The News: Hot and Sizzling

I thought the freezing water I used for taking a bath would be normal for a November morning. It’s cold ice.

Blame me for my illiteracy towards our television. I haven’t known earlier that Bulacan is experiencing Signal #2, ergo, Elementary and High School would have no classes for today. All the while, I thought it is a class day – the last day of our Third Grading Unit Test. Thanks for my textmates who sent me messages from our adviser confirming the news. Still not contented with the text message, I decided to turn on the TV and be informed.

It was yesterday when I watched National Geographic Channel, and it tackled about a supertyphoon that would hit the island-city of Hong Kong. It features their security measures, the predicted effects of the unusual phenomenon, and a lot more. Today, I am about to experience it.

Typhoon Reming expects to have its landfall this morning at Virac, Catanduanes. Alert signals were given to provinces, and safety measures were checked by every family. Ports closed, flights cancelled, travelling would be dangerous, water shortages and minor blackouts (crossing my fingers) were evident. This is the second time we’ll experience a massive typhoon, prior to Milenyo: which uprooted trees, destroyed few billboards, and left Philippines with 230 dead last September. With winds of 195 kilometers per hour, it’s far destructive from Milenyo. Metro Manila, along with the neighboring provinces, prepared for the worst-case scenarios.

News from the Senate and the Congress, or other political places and issues, were disregarded from this post. I myself don’t know what’s happening ‘in’ there. Two guys fell down from a deep well, and then I’ve seen Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s face. And oh, Bono of U2 received a gift from Japan’s Prime Minister. Shades! I don’t know why, but it’s all up to them.

So I changed my clothes.

Less death tolls? Hope so. For now, I’ll enjoy the boredom of my four-day weekend. (Happy 16th birthday to my bestfriend!)

~ by utakgago on November 29, 2006.

Posted in Narratives, Phenomena

24 Responses to “The News: Hot and Sizzling”

  1. ako ba ang una?? i can’t believe it.. hahaha.. ok sana ang 4 day vacation.. kami din dito walang pasok.. kaya lang .. kung ang 4 day vacation means disaster ulit.. wag na lang. mas gugustuhin ko pa pumasok.. nakakatakot talaga.. baka kasi kung ano nanaman idulot ng typhoon na ito…

    potpot said this on November 30, 2006 at 10:09 am

  2. ow, happy birhtday to your friend!

    anyway, i hope reming’s damage would not be like that of milenyo’s, although this one’s much stronger.

    so, you watch the news recently, huh? i don’t watch the news cause i really don’t want to be bombarded with gloomy news every now and then. argh.

    the Whore said this on November 30, 2006 at 10:28 am

  3. sa inyo 4-day vacation… kami 3 days lang, anyway, pay day naman namin ngayon.

    shades na naman binigay kay Bono, sandamakmak na yata eyewear nun, sana sa akin na lang binigay!

    billycoy said this on November 30, 2006 at 10:28 am

  4. Too bad for a country that is already ailing. Too many typhoons in a year is just horrible. THat’s the price of being in the tropics hahaha. But whatever calamities our country is experiencing, we, Filipinos, are always holding on and never ever giving up. There is always a fighter in us. Yo!

    Salamat sa pagbati!

    By the way, you were already popular even before I promoted you,
    weren’t you? :-)

    Keep the Filipino blogging community alive!

    talksmart said this on November 30, 2006 at 11:50 am

  5. Thanks, Talksmart! Di naman ako sikat nun noh. Hihihi.

    Halata ko nga, Billy, maraming shades si Bono. Parang Randy Santiago ng Ireland yun eh. Di naman siya kirat. Kaasar. Baka ‘fashion statement’ lang niya yun.

    Yes, Yna.

    But I seldom watch news. Nanonood lang ako kapag kailangang-kailangan ko. Tulad kanina. Ayoko rin kasing mamroblema sa bansa natin eh… hihi

    utakGAGO said this on November 30, 2006 at 11:53 am

  6. Cross your fingers, Potpot! Sana bukas-makalawa, nandyan pa ang bubong ng bahay nyo. Balita ko kasi, soooooooooobrang lakas ng bagyo.

    Magdasal tayo! Haha, joke.

    utakGAGO said this on November 30, 2006 at 11:55 am

  7. Ayoko nga maniwala na walang pasok ngayon kagabi. Kasi nagawa ko na lahat ng homeworks ko, nag-review na ako, tapos yun pala wala ding silbi. Hahaha. Minsanan pa naman ko yun ginagawa. Haha. As of now wala pang bagyo sa amin, pero nag-brownout na. Mga dalawang oras. :) Sinusulit ko na yung kuryente ngayon baka bigla ulit mag-brownout. :P

    REDG. said this on November 30, 2006 at 12:17 pm

  8. Hello, Kuya-Kim-to-be, or is it Ernie Baron!? Hehe.

    Chill! :-)

    Talamasca said this on November 30, 2006 at 1:13 pm

  9. Kim Atienza?

    Oh, no! I hate cockroaches and animals – though sanay na ko sa mga hayop sa bahay. Hahhahaa!

    utakGAGO said this on November 30, 2006 at 2:48 pm

  10. two hours ago, after taking a nap, i decided to take a bath.

    i am no longer fond of altering the temperature of the water by putting hot amount of it. when i was small, and when i need to wake up early for school, the water in the bathroom must not be cold enough to freeze the my very sanity. this afternoon, the water hit me with a blast. it was like ice. it was something like that one i had on a spa which features relaxation by the aid of icy water (what the heck!)–i miss that.

    the supertyphoon is apparently coming. though people have already learned of it, it would surely come like a thief, just like what milenyo did. i hate the suspension of classes because i rather study on school than to be bored in from of this laptop for four days. so many things to do, so many projects to start with, so many ideas to think about.

    i went home early yesterday. around 6 pm. my grandmother announced that there’d be no classes for this day as declared by the malacañang. at first, it took almost all of the hell out of me before i believe her. then, i watched the news to confirm the said-so. now, i’m here. stucked in this house. i am totally bored.

    i have no more news about the two persons who fell down a deep well. i pray they’re not yet dead. unlike me. how i wish i’ll die later. being messed up, i opened my limewire and downloaded “gloomy sunday.”

    this would be a gloomy thursday. tomorrow is a holiday. then saturday. sunday subsequently. disasters are in our doors. don’t let it knock on yours.

    PAURONG said this on November 30, 2006 at 3:19 pm

  11. ung 4 day vacation mo na puno ng boredom ay 4 days ng hell sa kin. PROJECTS. nakakainis! haay.

    sabi daw nila, nagiba na daw ung route ni reming kya mas mahina na sa manila OOPS! taga bulacan ka pla.. pero.. malapit na rin un! haha. XD

    happy 16th bday to your bestpwen. :D

    cars said this on November 30, 2006 at 5:21 pm

  12. Lagi na lang hindi kita natietiempohan,Manila ka pala..how can i get my pics?Bakit kasi kailangan magOL pa ako..arte..kuya mo tuloy nakachat ko..haha,buti hindi parang pabulyaw nasend ko,english speaking pala siya?haha..

    Bente Kwatro Oras pinanood mo no? Haha.. Kasama ko pala sina Shine Shine, Bango at Vanjie kanina..
    Finally,nagawa na namin ni Vanj ang aming CHICO PIE!Hahaha..yum?hehe..gagraduate na kame..

    Daan lang..

    SamSoon said this on November 30, 2006 at 6:09 pm

  13. ang saya mo naman 4 day weekend. ako tatapusin ko pa yung el fili na newspaper! haha. badtrip. may speech pa akong gagawin. kainis talaga patalo ang school :|

    sana lang hindi kagaya ng milenyo. i love my electricity! :)

    sabi ko sayo malayo pa birthday ko eh! hahaha =))
    joke lang =))

    jenny said this on November 30, 2006 at 6:10 pm

  14. hmmmmmmmmmmm

    ako gumising ng maaga para malaman na walang pasok

    wakekeke

    nag aral pa ako kasi me exam ako (actually nagbasa lang) pero ok lang

    pero dito sa manila ni isang patak ng ulan wala

    zord said this on November 30, 2006 at 7:33 pm

  15. oh yeah, ang lamig kanina.. ni hindi ako pinagpawisan sa duty ko. :D
    buti pa kayo, walang pasok.. kami meron.. I really hope na hindi malakas ang ulan tomorrow, we need to practice the play badly.

    eiss said this on November 30, 2006 at 9:47 pm

  16. Hope everything’s well over there. :)

    tina said this on November 30, 2006 at 9:49 pm

  17. by the way, happy birthday to your best friend (my most hated word so far).

    paurong said this on December 1, 2006 at 2:12 am

  18. Yeah, tina. Everything’s well pero umuulan na. Wala pa namang hangin. Eiss, pano ba yan! Umuulan na ng malakas? Hehehe..

    Ayun lang. Thanks sa comments.

    utakGAGO said this on December 1, 2006 at 6:19 am

  19. Samsoon, congrats at gragraduate ka na. Haha!!

    Thanks for greeting my bestfriend! Salamat sa inyo. Hehe.

    utakGAGO said this on December 1, 2006 at 6:19 am

  20. hi thanks for the visit and comment…di ko lam kung totoo nga yon, anyway wala namang mawawala kung try natin di ba? malay natin baka totoo nga…hehehe..

    ang ganda palang magbasa dito…updated sa current news…di ka lang pala writer, pwede ka ring maging newscaster…keep up the good work!

    idealpinkrose said this on December 1, 2006 at 6:27 am

  21. Waw. Newscaster. Never even thought of that ha.

    Thanks sa daan. Hope you’d become a regular!

    utakGAGO said this on December 1, 2006 at 7:08 am

  22. four-day weekend for me means just more time to study. fun, noh? [note sarcasm]

    anyway, bono PROBABLY got the shades because it’s his trademark. note that he’s hardly ever seen without them. [trivia: it's because of an eye condition. :) ]

    donya quixote said this on December 1, 2006 at 11:31 am

  23. Or you mean, “ice-cold?”
    –

    heck i can’t even feel reming’s “prowess” which is a good thing actually.

    Rob said this on December 1, 2006 at 1:56 pm

  24. Yes, Rob. A good thing. Diba binaha kayo nung kay Milenyo? At least, ngayon – walang problema.

    Donya, thanks for sharing things about Bono. :p Akala ko fashion statement lang nya yun!!

    utakgago said this on December 1, 2006 at 5:34 pm

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