aftermath
watching the news, scanning facebook status updates and reading messages in my inboxes, both on the net and in my phone have been incredibly frustrating today. so many people have called for help through a multitude of means but i've been stuck without any recourse to move. i mean, it's not even like one of those calamities where tv stations and your parish churches always ask you to help in whatever way you can, but you actually have no direct means to do it. no, this has been different. relief centers are now in boutique shops and malls. donations are now being accepted through money order stations. nearby schools have acted as evacuation centers where lending a hand is literally just a quick drive away.
in spite of being productive at the office, i cannot help but feel useless. i obviously could have been more useful some place else. even just praying at home. and i despise whoever mandated that we allot no time to recover or help despite the terrible images in the news.
today's sentiments could not have been summarized any better with this status update from a friend of mine:
bakit pag isang kilalang tao ang namatay,holiday agad?ngayon ang dami nang namatay ah..daming guso tumulong kaso may work..
that's just twisted, isn't it?
in spite of being productive at the office, i cannot help but feel useless. i obviously could have been more useful some place else. even just praying at home. and i despise whoever mandated that we allot no time to recover or help despite the terrible images in the news.
today's sentiments could not have been summarized any better with this status update from a friend of mine:
bakit pag isang kilalang tao ang namatay,holiday agad?ngayon ang dami nang namatay ah..daming guso tumulong kaso may work..
that's just twisted, isn't it?