Ang Payag ni MamaGirl

Let's get physical!
Indeed, it is. Please allow me to describe what I'm doing in the picture as someone commented about not getting it. In the picture, I am demonstrating how to draw water under the ground using a pedal pump, and it took me about 10mins to fill a bucket. Pedal pumps like this are effective in responding to water shortage and lack of irrigation systems in rural areas of developing countries like Cambodia and India. I used to work with HEKS Cambodia Program from 1999-2003, helping rural people improve their livelihood by introducing sustainable agriculture activities and organize community-based organizations to enable them to help themselves. As mentioned, it takes a lot of stamina to fill a bucket - it's equivalent to doing one session of aerobics. To know more about HEKS Cambodia Programme, click here.

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Reply to Seester's tag:

4 Jobs I Have Had:
- TV News and Feature Writer
- Volunteer Agriculturist
- Assistant to the Project Officer
- Community Development Worker

4 Movies Watched Over and Over: (Kasi si litol boy ginabalik-balik watch, ti kami man, eh, watch man)
- Shrek2
- Sharktales
- Finding Nemo
- Bourne Ultimatum

4 Places I have Lived:
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia (3 years)
- Mlang, Cotabato (6 months)
- Naga City, Camarines Sur (1 year)
- Sto. Domingo, Quezon City (2 years)

4 Shows I Watch:
- Amazing Race Asia
- Joaquin Bordado (TV series:action)
- TV Patrol World (news)
- Balitang K (feature)

4 Places I Have Been To (not too long ago):
- Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Davao City, Philippines
- Negros Occidental (Silay, Bacolod, Victorias)


4 People Who E-mail Me:
- my brothers and sisters
- Bongthom (job updates)
- old friends
- colleagues

4 Favorite Things To Eat:
- pizza
- peanuts
- donuts
- banana (boiled, banana que and roll)

4 Places I Would Rather Be Living:
- anywhere

4 Things I Look Forward To This Year:
- vacation with my son and my husband (Boracay)
- application to VSO
- house Completion
- Seester's vacation in the Philippines


I am tagging Mheldz and Venu.

For other WW photos, click here.

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These scenes greeted me when I returned to Roxas City after a three-day Strategic Planning seminar in Iloilo City. We were all speechless when we saw how mother nature created havoc in this sleepy farming town.

On the national highway, buses, cars and other vehicles were unable to pass through because of the high water level. The crops were all ready for harvesting if not for the heavy rainfall. My heart went out to the poor farmers whose crops were totally wiped out by the water. The farmers did not lose only crops, but also lost their properties (cattle and farming equipments) and destroyed their houses. In fact, many have been feared missing or, worse, dead. Also, many farmers fear how they would survive this year now that the crops that they had hope to bring them income is gone?

Local authorities are collecting information as to how many families were affected in the municipalities of Sigma, Dao, Cuartero and Mambusao - all of which the provincial government have declared as areas in state of calamity. Up to this point, the government has not determined how much was the damage in these municipalities in terms of crops and properties.

Most of the population were evacuated in evacuation centers and are receiving relief support from the government. Our organization is also readying for a rehab project. To those who want to donate some clothes, canned food and others, please direct them to the Office of the Provincial Governor of Capiz, or through Katibyugan, Inc., the non-profit organization where I am working. Leave me a message here or send me email. Any form of help is very much welcome and appreciated.

I am not surprised anymore (and I am angry) that news like this about Capiz did not or do not merit any attentional from the national media. To media companies, Gretchen's bitchiness is far more important than thousands of farmers devastated by floods and therefore gains a place in the headlines. The only time that Capiz is given attention to by the media is when the subject points at Capiz being the haven of aswangs (flesh-eaters and other supernatural beings). That, we Capizenos are not too happy about, and I am only being polite when I say that. How this affects every Capizeno is worth another post.