Tacloban To Ormoc Sights and Scenes 140303
Noting what I said in the last paragraphs of the previous post, let me say... meanwhile, the ride continued, there were many more sights and scenes worthy of my memory.
Yes like that one. All I could silently exclaim to myself was ano ba yan, nakikibagay si panahon sa mga nakikita ko! Almost 4 months after Yolanda everywhere still looks sad.
Hindi yung jeep oy, normal yan kahit walang Yolanda!
The devastated structure at left is/was the Barangay Hall of Brgy. Tibak, Sta. Fe, the first barrio after Palo. Sad, but what can we do, andyan na yan. Smile & move on na!
Warays (Pinoys I guess), are generally like that, right? When it seems like we're in our lowest-of-lows our brains try to find something that makes us genuinely smile, diba?
Sali ako dyan, Pinoy ako. I always smile when I pass by this barangay because...
Sometime ago, a colleague (Tagalog) was reading (aloud) the names of devastated barangays we've seen so far. He pronounced the name of the area as Brgy. T-Back.
After laughing out loud I said ano yan, g-string bikini? It's pronounced fast like "tabak"! Ang nangyari tuloy, we (yes, pati ako), until now, started fondly calling it Brgy. T-Back.
Hanap na lang ng mapagtatawanan kahit gaano ka-corny. Ubos na ang mga luha.
Sta. Fe and the next town, Alang-alang, are vast fields. Yolanda hit them 'wind-wise', not 'tsunami-wise' as it did Tacloban, etc. Yet, everything in these towns are in ruins.
If it is any consolation (entertainment value ba!), like Tacloban, Palo, Tanauan, Basey, Marabut, Guiuan, etc., virtually every roof you see, if any, is new - even tents are new!
This is/was a commercial area at Alang-alang. Look at the roofs in this picture.
Easy to spot that some are by-and-by able to "start over again", while others are still struggling. I'm dreaming - since there's no more way but up, when all are able to rise again, this town (and all others) will probably look new or modern and updated! Diba?
Abangan natin yan!
But we know it will take time. May everyone get the aid they need from everywhere.
We know recovery will take a long time for many of the victims. But, however slow, gaganda din yan (hopefully), since wala na naman yatang kasing-lugmok than this.
The municipal hall of Alang-alang, and across it the catholic church all slowly rising.
Oist, I just realized now, my van driver looked like that mayor of Davao City who was on the news after coming to help in the relief efforts! Dapat tularan ang mga ganyan.
By the way, I think I've taken photos of this area when I first came, immediately after Yolanda. Aw even that ruined wooden house above, I just wasn't able to recall ASAP, that I also got a pic of that when I returned to Cebu on 10 December 2013. Oh wow!
This one, I already liked seeing this house everytime I passed even before Yolanda.
Good to know it is still standing. Windows obviously went "gone with the wind", but otherwise, the totality of the house seems to be still intact. Matibay kapag sinauna!
Still in Alangalang, I was trying to capture this "kuliglig" pero nasama si funeraria!
And so I wondered... what if there was a "lamay" when Yolanda came? Iiwanan mo?
Ay hehehe, those are little things not being taught anywhere!
Rolling on, here was a common scene that pre-dates Yolanda. Life is like this here.
Aside from the driver, I counted 9 passengers (all adults), plus that kid on the roof. I thought I would face front, if I were him. Well, he looked so peacefully unperturbed!
Hey look at the side of the road ahead of the tricycle. There's a dangling silvery wire of the national grid. That's an indication electric power isn't yet restored herearounds.
Rain stopped, and I could see the mountain ranges this van needed to skirt around.
Yep, the Leyte central highlands. Lake Danao is somewhere up there. The Tongonan Geothermal Power Plant too. And Ormoc, is directly behind that big black mountain.
It's a fantastic view, made even more amazing by this manong facing me hahaha!
I am not sure if I already said that in this blog, but did you know there is a 'scientific' explanation as to why he's sitting like that? Yeah there is, and it's a need, not a whim!
Really, when I first saw (a kid) seated like that on a motorbike (at the Mactan Bridge?) I thought it was just some kabulastugan, arte, parayaw, pasikat. But no, it is not pala!
Science yan! The need for space. Ay, not just Spatial Ergonomics. It even falls under the realm of Tessellation in Discrete Geometry! Maarok mo yan? Go figure it heheh!
This is/was the Jaro Public Market - already under construction when Yolanda hit.
Yes unclear photo since my camera lens faced the setting sun. Nothing I can do but click, eh I was sitting on a speeding van. Sayang it's not clear. The roof is crumpled!
Anyway, as I said earlier, life must go on for the Warays. Some must celebrate...
That, must be for a child's birthday. A milestone is worth celebrating, no matter what. Eh in 5 days, it will already be 4 months from Yolanda's wrath. Ubos na ang luha oy!
Especially for the young ones, the hope of the nation, life must go on, back to normal.
Those students are obviously homeward bound from school. And I kept wondering, are their school buildings still standing now? Because I have seen many that aren't.
Anyway, look to the end of the road in that photo. There's a silhouette of a mountain far in the distance. Behind it and to the left was my destination on this ride. Still far.
And I had to rest the camera as it was already getting dark. But I had to do this!
I can't even decipher what those writings were (below the plate number), but for me to have clicked at such condition (for the camera), it must've been something funny.
Fuji FinePix JX500 at 6:04PM in the mountains of Capoocan going Kananga? Bad.
Nothing worth noting that I have not yet previously noted along this part of the road, anyway. Aru, kasi nga madilim na, even for my own eyes hahaha! So nothing talaga!
Until I got to Ormoc, been there done that, daytime or night. But at 7:13PM I had this:
At the row of lechon vendor stalls "on the street" (Real?). They put out folding tables and stools for people to dine! Minimum order is ¼kg (250g), sige go matikman lang!
No plates nor cutlery, wag ka mag-inarte! The manang told me they wrap everything as if take out, so that pag di mo naubos si lechon, pwede mo i-uwi, nakabalot na eh!
The puso of Ormoc is about twice the size (or even more?) of that in Cebu. And that PanDeCoco is bestseller of a nearby bakery. Di ko pa alam why no Coke in this area!
That row is a few steps from the port. Ah, another hour thereafter, I took this photo:
On a night time fastcraft, nothing to see outside, ngitngit, so I slept my way to Cebu.
About 12 hours din of connecting rides - from Catbalogan to Cebu!
Hindi yung jeep oy, normal yan kahit walang Yolanda!
The devastated structure at left is/was the Barangay Hall of Brgy. Tibak, Sta. Fe, the first barrio after Palo. Sad, but what can we do, andyan na yan. Smile & move on na!
Warays (Pinoys I guess), are generally like that, right? When it seems like we're in our lowest-of-lows our brains try to find something that makes us genuinely smile, diba?
Sali ako dyan, Pinoy ako. I always smile when I pass by this barangay because...
Sometime ago, a colleague (Tagalog) was reading (aloud) the names of devastated barangays we've seen so far. He pronounced the name of the area as Brgy. T-Back.
After laughing out loud I said ano yan, g-string bikini? It's pronounced fast like "tabak"! Ang nangyari tuloy, we (yes, pati ako), until now, started fondly calling it Brgy. T-Back.
Hanap na lang ng mapagtatawanan kahit gaano ka-corny. Ubos na ang mga luha.
Sta. Fe and the next town, Alang-alang, are vast fields. Yolanda hit them 'wind-wise', not 'tsunami-wise' as it did Tacloban, etc. Yet, everything in these towns are in ruins.
This is/was a commercial area at Alang-alang. Look at the roofs in this picture.
Abangan natin yan!
But we know it will take time. May everyone get the aid they need from everywhere.
The municipal hall of Alang-alang, and across it the catholic church all slowly rising.
By the way, I think I've taken photos of this area when I first came, immediately after Yolanda. Aw even that ruined wooden house above, I just wasn't able to recall ASAP, that I also got a pic of that when I returned to Cebu on 10 December 2013. Oh wow!
This one, I already liked seeing this house everytime I passed even before Yolanda.
Still in Alangalang, I was trying to capture this "kuliglig" pero nasama si funeraria!
Ay hehehe, those are little things not being taught anywhere!
Rolling on, here was a common scene that pre-dates Yolanda. Life is like this here.
Hey look at the side of the road ahead of the tricycle. There's a dangling silvery wire of the national grid. That's an indication electric power isn't yet restored herearounds.
Rain stopped, and I could see the mountain ranges this van needed to skirt around.
It's a fantastic view, made even more amazing by this manong facing me hahaha!
Really, when I first saw (a kid) seated like that on a motorbike (at the Mactan Bridge?) I thought it was just some kabulastugan, arte, parayaw, pasikat. But no, it is not pala!
Science yan! The need for space. Ay, not just Spatial Ergonomics. It even falls under the realm of Tessellation in Discrete Geometry! Maarok mo yan? Go figure it heheh!
This is/was the Jaro Public Market - already under construction when Yolanda hit.
Anyway, as I said earlier, life must go on for the Warays. Some must celebrate...
Especially for the young ones, the hope of the nation, life must go on, back to normal.
Anyway, look to the end of the road in that photo. There's a silhouette of a mountain far in the distance. Behind it and to the left was my destination on this ride. Still far.
And I had to rest the camera as it was already getting dark. But I had to do this!
Fuji FinePix JX500 at 6:04PM in the mountains of Capoocan going Kananga? Bad.
Nothing worth noting that I have not yet previously noted along this part of the road, anyway. Aru, kasi nga madilim na, even for my own eyes hahaha! So nothing talaga!
Until I got to Ormoc, been there done that, daytime or night. But at 7:13PM I had this:
No plates nor cutlery, wag ka mag-inarte! The manang told me they wrap everything as if take out, so that pag di mo naubos si lechon, pwede mo i-uwi, nakabalot na eh!
The puso of Ormoc is about twice the size (or even more?) of that in Cebu. And that PanDeCoco is bestseller of a nearby bakery. Di ko pa alam why no Coke in this area!
That row is a few steps from the port. Ah, another hour thereafter, I took this photo:
About 12 hours din of connecting rides - from Catbalogan to Cebu!
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