Stitch" Latag (not the space alien which known as Lilo's best ohana) , but a restaurant waiter who also returned a million pesos wrapped in a plastic bag after a customer left it at the resto in Makati. Later, the owner rewarded hin 100,00.. But the best reward is the integrity he gained as one honest and trusted man. Stitch, acknowledged his parents for the way he was raised, that is why it is not that hardfor him do do such heroic act.
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  Iluminado Boc, a tricycle driver ( from Tagnilaran ) surendered the money to the city police. It's may be a jackpot for Boc when he foound the money because at that time, his wife is sick and they are about to loose their apartment becauase they were overdue with the rental. But instead, he retuned the monet worth US$ 17,000.
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  Herbert Ocampo, the waiter who returned around US$100,000 (at least PhP5 Million), which he found at the coffee shop of the Sulo Hotel
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  Gilbert Tindungan (Airport Security Guard ) and William Bell ( Bureau of Immigration Intelligence Officer Paterno ), returned a laptop computer worth around PhP125,000 and US$2,700 accidentally left by a balikbayan from the USA. They would have split the money and sold the laptop; but they did what they have to.
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  Florita Mondoyo, a janitress at the Manila Domestic Airport, returned an envelope containing US$10,000, which she found at the passenger pre-boarding area while cleaning.
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  Joseph Navarro, a resort staff handed back more than US$1,000 bills unknowingly dropped by balikbayan's sister-in-law.
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  Dominic Jimenez and Gerry Soriano, military men returned a bag containing PhP 30,000 cash, which they found at the NAIA Terminal-2 northwing arrival area.
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  and hoping their species may continue to grow.

Weird

By the way, does Dole Pineapple Philippines have a fire drill today (or some sort of calamity drill)? There has been a two long (as in very long) alarm/buzz plus one regular alarm every hour, which we are use to hear regualry.  It just freaks me out. Can someone explain from Dole Pips?

Other heraoci acts from: http://hubpages.com/hub/Taxi_driver_returns_lost_money_worth_US17000