outreach 2007
1.28.2008
We have done it again! *woohoo!* Last Saturday --the 26th of January 2008, my friends and I have fulfilled our annual "public service" to mankind.. well, not to ALL mankind of course, that would be too extensive and complex. Small-time lang kami *hehe* Anyway, here's how our went.
The rendezvous point was in Blue Wave - Macapagal at o-nine hundred hours. By 9:30, everyone was there except... us! *haha* Earlier kasi, our service (the fx) was used by ryan's family because they went to the market. And since late na sila dumating, late na rin kami nakaalis. Moving on. We reached Blue Wave at 10am --not too bad di ba? :oP Pasalamat na lang kami kasi hindi traffic pag weekend. So yun! We had one last thing to pack pa (the additional biscuits) so we wrapped-up everything first and began our "journey"
Our first stop was the Baclaran area (near Heritage hotel). Somehow we got stuck in traffic kasi yung pinasukan pala namin ay terminal for jeeps and buses *LOL* Nakalabas din naman kami agad and thank God hindi kami hinuli ng pulis for violating road rules *grin* And so, binaybay namin ang gilid ng service road until we found some homeless families near Chowking. Ang pinaka first naming binigyan ay yung mag-ina. Actually, nung una ayaw namin kasi pinapalo nya yung baby nya *wahe* Nevertheless, my friend gave her one grocery bag. Come to think of it, she received two bags nga pala kasi dumukot pa sya ng isa sa fx. Akalain mo yun? At hindi pa sya nagpasalamat ha.. Anyways, medyo dinudumog na kami and it was kinda scary so we left. Binaybay namin ang Roxas blvd. but didn't see any homeless people so umabot kami ng Binondo Church (anlayo noh?). There, we found lots of families staying at the plaza kaya marami-rami kaming nabigyan. A woman even went to the fx just to say thank you. Very heartwarming talaga.
After Binondo, pumasok naman kami sa Intramuros. It's a first for all of us kasi hindi pa kami nakakapasok dun. We saw some of the famous historic structures including the Manila Cathedral pati yung kalsada na made of bricks. May manong pa nga dressed as a katipunero. Para tuloy kaming na-time warp *hehe* Pero despite the historic attractions in the area, may nakita pa rin kaming families na natutulog sa streets. We all gave them bags (and they all said thank you) tapos we left na ulit.
Our last stop was the Luneta Grandstand. Like our previous outreach, dito na rin namin inubos yung groceries. Pero unlike the last time, hindi naman kami nadumog at natulak ng mga bata (buti na lang) At ang cute pa nga magpasalamat nung isa.. mabuti pa sya, hindi tulad nung nanay sa una (talagang masama ang loob noh? --haha!)
So there! That ends our humanitarian experience. Yung next po kasi doon ay birthday treat na ng friends ko sa MOA kaya hindi ko na kwento yun *hehe* By the way, thank you to those kind people na nag-donate. Sana hindi lang three-fold ang ma-receive ninyong blessings in return .^___^.
