Super PAGOD! but i had fun.
Arian, Brian and I went to ABS-CBN Scout Bayoran around 8am to volunteer. So basically since galing Novaliches si Brian, 5am palang gising na siya. Ako naman i woke up around 5:30am at yung magaling na si Arian mga 6am na. Hindi na dapat siya sasama pero buti nalang hindi na masyadong nagloko yung tiyan niya. 7 am yung call time namin, but as expected, na-extend ng 50 minutes.
But anyway, going back to what i was trying to share, pag dating namin sa area, there was this super long line from the receiving area papuntang labas ng gate na halos aabot na sa TGI Friday's. Shocking because we weren't really expecting a huge number of volunteers as early as 8. We were thinking na since it's masarap matulog kung walang klase, mga 10am na sila dadating. Pero NO. kami ay sadyang nag kamali. So we decided to change venue. We headed to ELJ and thank God only a few people were there. At first, mukha kaming tanga doon coz we didn't know what to do. Wala pa kasi yung mga heads that time pero buti nalang yung mga nandoon ay mga volunteers from the previous days. They were already knowledgeable on how things work. Tinuruan kami on how to do the sorting and repacking, sa isang plastic dapat may 4 pancit canton+3 sardines+2 milo+1 bear brand. So far yun muna daw ang ilalagay. After 30 minutes, nag sidatingan na yung mga heads together with Megan Young and Kuya Kim. We were grouped into several units, 10 people per unit. Since lalake si Brian, napunta siya sa receiving and discharge area (pagkarga ng sako sako sa bus).
The man in blue who was acting head sa operation gathered all of us then asked kung saan namin gustong mag work. Arian and I insisted on the canned goods kasi masaya. But NO! Before we can do the sorting and repacking thing sa mga canned goods, dapat ilipat muna sila sa canned goods area, e kamusta naman yung nasa kabilang areas sila, so, we were tasked to carry each box of sardines each containing at least 50+ healthy sardine cans (may tuna rin as far as i can remember). Kaloka! The boxes were heavy, but good thing i had RCY training way back in high school. Thanks to Sir Jose and Sir Jethro and the rest of the RCY people like Kuyas Jepoy, Omeng and Ray for teaching us the "transfer techniques" (of course special mention kay Kuya Omeng who was our mentor sa Regionals). So ayon, karga karga ever.
Assigned kami sa canned goods but Arian and I found ourselves sa sorting and repacking ng BIGAS. kamusta naman ang shifting? but anyway, doing the bigas work was fun din naman. Tali tali, pasok pasok, karga karga, lipat lipat, tapos akala namin ok na. Nung pinapasok na yung mga "supposed" finsihed products, Ate in yellow said " kulang pa yan ng clothes!" So windang yung mga beauty namin because kailangan namin ulit tanggalin yung plastics from the sako and buhulin yung mga plastics. Nakakapagod tlga good thing nag sisidatingan narin yung ibang mga volunteers. Sobrang dami na nga namin e. Masaya naman ang naging resulta ng pagbuhol at pag lagay ng mga clothes. We were all happy kasi marami talagang relief goods sa area and nafifeel namin na maraming hindi na magugutom.
We were all exhausted. Nakakapagod pala tlga mag volunteer sa mga ganitong events. Hindi siya ordinaryong pagtitipon tipon ng mga tao. Kailangan ng patience, strength to the highest level and sangkatutak na PERSEVERANCE. Hindi biro ang pag tulong sa mga nasalanta ng bagyong ondoy sapagkat halos lahat sa kanila talagang nawalan ng bahay, namatayan ng mga minamahal sa buhay, nawawalan ng mahal sa buhay. Yaong mga relief goods na iyon tingin ko kailan man ay hindi sapat para pahinahunin ang sakit na kanilang nadarama. Napaka tindi ng saya na aking nadarama ngayon na nakatulong ako kahit papaano. At least now, whenever i get to remember this big time tragedy, although napakalungkot, i'd somehow feel glad coz i was able to do something right. Hindi ako tumambay sa bahay at nag pakabusog sa isang plastic ko na Inipit Custard.
Nakakapagod but i still remain exultant. Kahit nga ngayon e! but still can't get over of my back pain hahahaha.
Kahit pagod, nawala naman kahit papaano when some of the stars of abs came. Just like how we see her on tv - energetic, noisy, perky - ganun rin pala sa personal si Kris Aquino. She's supportive of us and the crowd just loved her. Other stars like Rufa (super tangkad), Ai-ai (super tahimik and serious), Shaina (super puti), Bea (super ganda), Iya (super cool), Angel Aquino (super tangkad and bilugan ang mata), Anne (simple lang), Victor Basa ( na hindi ni Brian namukaan, Zanjoe Marudo daw), John Prats and Sam Milby ( na super gwapo at super friendly!) were there also.
Ayun... after dumaan yung mga stars ng sabay sabay, padami ng padami rin ang volunteers to the extent na mas marami ng volunteers kaysa sa mga relief goods. Kaya the heads decided to make "mass divisions" - meaning hahatiin ang group into morning, afternoon and night shiftees. but nag voluntary exit na kami for personal reasons and para naman makatulong yung mga taong nag sisidatingan. Yung feeling kasi na nakatulong ka is something really big kaya hindi natin masisisi kung talagang napakarami ang dumayo at dumadayo.
THE END
something na gusto kong ikwento kasi walang hiya si Brian
ng dumating si Shaina gusto ni Brian isigaw to:
Brian: IKAW! IKAW ang taong DAGA! tita Celeste nandito ang taong DAGA!
wla lang nakakatawa lang ishare. hahahaha
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