I'm glad to know all our Legazpi forumers are safe. Welcome back Monsi and Mond!
It's hard the to believe that the normally placid Yawa river can turn into such a raging torrent! It's usually so shallow you can wade right across it.

Mickey is not yet here. Hopefully, he's all right. I;m still working here... heheh...

Still ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess that's good enough reason to celebrate! Wheeew, been one hell of a way to start december, sorry no photos guys! I choose not to preserve this memory...or show photos of the city during and after(don't want to scare future investors.:)).

anyway it's nice to know everybody's ok...:) Oh and nice avatars guys!!! hindi nga kayo binagyo:)

k lang. I'd rather be home in Legazpi than anywhere else.

Nakaka-touch naman tong sinabi mo. My co-workers think it is no longer safe to stay in Albay. I vehemently said no. I don't think so. Albay will live on.

[QUOTE=yves188;10873104]Still ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess that's good enough reason to celebrate! Wheeew, been one hell of a way to start december, sorry no photos guys! I choose not to preserve this memory...or show photos of the city during and after(don't want to scare future investors.:)).

[QUOTE]

Great idea. Hahaha! Now I can laugh. No, don't think I am being apathetic. We lost our house, that is. Since my friends knew of it, they have kept sending me messages that life must go on. I told them the messages were repetitive and they only made me feel miserable.

Apparently, I am all right.

Monsi!!!!! Maray ta di ka naano. Huna ko baga may nangyari na saimo. Nakakagimbal yung picture na pinost mo. I wasn't there during the typhoon.

Mond, good to hear from you. I am happy you're well.

So is it really true that there is a detour there in Guinobatan? Hay haluyon kaan an byahe. Maray ngani ta sa Guinobatan na kami naglipat. Don't worry, guys. Malayo sa Travesia. But we'll surely go back to Daraga.

I am surprised to know that despite what happened, Legazpi forum has remained zesty. Hehe!

Hey Matt and Dex:hi:
@ Matt, nice avatar pic - was it taken by a photographer? looks like a studio pic

@Dex, I think this is the story you're referring to - ironic that it was caused by the relief convoy:

Relief goods cause bridge
collapse in Guinobatan
from: Manila Times

By Rhaydz Barcia, Correspondent

LEGAZPI CITY: Organizers of Malacañang’s relief caravan for victims of Supertyphoon Re*ming got a bad scare Wednesday when the heavy load of close to 200 trucks cause the collapse of the Traversia bridge in a known rebel haven in Guinobatan, Albay.

An aide of Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya confirmed the report but said no one was hurt. Malacañang spokesman Igna*cio Bunye said he did not know of the incident, which happened about 1:30 p.m.

Albay officials called it “a near disaster” but said no one was hurt in the incident. The remainder of the relief caravan managed to make it to Guino*batan by dusk, using diversion roads.

The bridge collapse, however, caused widespread dismay with local executives warning it could hamper rehabilitation efforts.

At one point, Councilor Cerilo Chan of this city even asked Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Bayani Fernando to help in the construction of a substitute bridge.

Rep. Joey Salceda promised that a temporary replacement would go up in two days.

Army troops rushed to secure the convoy and 65th Army battalion chief, Col. Manny Or*duna, said soldiers would stay to guard over relief teams and commuters forced to use diversion routes.

The original caravan was composed of 286 trucks when it left Manila but organizers said dozens of more trucks joined as they passed through Laguna, Batangas and Quezon provinces.

Nearing the devastated Bicol region, the relief caravan broke into several convoys.

The first batch reached Pili, Camarines Sur about 9 p.m. Tuesday night. The last convoy straggled in about 3 a.m.

The caravan kicked off again 10 a.m. on Wednesday, leaving behind around 90 trucks for Pili, while 10 more went in the direction of Marinduque province.

Andaya’s aide said 148 trucks had arrived in Guinobatan proper by dusk. Other trucks were left in Sorsogon and 10 went to Catanduanes, another devastated province.

I am happy about how we Filipinos unite when a disaster strikes our land. My fellow Albayanos are really in a dire need. Natutuwa ako. Well, who cares if I am happy. Ah basta I am happy, kahit na maraming namatay, the Filipino spirit of camaraderie is aflame.

Ei guys. Kumusta? There are unconfirmed reports that a part of the highway in Travesia, Guinobatan has collapsed. Can anyone confirm?

Totoo yun Dex. Our students nga from Albay and Sorsogon will not be allowed to go home tomorrow afternoon kasi baka gabihin na. They'll be sent home Saturday morning. Sabi nung student ko, yung detour takes another hour for one to reach Daraga. Anyway, this will end sooner than expected kasi maraming gumagawa to iron out the mess.

Strange, but it's only now that I realized my avatar looks like a typhoon.

nakita ko yang Caravan na yan nagstop over dito sa Lucena, and Rotary Clubs of Lucena city also bringing some relief goods in bicol.

hi doc. haha that's in a bathroom with my cellphone cam :lol:

Amazing what these cellphone cams can achieve, Matt. Actually I just noticed your bathroom tiles. What a poser :lol:

Still ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess that's good enough reason to celebrate! Wheeew, been one hell of a way to start december, sorry no photos guys! I choose not to preserve this memory...or show photos of the city during and after(don't want to scare future investors.:)).

anyway it's nice to know everybody's ok...:) Oh and nice avatars guys!!! hindi nga kayo binagyo:)

Good to know you survived Yves!

Can you at least PM us some of the pics? :)
We expats have not seen any pics of downtown Legazpi since the typhoon - I guess we're just dying of curiosity.
BTW, what happened to those garish street lights on Quezon Ave ? Did they somehow survive? And the boardwalk...? And PM Mall...? Too many questions, sorry! :)

Good to know you survived Yves!

Can you at least PM us some of the pics? :)
We expats have not seen any pics of downtown Legazpi since the typhoon - I guess we're just dying of curiosity.
BTW, what happened to those garish street lights on Quezon Ave ? Did they somehow survive? And the boardwalk...? And PM Mall...? Too many questions, sorry! :)

Hey Doc! All the streetlights were dismantled a day before the typhoon struck.

^^Yeah share pictures please, no PM just post it. Investors will see that we can face and tackle reality. It will show the tenacity of Bicolanos facing great odds with limited resource.

Dex, Jerry, Mond, Yves... accounted for.
...Mickey, SMB, Six, cannot be reached... I hope we're all alive.

My cam is under repair... I hope Yves, though undertandably he does not want to show the extent of damage we suffered, would soon post pictures of the rehab and restoration work done by MMDA, Naga City LGU, Meralco, Davao Light, and scores of concerned gov't agencies and NGO's. It is heartwarming to see peoples from all parts of the country converging here to help and encourage Albayanos rise again.

This morning, the street lights along Rizal Street are back (sans electricity, yet). The light fixtures on top were preemptively removed just before Reming, including those garish ones on Quezon Avenue. Mayor Rosal promised to make our streets--Rizal Street, Quezon Avenue, Peñaranda, Seaside-boulevard bright again before Christmas.

Pacific Mall's fine, National Book Store held a booksale to the delight of bookworms--I bought more than a dozen classics... Max's Restaurant is purportedly to open December 16. Hardy Legazpeños still patronize the restaurant row in Albay District, including Small Talk, Chili Peppers, Gasthof, and Tigs would you believe, Champions Sports Bar? It is a time to mourn but some of us irrepressible! Maybe to some of us its our way of coping with tragedy...

LCC's men's department, being in the ground floor and thus flooded, held a sale with items at up to 70% off! (I was able to buy Dockers polo and polo shirt at half the sticker price...sayang man, I would have second thoughts buying these during normal times!)

GMA Campus Radio was first to broadcast, followed by OK-FM airing DZGB-AM emergency broadcast. Now we have Home, Campus, MOR (ABS-CBN), RC-FM, and TV-4 (ABS-CBN). In the evening, TV-4 simulcasts with MOR-FM.

We're getting there... I hope we would.

Residents in Padang will be relocated to a 10 hectare lot in Taysan; barangays in Daraga to Anislag, Guinobatan to Mauraro... I hope our city planners would seriously consider relocating our vulnerable urban areas to the southern barangays--Taysan, Homapon, Banquerohan, Bariis, Buenavista, and San Francisco--to name a few. These areas are vast, virtually flat, and and thinly populated, and away from lahar and deposits of volcanic debris.

^^Hi Monsi,
It's good that local authorities were proactive enough to dismantle some of the streetlights. If they do get switched on by Christmas it would bring a welcome cheer to the gloom that has gripped our city.
So I take it only the large establishments have electricity (through generators)? Is there any further news on when power will be restored throughout the city?
I agree it's better to permanantly relocate the residents of those outlying barrios, otherwise the same thing will happen again.
It's nice to know the city is slowly getting back to normal. I hope we hear from the other forumers soon.

so i take it eric (byahilo) won't be going to legazpi then, huh?

thanks for the updates, Monsi. i was gonna ask, what about victory village?
what happened there?

Good to know you survived Yves!

Can you at least PM us some of the pics? :)
We expats have not seen any pics of downtown Legazpi since the typhoon - I guess we're just dying of curiosity.
BTW, what happened to those garish street lights on Quezon Ave ? Did they somehow survive? And the boardwalk...? And PM Mall...? Too many questions, sorry! :)

Honestly i didn't took any photo, what I saw was a bit scary, I went up to our second floor balcony during the typhoon, and all I saw were roof tops of bongalow houses, these were the squatter areas in oro site and bitano.

With such a scary scene I choose not to take pics or post any on inet, coz it sure can make you think twice about living here, and what damage Mt Mayon can really do. Word of advise to those planning to do business or build a house..have a contingency plan. Do research on lahar prone areas, and make sure you know how high flood waters can get in your area. what happened with reming marks a new history for the city.

Despite all the city has been through this year I think we're pulling through great, I have news that electricity will be back on certain areas tomorrow, panic buying in groceries has certainly stopped, water supply is somewhat ok, although garbage and dusty streets are still an issue, i'm sure it would take just a few more days of help from our hard working kababayan from diff cities to fix.

I haven't started taking pics, maybe soon though it's been such a busy 15 days for me and maybe even till the year end.

*one thing I notice, on the good side all those ugly useless wires of matelco are slowly disappearing.

*one thing I notice, on the good side all those ugly useless wires of matelco are slowly disappearing.

:lol:

so whats the deal wih cagsawa? is it really buried

Matt, I think Dex said in a previous post that the Cagsawa bell tower is still there but the souvenir shops and museum have been damaged.

Yeah, Cagsawa's bell tower survives yet again. BTW, power is already restored in Ligao City, Polangui, and Guinobatan. I think ALECO is on track for its Dec. 16 target of reenergizing Legazpi's mainline, with power sourced from Quezon province.

Matt, I think Dex said in a previous post that the Cagsawa bell tower is still there but the souvenir shops and museum have been damaged.

The small river adjacent to Cagsawa (probably a tributary or a source of the Yawa River) became a huge channel where the volcanic debris flowed towards Cullat and other barangays in Daraga.

whew! i thought casawa was burried again!! that would be history repeating itself!! thank God the belltower withstand the force...and Thank God! all you guys have survived the desaster....I wonder how those lights on quezon ave looked like now?:cry: ....ang mahal pa naman nun!

^^Dex and Monsi said they were dismantled just before the typhoon. So it should be fairly easy to install them again.

whew! i thought casawa was burried again!! that would be history repeating itself!! thank God the belltower withstand the force...and Thank God! all you guys have survived the desaster....I wonder how those lights on quezon ave looked like now?:cry: ....ang mahal pa naman nun!

The ruins remain intact... the lights will be reinstalled before Christmas at least to symbolize hope...

hey guys look what I got here.... http://www.arkibongbayan.org/2006-12Dec14-TabangBikol/tabangbikol.htm i was really devastated when i saw these pics ......

pero babangon ang bicol lalo na ang albay..... may awa ang Diyos

Bloom after the ruins

THE devastations wrought by Typhoon Reming beggars description. It was as if hell broke loose, especially in Albay province which was hardest hit when the super howler lashed Bicol last Nov. 30 with the strongest rainfall and disastrous wind speed ever recorded in recent years. A day after, hundreds were reported dead who were either swept into the sea or buried by rampaging mudflows, more were missing; almost 85 percent of the homes in that forlorn province, according to reports, were either swept away, severely damaged, or the roofs crumpled or blown away. The cost of damage to crops and agriculture were inestimable, turning back the clock at least one or three more years for the coconut trees and other similar agricultural industries to see them productive again.

It was unfortunate enough that Reming struck Albay when it has barely recovered from the punishing disaster that Typhoon Milenyo in early October 2006 wrought. It was unfortunate enough that Reming struck when the cascading molten rocks threatened Albayanos as early as August this year when Mayon was showing restiveness over an impending eruption.

What has the Albayanos done so bad that they have to suffer like this? Why should Bicol be subjected to a calamitous series of fire and rain when after all it has been suffering enough as the third poorest region in the whole country?

In harrowing succession, Mayon, Milenyo and Reming conspired to cut a deadly swath around the region. It was as if the lights were going out all over Bicol, as in fact they did after thousands of electric posts and power lines laid toppled along the streets and highways in the aftermath of both typhoons Milenyo and Reming.

It was unfortunate enough that the most damage was wrung upon Albay where hundreds of millions of pesos, taxpayers’ money to be sure, were lustily appropriated for multi-million projects by its rabid pro-GMA congressman, Albay Rep. Joey Salceda, who incidentally is the Chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, to the exclusion, we suspect of other districts (say, for instance Naga City) which are down listed as opposition bailiwicks.

Did God and nature conspire to send us the message that Albay, after all, is not an ideal, or at least a viable, place for a multi-million peso international airport, or a poorly constructed yet super expensive seaport, and more specifically why not spread out the money on priority projects that are meant to address the people’s more urgent needs, such as food and livelihood, and labor intensive industries that call for sustainable development? Or more succinctly, is it God’s way of putting good sense back into the minds of our so-called political leaders and legislators who have idolized nothing but power and money?

But lest we become prophets of doom, let us be reminded of significant lines in the Book of Job as paraphrased by a Jesuit priest, Fr. Joseph A. Galdon: “It’s true that there isn’t much justice in our world. Life isn’t very fair. The good suffer and the innocent are destroyed. The evil triumph and the wicked succeed. The good guys always seem to lose and the bad guys are always winning. How can we say that God is good when everything seems to be terribly unfair?”

The answer: There can be no Easter without Good Friday. There can be no spring without Winter’s agony and pain. There can be no love without suffering. Yes, Bergonia, there will always be forsythia blooming in the ruins. There will be life again after death. Life must go on, but this time, the wicked must fall.

Anyway, I sent the paper my feedback on the whole thing.

AY! maray man ta naagapan su mga ilaw....But so sad that we can save the lamps but not the lives of those people....oh well....lets look forward to the new LEGAZPI City!!! life goes on!!!......By the way....i've checked google earth and traced the yawa river....i traced it from mayon...passing thru the little channel in cagsawa....then pass the paper mill in isarog....passed the runway....then Aquinas U...then out to the gulf....i was looking at the houses along the river...then i felt the loss that reming brought!....those houses are probly gone already....I feel like going home to help out!!!....sighssssss!

^^^RE: That article above.
Apparently, the fact that Albay sits right in front of the world's biggest hurricane generator and is home to a hyperactive volcano had nothing to do with it! But no, God's will has been mysteriously communicated to the paper's editors and we have been informed that he disapproves of international airports.

The article's point, if it has one, can be summed up in one sentence:
God punished Albay for voting for evil Arroyo.

That's it!

The paper could have avoided wasting so much ink and paper (plundered from the nation's already denuded rainforests)!

Need I say more?? :nuts: :puke:

The article is a huge crap. Joey Salceda is a very good decision maker. He's got brains and uses it for the good of the economy as a whole. He is a lot better than the crappy egg-head senators line up we have right now.
Most of the victims and destructions in Albay, like people that lived near the river and at the foot of the Mayon, are obviously an accident waiting to happen. The calamity is not a work of God as the article wanted the brainless to accept. And look how they attack rather than suggest a good resolution. It is no secret that Albay is the first to be struck by typhoons that pick up on the eastern Pacific Ocean. Everybody knows it. Despite the fact, why the people chose to reside in the danger zone could be due to poverty or lack of land. But we cannot blame the poor people. They had no choice but built houses along the danger zone.
However, the reming/durian calamity will make the survivors see the light, that they really need to be relocated far from the foot of the Mayon and away from the rivers. I suggest to the people there to build homes out of the danger zone. That zone could be useful as a coconut plantation park and casagwa ruins park. A place to visit during a good weather condition just like any other tourist destination.

Yes Albay needs to be developed. We must be thankful for Albay, a place where we get the bulk of our renewable energy in the form of electricity. At least now we get a better picture of how to map out the development of Albay. Visit Albay in 2007.

^^ ^^ ditto drfeelgood and sandrn for me

I was wondering though, will these recent mishaps cause Albay's politicians to rethink the viability and sustainability of the international airport and seaport in Albay? Or will they rechannel the resources to recovery , relocation and livelihood projects?

An international airport and seaport is certainly viable in Albay. The only question is which part of Albay is the most suitable area for both ports. Naturally, it should be far away from the foot of Mayon and that the construction materials needed to build them should be of the highest standard to withstand typhoons (ie. glass materials are not recommended).

what about that misibis resort.
any damages?

I haven't seen a posting from Sir Monsi yet. I wonder how he is? Hope that he and his family are okay.

i hope too. Mga Legazpeepz Mabuhay kayo.Nagpray talaga ako for Bicol Region .

I haven't seen a posting from Sir Monsi yet. I wonder how he is? Hope that he and his family are okay.

he's fine. read up, he's got some photos posted too

pic from flickr

http://static.flickr.com/143/322228079_2bcc90f337.jpg?v=0

Yeah, Cagsawa's bell tower survives yet again. BTW, power is already restored in Ligao City, Polangui, and Guinobatan. I think ALECO is on track for its Dec. 16 target of reenergizing Legazpi's mainline, with power sourced from Quezon province.

Good for Cagsawa. Ang cute pa naman niya.:)

Pero sa Dec20 pa daw maiilawan ang Legazpi.

Legazpi City to be energized December 20 (http://bicolmail.com/issue/2006/dec14/legazpi.html)

_____

Photos pa pala of the devastation in the whole region.

Source (http://bicolmail.com/)

he's fine. read up, he's got some photos posted too

The ruins remain intact... the lights will be reinstalled before Christmas at least to symbolize hope...

Ah yeah, hello Sir Monsi! :wave:

You brought in good news, too, that the Cagsawa ruins remain intact and will be lit just in time for Christmas. :)

It's good to be home!! hehe.
Sarap ng tulog ko, iba talaga ang tulog pag nasa sariling bahay. :)

^^^RE: That article above.
Apparently, the fact that Albay sits right in front of the world's biggest hurricane generator and is home to a hyperactive volcano had nothing to do with it! But no, God's will has been mysteriously communicated to the paper's editors and we have been informed that he disapproves of international airports.

The article's point, if it has one, can be summed up in one sentence:
God punished Albay for voting for evil Arroyo.

That's it!

The paper could have avoided wasting so much ink and paper (plundered from the nation's already denuded rainforests)!

Need I say more?? :nuts: :puke:

Yeah right..ang sunod naman dyan ilipat na ang regional center, ilipat na ang ano, etc etc...:hammer:

Cagsawa after Reming

http://arkibongbayan.org/2006-12Dec14-TabangBikol/pixnapsab/DSC00063.JPG

http://arkibongbayan.org/2006-12Dec14-TabangBikol/pixnapsab/DSC00057.JPG

http://arkibongbayan.org/2006-12Dec14-TabangBikol/pixbynbkl/cagsawaruinsarea6.JPG

Source: Tabang Bikol

Wow.. It really is standing...

^^Yeh, the damage was not as bad as I thought - it was mostly the park and those souvenir shops that were ruined. That shouldn't take too long to repair.

It's good to be home!! hehe.
Sarap ng tulog ko, iba talaga ang tulog pag nasa sariling bahay. :)

Were you staying with relatives Dex?
Do you know if Aquinas and St Agnes were badly damaged or flooded?

Anahaw Vill (Brgy 2)
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Bicol Univ
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^^ OMG! :omg: what happened to Lingon Hill and the airport?

Good thing Cagasawa Ruins still stand. A reminder of Daragang Magayon's deadly beauty.

In our company right now, we're extending our hands to help Albay stand up again.

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Were you staying with relatives Dex?
Do you know if Aquinas and St Agnes were badly damaged or flooded?

Yup. I think among the schools here in Legazpi, St. Agnes and Aquinas suffered the most damage. SAA's faculty room was flooded and the roof of the library peeled off. But classes for Grade 6 and 4th year HS students have resumed because they can't extend till April (some of them will be applying to different colleges and universities by then). My mom said their records, report cards, lesson plans were all damaged by the flood. Of course, SAA will survive, this isn't the worst that can happen to the school. Remember that WW2 photo of the bombed out SAA building?

AUL was also flooded (as usual) but this time most of the buildings suffered broken windows and collapsed roofs. Classes there will resume by January. They have a lot to clean up.

@six, thanks for the pix. I wasn't able to take aerial pics of Legazpi when we flew to Manila last week because I was on an aisle seat. :lol:

Bicol Univ
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The Centennial Tree survives!

Beautiful still.
Cagsawa after Reming

http://arkibongbayan.org/2006-12Dec14-TabangBikol/pixnapsab/DSC00063.JPG

http://arkibongbayan.org/2006-12Dec14-TabangBikol/pixnapsab/DSC00057.JPG

http://arkibongbayan.org/2006-12Dec14-TabangBikol/pixbynbkl/cagsawaruinsarea6.JPG

Source: Tabang Bikol

^^^RE: That article above.
Apparently, the fact that Albay sits right in front of the world's biggest hurricane generator and is home to a hyperactive volcano had nothing to do with it! But no, God's will has been mysteriously communicated to the paper's editors and we have been informed that he disapproves of international airports.

The article's point, if it has one, can be summed up in one sentence:
God punished Albay for voting for evil Arroyo.

That's it!

The paper could have avoided wasting so much ink and paper (plundered from the nation's already denuded rainforests)!

Need I say more?? :nuts: :puke:

Ang taray! Haha! Personally, nainis ako when I read that. I was annoyed, too, that the writer didn't follow the rudiments in editorial writing. Napaka-loose ng points such that they didn't support the thesis statement, if there was any. Anyway, I had sent my feedback on the piece. The paper is a Bicol weekly based in you know where. It's the same paper where i read Daraga isn't the place for the airport because there's no economic activity there.

And the fact that the writer could inject God into the piece is mere blasphemy.

Beautiful still.

I mean Cagsaua wasn't buried at all? Ang nakikita ko kasi from the road natabunan na to.

Six, thanks for the pictures. Wherever have you been for a long time? Thanks pala sa brochures na pinadala mo sakin sa school. Mmmmmwah! Hehe!

I was wondering though, will these recent mishaps cause Albay's politicians to rethink the viability and sustainability of the international airport and seaport in Albay? Or will they rechannel the resources to recovery , relocation and livelihood projects?

I hope they don't. Albay is still where both projects should be put up.:cheers:

...now we only have SMB and Mickey to account for.

Six... thanks for the pictures... I still cannot upload what I took today and yesterday as as you know, we are in a hurry to rehabilitate our school...
Atty. Barranda of Aleco said Legazpi, at least the business districts, will be energized tomorrow, December 21. I HOPE TRANSCO WILL DELIVER WHAT THEY PROMISED!

Thanks to MMDA--they are building core houses in Taysan for the displaced residents of Padang.

Marhay pa su mga taga-Padang. Kami sa Bañag may relocation man daw sa Anislag kaso those who are members of GSIS or SSS walang makukuhang ganong benefit. Kauyam.

Monsi, may PM ako saimo.

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^^ Bakit nagka-MMDA signs sa Legazpi?:?

I hope they don't. Albay is still where both projects should be put up.:cheers:

I agree with you. I hope the typhoon isn't used as a convenient excuse to cancel development projects in Albay. However, the mudflows highlight the importance of building the proposed new airport as far away from Mayon as possible. I am actually very surprised that the current airport was still operational despite being very close to the mudlfows - especially the runway, which extends towards the Yawa river.

@dEX, Thanks for the update on SAA and Aquinas - I'm sure they will recover in due course.
@Kevin, what does MMDA stand for?

yea really. whats the deal with cagsawa ruins?

@Kevin, what does MMDA stand for?

It's Metro Manila Development Authority, I think...

were this signs already there before the dreaded reming?

Nice sign? Shop still closed?

were this signs already there before the dreaded reming? It looks like Legazpi is now an extension of Manila... The streetlights and the streetsigns suggest so... :lol:

I think the 'planned site' for the international airport is VERY VIABLE and VERY SAFE area... Aside from the fact that it is on an ELEVATED location, it is also FAR ENOUGH from the site of mudflows and Mayon Volcano's wrath... About economic activity, the site does not need to have so! Airports don't need it, hello! I've known a lot of airports to be located far from central business districts and yet have operated successfully... Btw, Aquinas have plans to relocate to Brgy. Penafrancia, Daraga, Albay, w/c is close to the planned airport. On the other hand, lots in Jaucian village are now priced high as ever, w/c means to say that the area is safe for residential houses because it is far enough from Mayon. This village is very close to the planned airport...

About Reming, I think it's a challenge, a fork on the road. What bigger surprise that God has in store for us, is that PROGRESS LIES AHEAD AND WILL BE BIGGER due to the STRENGTH we have gathered from surviving Reming. I was inspired by Fr. Guarin's messages during last Sunday's mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe (?) yung bang sa Tahao Road... Heheh... does anybody have pictures of it? I think it is the best church in Albay...

its our Lady of Fatima Church yung sa Tahao Road... The Guadalupe Chapel is located in Barangay Buragwis

its our Lady of Fatima Church yung sa Tahao Road... The Guadalupe Chapel is located in Barangay Buragwis

^^ Ahhh... Da best yung church na yun... ang ganda... dun kami lagi every Sunday kasi maganda lagi ang sermon ng mga pari jan... Approve na approve ako...

In our company right now, we're extending our hands to help Albay stand up again.

In behalf of all Albayanos, Dios Mabalos. :)

I think the 'planned site' for the international airport is VERY VIABLE and VERY SAFE area... Aside from the fact that it is on an ELEVATED location, it is also FAR ENOUGH from the site of mudflows and Mayon Volcano's wrath... About economic activity, the site does not need to have so! Airports don't need it, hello! I've known a lot of airports to be located far from central business districts and yet have operated successfully... Btw, Aquinas have plans to relocate to Brgy. Penafrancia, Daraga, Albay, w/c is close to the planned airport. On the other hand, lots in Jaucian village are now priced high as ever, w/c means to say that the area is safe for residential houses because it is far enough from Mayon. This village is very close to the planned airport...


Hi Mond!
If I have my way, I would prefer Legazpi Airport relocated to the originally chosen site; i.e., in Bariis, which is 27 kilometers away from Mayon's crater. Alobo, at 15 kilomoters from the crater, is just two or three kilometers farther from the present airport runway alignment. While Alobo is far from lahar flow, at 15 kilometers, it could still be affected by ashfalls, which, as you know, pose danger to jet engines; thus, flights will still be cancelled. Approaches and take offs in Bariis would be over the sea (Poliqui Bay in Legazpi, and the sea in Pilar or Castilla) while in Alobo, planes would fly over urban areas and Mount Bariw, where the towers of ABS-CBN and Digitel are erected (possible hazard).

However, the politicians have decided, so pwede na man an Alobo.

Evidence that we still have no electricity:
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DSC06040.jpg

Photos here and there...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DSC06034.jpg
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Mayon peeking between ABSEC and Multibrand buildings in downtown port district.

Hi Mond!
If I have my way, I would prefer Legazpi Airport relocated to the originally chosen site; i.e., in Bariis, which is 27 kilometers away from Mayon's crater. Alobo, at 15 kilomoters from the crater, is just two or three kilometers farther from the present airport runway alignment. While Alobo is far from lahar flow, at 15 kilometers, it could still be affected by ashfalls, which, as you know, pose danger to jet engines; thus, flights will still be cancelled. Approaches and take offs in Bariis would be over the sea (Poliqui Bay in Legazpi, and the sea in Pilar or Castilla) while in Alobo, planes would fly over urban areas and Mount Bariw, where the towers of ABS-CBN and Digitel are erected (possible hazard).

However, the politicians have decided, so pwede na man an Alobo.

Evidence that we still have no electricity:
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DSC06040.jpg

Photos here and there...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DSC06034.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DSC06036.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DSC06052.jpg
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Mayon peeking between ABSEC and Multibrand buildings in downtown port district.

Daddy Monsi,

Ashfall from Mayon can get to Sorsogon, depending on the wind's direction. As far as I know, Bariis is not immune from the ashfall. pS, I don't think it was the politicians' decision to move the site to Alobo. I thought it was the decision of the Japanese experts who concluded that the Daraga site has the most stable wind compared to a set of alternatives... ;)

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/newpics/normal_IMG_4635.jpg

Ooopz..taking photos must be an instinct of mine that it has totally skip my mind I took this photo the morning after Reming, cos I know I took out my cam to shoot our own damages..I forgot I took this too...since I also decided not to take any photos I guess fate has it that I took this one..hehe

Electricity now up in Legazpi...those beautiful street lights are back on... I dont care what some guys here think about those lights but to me they've never been more significant to this city than ever..those large spotlights in the sky just showed everyone that we're back on our way to recovery..since most of the city are still in pitch black those lights have never been more visible.:)

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/newpics/normal_IMG_4667.jpg

Just sharing Legazpi's clear skies...that's the orion's constellation

^ yves, was there supposed to be a photo included in your post?

^Yeah pics are not poping out. Monsi, looks like christmas candles and the bikes reminds of Rome italy. I'm glad you guys have electricity now.

^ what up.
the bikes remind you of rome? it reminds me of bicol hehehe :lol:
hey man, you in legazpi too? im not sure we've met (online, that is)

So what parts of Legazpi now have power restored? Just the downtown area?
I agree that despite their garishness those streetlights have become a symbol for Legazpi's recovery from Reming, especially today, the shortest day of the year. :)
Judging from Monsi's pic the damage to the central plaza area in Legazpi was not as bad as I thought. The adjacent mall seems to have suffered less damage than PM.
Hey Matt! How's Las Vegas? :)

"...el sitio nada importa." --Rizal

Daddy Monsi,

Ashfall from Mayon can get to Sorsogon, depending on the wind's direction. As far as I know, Bariis is not immune from the ashfall. pS, I don't think it was the politicians' decision to move the site to Alobo. I thought it was the decision of the Japanese experts who concluded that the Daraga site has the most stable wind compared to a set of alternatives... ;)

Mond, our politicians have the last say... JICA approved the Bariis site. Suddenly, Alobo came into the picture and was promptly chosen by RDC, then headed by former governor Bichara. (Rumors have it that politicians have vast land holdings in Alobo...so they say...)

Anyway, what is important is the immediate relocation of the present airport as it is vulnerable to flashfloods; Yawa scoured a gaping portion of Bogtong diversion road I recon less than 500 meters from the runway.

We have wept enough, now it is time to move on...
City hall has reinstalled the garish street lamps on Quezon Avenue... Kinatawan Pepe Estevez also initiated "Musika Para sa Bagong Pagasa" December 21, 5:00 p.m., in front of LCC on Quezon Avenue.
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Last night, around 7:45, portions of the Port District were energized...
Watch out for pictures Dex will post... I chanced upon him at the second level of Metro Gaisano late yesterday afternoon.

Look at her... so innocent... our Femme Fatale...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DSC06085.jpg
Mayon and portion of Albay district before I left for work...

^ what up.
the bikes remind you of rome? it reminds me of bicol hehehe :lol:
hey man, you in legazpi too? im not sure we've met (online, that is)

Yah man, joined the forum on the last thread. Use to live in Sagpon, Old Albay years ago. Is that your zip code – Las Vegas – in your Location? Yah, I saw a lot of those bikes in Italy

Nice parade. Yves photo is nice too.

wow monsi is back and posting pics, nice :)

Ei, Tigs... Kevin said you took him to have coffee here (corner window fourth floor of LCC)...
December 1, little traces of flashfloods...
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Overturned car at Vel-Amor Subd. a few days after Reming.

ye, im gonna stitch that 1st and post it
probably by 2morow

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One more photo from the Albay Forever parade yesterday.
:hi: ei sir monsi.

^Yeah pics are not poping out. Monsi, looks like christmas candles and the bikes reminds of Rome italy. I'm glad you guys have electricity now.

Ei, jj! The one behind is mine... the day I took back my trusty digicam from Sony service center in Cabangan (that's why I seldom posted).

Here's a passage from the Bicolano fiction writer Bienvenido Santos ("My Most Memorable Christmas in America") to give you comfort (heheh) during the Holidays:

"...However long he has stayed away from home, however, busy, the Filipino in America feels deepest at Christmas time the quick sharp thrusts of homesickness. All the glitter and color and sound intended to liven up the flurry of buying that has to be done early and secretly, serve but to call attention to his exile.

He remembers home. Back in his room he begins over again the letter he has been intending to write all these months but never quite finishes. It starts out well: 'Dearest... it is Christmas again -- how time passes! -- the snow is thick on the ground..."

Let me stop here before you run out of kleenex!

To Miss Lili, Matt, Tim, Jj, Patrick, Tigs and all your fellow Pinoys (I think the term 'Flip' is no longer derogatory, is it?) shivering in winter... and of course to our man in London, Doc, and in the Lion City, Oli. From Legazpeeps here in Legazpi and Bicol, Reming survivors all... MERRY CHRISTMAS!:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

^Kumusta na Monsi, ano ‘noy. Okay ang motor mo. Ano yang nasa gilid, garong tindahan ning mga prutas. ‘Yan baga ang mayor Rosal?

You are absolutely right. Although I left in such a young age I still have a vivid memory of Christmas celebration at Legazpi.

And you can use the term ‘Flips’ it is widely accepted by the ‘Flips’ here in America

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU TOO!

those pics shows how Legazpi city facing its problem without fear.Merry x-mas and God bless. welcome back Mon!

^^ monsi and dxpsycho: great to see your posts again, and just as uplifting to see how our kababayan are rebuilding...I especially like the one of the guys welding together that arcaded shelter-thingy! It really looks like the true spirit of the Filipino: our resilient nature that has enabled us to survive centuries of hardship and the wrath of nature.

A very peaceful and safe, hope-filled Holiday Season to all of Albay! :applause:

Wow, really hoped that the region will be able to get up once again. Happy Holidays too! :)

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Spanish NGO offers help to Albay

By Juan Escandor Jr.
Inquirer
Last updated 11:22pm (Mla time) 12/07/2006

Published on Page A19 of the December 8, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

NAGA CITY—A Spanish nongovernment organization is offering assistance to Supertyphoon “Reming” victims.

The Accion Contra El Hambre (Aceh), which has headquarters in Madrid, is processing the needs of victims in Daraga, Albay and in Cabusao, Camarines Sur. The two areas were hit hard by Reming.

Committed to fight hunger worldwide, Aceh also conducts relief operations, rehabilitation programs and development initiatives in places of starvation.

Vincent Mervoyer, food security coordinator, said the group primarily responds to food and potable water needs in disaster areas.

Mervoyer said that in certain circumstances Aceh provides temporary shelter and mats.

He said the group was now working with indigenous people in Caraga and had been in Guinsaugon in St. Bernard, Southern Leyte, when a mudslide swallowed the entire village.

Mervoyer said his group had to assess first what the victims need before starting relief operations.

He said that in Cabusao, they had to respond to the people’s need for temporary shelter, aside from food and water.

“The people there were camping out because even the evacuation centers (school buildings) were destroyed,” Mervoyer said.

He added that in procuring food, they always studied the availability of supply.

“If the procurement of food would result in shortage in the area, we would resort to buying them outside,” Mervoyer said.

He said they implement directly the program in close coordination with local authorities and other agencies.

Mervoyer said that after Reming hit the region, he coordinated with the Bicol Regional Disaster Coordinating Council and offered help until he was referred to the provincial government of Camarines Sur.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view_article.php?article_id=37016

By Rhaydz B. Barcia, Correspondent

Legazpi City: The Spanish government, through the Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion Internacional, has donated 600,000 euros (more than P39 million) worth of medical and relief aid to the typhoon victims in Albay.

Maria Eugenia Martin-Sanz Martinez, head of the Spanish agency’s relief department, on Sunday handed over to the Albay provincial government a water-purifying machine, medical equipment and food supplies as assistance to communities devastated by Supertyphoon Reming on November 30.

In a simple turnover rites at the Pepperland Hotel this city, Gov. Fernando Gonzalez, whose parents are of Spanish descent, said the assistance from the Spanish government was a “reflection of great affection to the Filipino people for the past 300 years. Truly they are our brothers and true friend.”

He said the Spanish relief agency had swiftly mobilized their relief and medical teams to assist in disaster operation in villages in Guinobatan and this city, which were among the hardest hit areas by “Reming.”

A C-130 plane flew two teams of doctors, nurses and other medical technicians straight from Spain who brought along with them the water-purifying machine, tent mini hospital, medical equipment and supplies.

The plane landed at Legazpi’s domestic airport. The team proceeded directly to Guinobatan and set-up the water-purifier machine, Gonzalez said.

The machine can cleanse 3,000 liters of water an hour. The water was bottled and distributed to thousand of families in evacuation camps and households.

Martinez told The Manila Times that the mobile water-purifying machine could provide clean water to 10,092 families or 82,524 people and 16,000 families in Legazpi.

She said that after seeing the devastating effects of “Re*ming,” the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation immediately sent the composite team to aid the typhoon victims.

The agency also allocated an equivalent of P13 million for food and canned goods and for the possible reconstruction of damaged hospitals in the three districts of the province.

Martinez told civil defense and disaster relief officials her group “gave all their best to help the people of Albay.”

The armada of DYA (Détente y Ayueda) Stop and Help, composed mostly of physicians and response teams, was making the rounds of the evacuation centers, Martinez said.

“Reming” slammed into Albay on November 30 and left 1,215 people either dead or missing and 1,444 people injured form mudslides and floodwaters from the slopes of Mount Mayon.

The typhoon either destroyed or badly damaged 174,168 houses across the province. Damage to crops and infrastructure was placed at P1.3 billion.

The Catholic Church in the United States also pledged $500,000 (roughly P24.7 million) in assistance for the victims of the last two supertyphoons.

The donation will be coursed through the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the official humanitarian agency of the United States Catholic Bishops’ Conference (USBC).

“Reming,” the fourth storm to hit the country in four months, has claimed lives and destroyed hundreds of millions of pesos worth of infrastructures and facilities and crops.

Most of the fatalities were within the six-kilometer danger zone of Mount Mayon when winds of up to 265 kilometers an hour and torrential rains sent walls of mud and boulders crashing down on villages.

Officials say more than a million people from 9 cities and 13 provinces have been affected, with more than 85,000 forced to seek shelter in evacuation centers.

Property damage has so far been assessed at P600,000. Before the latest blow, villages throughout the Philippines were still recovering from the devastation of “Milenyo” and “Paeng.”

In collaboration with Caritas Philippines, the CRS said it will conduct an assessment for the rehabilitation of homes and livelihoods.

The agency is dispatching a team that will coordinate efforts to help affected residents restore their livelihoods.

Over the past two years, CRS has been working with the CBCP-National Secretariat for Social Action, Justice and Peace (NASSA) to conduct disaster preparedness and response training in all of the disaster-prone areas of the Philippines.

CRS has been working in the Philippines since 1945, when they initiated relief and reconstruction efforts after World War II.

The agency continues to provide relief to victims of emergencies, whether natural disasters or manmade emergencies. They also support ongoing programs in peace and reconciliation, health and agriculture.

The Pope had earlier sent a “telegram of condolence” over the series of tragedies that hit the Philippines and called for a worldwide help.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has also appealed to all the faithful to help generously those affected by the disaster.

Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, CBCP president, said the people should try to live their Christian faith by extending their help to the typhoon victims.

“May we be strong in our faith, hope and love of God and of our neighbor in these times of difficulties,” he prayed. “May we read correctly the signs of the times of salvation and grow in our maturity and openness,” Lagdameo said.

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/dec/20/yehey/prov/20061220pro1.html

I am so so happy that Legazpi is back on hi feet now! or on its way to recovery....And those lights in Queszon Ave is like the Eifiel Tower, It was rediculled before but now its a symbol of hope and grandure!...I LOVE THOSE LIGHTS!!!!!

^Kumusta na Monsi, ano ‘noy. Okay ang motor mo. Ano yang nasa gilid, garong tindahan ning mga prutas. ‘Yan baga ang mayor Rosal?

You are absolutely right. Although I left in such a young age I still have a vivid memory of Christmas celebration at Legazpi.

And you can use the term ‘Flips’ it is widely accepted by the ‘Flips’ here in America

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU TOO!

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Mayor Rosal is one with striped polo shirt. To his right is vice mayor Jess Rico Salazar and to his left is Kin Pepe Esteves. Photo credit: Dex.

pasensya na ngayon lang na post to
kuha ko nung kasama ko si kevin

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1401/mayon2sn6.jpg

I must say, except for the continuing power outage in some areas (and the still excruciatingly long queues at ATMs), life in Legazpi City is getting back to normal compared to the situation here when we left for Manila two weeks ago. BTW, Max's Restaurant - Pacific Mall is now open, welcome to Legazpi! :)

@tigs, thanks for the pic :)

Ah okay... That's the other side of the coin. Now I don't know which side to believe. There are many truths... But I did not get my info from a present politico... Pero thanks for the info, Daddy Monsi!

"...el sitio nada importa." --Rizal



Mond, our politicians have the last say... JICA approved the Bariis site. Suddenly, Alobo came into the picture and was promptly chosen by RDC, then headed by former governor Bichara. (Rumors have it that politicians have vast land holdings in Alobo...so they say...)

Anyway, what is important is the immediate relocation of the present airport as it is vulnerable to flashfloods; Yawa scoured a gaping portion of Bogtong diversion road I recon less than 500 meters from the runway.

We have wept enough, now it is time to move on...
City hall has reinstalled the garish street lamps on Quezon Avenue... Kinatawan Pepe Estevez also initiated "Musika Para sa Bagong Pagasa" December 21, 5:00 p.m., in front of LCC on Quezon Avenue.
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DSC06062.jpg
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http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DSC06067.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DSC06073.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DSC06069.jpg
Last night, around 7:45, portions of the Port District were energized...
Watch out for pictures Dex will post... I chanced upon him at the second level of Metro Gaisano late yesterday afternoon.

Look at her... so innocent... our Femme Fatale...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DSC06085.jpg
Mayon and portion of Albay district before I left for work...

Wala pa ring kuryente!!! Only some parts lang!!! Sa amin sa Daraga, wala pa!!!

2 days to go before x-mas kelangan ng magkakuryente, sana bilisan pa nila ang pagrestore.

Ei, jj! The one behind is mine... the day I took back my trusty digicam from Sony service center in Cabangan (that's why I seldom posted).

Here's a passage from the Bicolano fiction writer Bienvenido Santos ("My Most Memorable Christmas in America") to give you comfort (heheh) during the Holidays:

"...However long he has stayed away from home, however, busy, the Filipino in America feels deepest at Christmas time the quick sharp thrusts of homesickness. All the glitter and color and sound intended to liven up the flurry of buying that has to be done early and secretly, serve but to call attention to his exile.

He remembers home. Back in his room he begins over again the letter he has been intending to write all these months but never quite finishes. It starts out well: 'Dearest... it is Christmas again -- how time passes! -- the snow is thick on the ground..."

Let me stop here before you run out of kleenex!

To Miss Lili, Matt, Tim, Jj, Patrick, Tigs and all your fellow Pinoys (I think the term 'Flip' is no longer derogatory, is it?) shivering in winter... and of course to our man in London, Doc, and in the Lion City, Oli. From Legazpeeps here in Legazpi and Bicol, Reming survivors all... MERRY CHRISTMAS!:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Nahhhh!..."Flip" is accepted now! nothing can take us down!!!....Anyways Thanks Monsi!!!.....You Have a Merry Christmas TOO!...AND EVERY ONE IN SSC Legazpi....And to my KABABAYANS THERE!!!....SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE LEGAZPI....Best wishes to all!!!....MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

And before i forget, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU! :grouphug: i hope we all have a peaceful,meaningful and happy Christmas celebration..

MERRY CHRISTMAS LEGASPI AND BICOL FRIENDS!!!

Thanks for the special mention always Sir Monsi! :grouphug:

FROM BUTUAN CITY TO LEGAZPI CITY....

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/boybleauxx/xmas.jpg?t=1167009547

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to All Legazpeeps!

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

...nothing to do...(I had read a lot during the loooong power outage--finally power was restored in our house Christmas eve, just in time)--I am entitled to have some slack time, heheh.

December 22 I took this at the Party Floor of ABSEC (ask Dex what Party Floor is, I bet he knows, heheh; ditto Jerry and Mond...).
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Above, Quezon Avenue once again ablaze, and below...
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^Where Dex does his thing, this time sans kwek-kwek vendors... Yup, Dex broke the news... Max's opened December 23 (below) --up to now, patrons had to wait outside... talk about pent up demand.
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LCC parking lot, Christmas Day...
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^T. Alonso Street: ABSEC, left, Ibalon Elementary School, right, Aquinas University Professional Schools straight ahead.

Below: look for PR 277 as it's about to land on runway 06; sorry, it's tiny. Yup, if you have zoom lens and you're on a window seat (column F) and you're approaching runway 06, you could see me looking out our kitchen window, heheh... One thing good about Reming... Now I have unimpeded view of the Albay Cathedral.
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^Mansion of former governor Bichara near the MIH (below, rear side of the ridge with Mayon's peak peeking...)
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^Post Reming Legazpi... Below, renovated Theaters, third level PMall reopen today...
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...nothing to do...(I had read a lot during the loooong power outage--finally power was restored in our house Christmas eve, just in time)--I am entitled to have some slack time, heheh.

December 22 I took this Party Floor of ABSEC (ask Dex what Party Floor is, I bet he know, heheh).
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DSC06089.jpg


(Sigh!) How memorable...San Rafael and the corner of old Rex Hotel! :)
Thanks for posting more updates on the revival of Legazpi, Monsi...and...

Season's Greetings to All Legazpeños!

^^Ei, Tim! Thanks for the greetings.

Pex, er, Patrick is coming for a visit come hell and high waters! I hope you would consider visiting Legazpi in 2007... no pressure... just DO IT!:) :)

Again, maogmang paaboton na ba'gong taon sa indo gabos diyan!

O yeh... I forgot... Hawaii is almost a day behind... Mele Kalikimaka!

^^ Mahalo nui loa for your thoughts, Monsi! Yes, Hawaii is one of the last stops prior to the International Dateline, so as I write this, I can hear the bells of midnight Mass from our parish (my sinus is getting infected again, so staying home and surfing the net and SSC tonight). Hope your Christmas was brightened by us kababayan overseas! And yes, I have made a promise--no, make that a vow--to visit Legazpi the next time I get back to the Philippines. Til then, God bless and protect you all!:)

Its so nice to see Legaspi goin back to normal. Showing how Bikolanos or Filipinos have this bamboo characteristic being flexible and resilient.

Truly, with Bikolano's resilient spirit, Bicol will rise! :)

hey Monsi, thanks for the photos.
so no security guards by the movie theatres huh? hehehe
merry christmas monsi, dex, and everyone

^^Ei, Tim! Thanks for the greetings.

Pex, er, Patrick is coming for a visit come hell and high waters! I hope you would consider visiting Legazpi in 2007... no pressure... just DO IT!:) :)

Again, maogmang paaboton na ba'gong taon sa indo gabos diyan!

O yeh... I forgot... Hawaii is almost a day behind... Mele Kalikimaka!

U got that right monsi!! come hell fire (God forbids) ill be there in march!...

^^ Mahalo nui loa for your thoughts, Monsi! Yes, Hawaii is one of the last stops prior to the International Dateline, so as I write this, I can hear the bells of midnight Mass from our parish (my sinus is getting infected again, so staying home and surfing the net and SSC tonight). Hope your Christmas was brightened by us kababayan overseas! And yes, I have made a promise--no, make that a vow--to visit Legazpi the next time I get back to the Philippines. Til then, God bless and protect you all!:)

Its Christmas morning here in CALI!!!....foggy!...a rummor of rain today...no shops are open...anyways....Merry Christmas!! Tim!!....hopefully u can come home next year...lets meet over there and cure our homesickness!!...im going on march...r u up to it?.....

Its Christmas morning here in CALI!!!....foggy!...a rummor of rain today...no shops are open...anyways....Merry Christmas!! Tim!!....hopefully u can come home next year...lets meet over there and cure our homesickness!!...im going on march...r u up to it?.....

^^ @pexgarcia: awww, man...anytime but then, pare: super-hectic at work for the first 3/4 of that month, and then when the kids go on spring break, I have to escort one of the clubs to Japan...and back! So, the earliest opening for me looks like typhoon season! If we don't get to hook up before then, please give my regards to the mob of kamaganak out there, okay?

Monsi, Dex & the rest proud legaspian forumers merry christmas :)

Merry Christmas!

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Kala nyo ha...buo parin ang Cagsawa!!!! I was really surprise how normal it was being there..still a beauty despite everything around it.
Parang kaming mga Legazpeeps...two supertyphoons and mayon eruption...Gwapo parin!!!

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That's how the trail looks towards Cagsawa.

photos I took on top of Lingnon Hill
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Here you can see how big the Yawa river got...I'll post a google earth image on my next post..try comparing.

http://www.dphotography.org/images/bogtong.jpg

As usual guys photo update is the best gift provided to people that are away from Legazpi. Thank You all

^^ Please God no more typhoons is strong as reming!! Mababait naman kami eh!

Thanks for the photos Yves!....I hope you had a merry christmas!

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great Christmas. hehe. Nice pics, Sir Monsi and Yves.

http://www.dphotography.org/images/bogtong.jpg
^...close to the end of runway 06/24; it's even closer than I thought (earlier I reckoned 500 meters...) the runway is 36 meters wide... (source: http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=RP42923&sch=RPLP)
...it must be less than 200 meters from the scoured portion of the Chinese cemetery!

Thanks Yves! Happy New Year!

Before Christmas day, I was greeted by an amiable gentleman in front of Chow King Peñaranda... It could be SMB or Six... Sorry guys, I was absent minded I heard you (i.e, one of you) quote one of my posts "...Reming survivors all." I realized later it was the briefest SSC meet!!!

You're bored with this already but just the same, I'm posting this picture I took from our window...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/RainbowoverAlbayDistrict.jpg

hey Monsi, your photos are never ever boring to me.
so keep em coming :D

@dEX, Thanks for the update on SAA and Aquinas - I'm sure they will recover in due course.
@Kevin, what does MMDA stand for?

Metro Manila Dev't Authority po.:)

Ei, Tigs... Kevin said you took him to have coffee here (corner window fourth floor of LCC)...
December 1, little traces of flashfloods...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/CIMG0166.jpg

Sabi ko, parang dyan. Hehe. I;m not so sure kung dyan nga kami nagkape ni TIgs. Basta malapit un sa LCC Food Court.:D

_____

It's nice seeing Legazpi up on her feet again. And there's even a new resto - Max's! :D Is the whole Legazpi already energized?

LCC stands for Legaspi CommerciaL CompLex diba???

Liberty Commercial Center

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great Christmas. hehe. Nice pics, Sir Monsi and Yves.

I hope U had a merry christmas too DEX! I''m so glad that Monsi, U, Yves, Six, and sir Gerry are active and back here again! Hey Matteo! Viva Las Vegas!!

tnx po... matagaL na dai ako nakapunta jan eh.... mga 10 years oLd pa ata ako nun... we were Living in Naga City but we'd go there occasionaLLy... i remembered po xe na we bought my first rubber shoes in that pLace...
i think recentLy there's a maLL aLso in naga with a simiLar acronym,,,, maybe NCC or basta po something simiLar... maybe they are owned by the same corpo or famiLy...

Nice rainbow, Monsi.

"This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth."

-Genesis 9:8-17

LCC stands for Legaspi CommerciaL CompLex diba???

Pwede na rin

hey rcxsickby, how c ome only your L's are in caps?
what up pexG.

nuthin much! mat!....do u know any irwin loria there in LV?

Bicol University before Reming... November 18...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/BUMPBldg.jpg
^That's the MP or Multi Purpose Building housing the College of Arts and Letters, the Graduate School, and the Main Library; pix taken under the shade of the giant acacia tree.

Ei, Jj! Whose school is this?
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/StJudeCatholicSchoolbillboard.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/StJudeCatholicSchoolGate.jpg

^^ Awww...i miss BU.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/dxpsycho/104_5162.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/dxpsycho/104_5163.jpg

Guess the belfry..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/dxpsycho/104_5162.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/dxpsycho/104_5163.jpg

Guess the belfry..

Daraga Church?


Hey guys, I've recently finished reading a novel, entitled "The Fifth Mountain" by Paulo Coelho. Gosh, it had a lot of similarities about what happened in my life. A part of the book tells something about a death of a river, and guess what? At about the same moment I was reading it, our poor dog died! Then weeks later, Reming arrived and destroyed Legazpi city. A day after, I arrived at the part where the city of Akbar is being destroyed by a war. What a coincidence!

Monsi! You made my day! Damn, St Jude has still the same exact logo and the building is exactly the same as I remember it. Thanks bro, you’re a good man!

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The corner of Lapu-Lapu St. and Quezon Ave. with LCC Mall in the background

...2007 na!

Reming left Legazpi PNP HQ in Albay District in such a pitiful state it's too awful to show here... at least the city police could look forward to a new HQ along the Alternate Road beside the Bitano Elementary School campus...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/NewLegazpiPNPHeadQuarters.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/MayonandAlbayDistrict.jpg
^Another of my lazy shots taken from my window...

Ei, Dex! Why don't you post your pix taken aboard 5J on your way from MLA to LGP December 18... I saw some in another thread... Thanks! I know, I know... I also hate an aisle seat but what you took before whilst the A319 was taxiing towards runway 06 are great; good your seatmates were not annoyed as you encroached their space, heheh... Below is an old photo... I'd been rejected by Airliners.net, TWICE! What the heck... I have to save for a digital SLR...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/CebuPacificsunshine.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/GTS.jpg
^Reposting this old take of GTS in Albay District...

>Jj, my pleasure... Looks like you need to pull some strings to have the access road to your school paved-- Ask Mond's Mom, she works at City Hall, ei, Mond?

>Mond, Wow! Jerry will be proud of you... an Accounting major dabbling into literature! A profitable use of time... I also am into reading--one good thing about the looong power outage is that I was able to read two novels by Bienvenido Santos, and right now I am into my second novel by Paulino Lim Jr. Electricity was restored at our house just in time for Christmas Eve. Thanks to Meralco et al. which helped Aleco restore power at least in the urban areas of Albay.

Happy new year my compatriots overseas--Miss Lili, Oli, Doc, Matt, Tim, Tigs, Pex, Jj--and fellow Legazpeeps Dex, Yves, Six, SMB, Jerry, Mond, Kevin, Mickey (heard from him?), Bernie, Bonnix... and of course Sinjin.

Ei, Legazpeep! Look at what I've discovered going over the airliners thread...
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k60/ECdoesit2/061_61.jpg
^Guess which one is Miss Lili--aboard a PR Airbus A330-300 flight to Puerto! (Please tell me if I crossed the line and I'll delete the pix posthaste!)

^ The girls with the scarf on the far left and the girl on far right with the red jacket are pretty.


>Jj, my pleasure... Looks like you need to pull some strings to have the access road to your school paved-- Ask Mond's Mom, she works at City Hall, ei, Mond?



I guess the road is old now. You should have seen the way it looks like before it was paved. It was horrendous. That road was done in the early 80s. All credit to the late archbishop of Legazpi. Back then when President Marcos visited Legazpi City, Monsignor Pacis requested to have that road paved.

That is ok Sir Monsi. My pics are scattered all over the threads. Happy New Year to all of you my dear Legazpi peeps! :)

Sir Monsi: that is your view from your window? Awesome.

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/GTS.jpg
^Reposting this old take of GTS in Albay District...

>Jj, my pleasure... Looks like you need to pull some strings to have the access road to your school paved-- Ask Mond's Mom, she works at City Hall, ei, Mond?

>Mond, Wow! Jerry will be proud of you... an Accounting major dabbling into literature! A profitable use of time... I also am into reading--one good thing about the looong power outage is that I was able to read two novels by Bienvenido Santos, and right now I am into my second novel by Paulino Lim Jr. Electricity was restored at our house just in time for Christmas Eve. Thanks to Meralco et al. which helped Aleco restore power at least in the urban areas of Albay.

Happy new year my compatriots overseas--Miss Lili, Oli, Doc, Matt, Tim, Tigs, Pex, Jj--and fellow Legazpeeps Dex, Yves, Six, SMB, Jerry, Mond, Kevin, Mickey (heard from him?), Bernie, Bonnix... and of course Sinjin.

Ei, Legazpeep! Look at what I've discovered going over the airliners thread...
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k60/ECdoesit2/061_61.jpg
^Guess which one is Miss Lili--aboard a PR Airbus A330-300 flight to Puerto! (Please tell me if I crossed the line and I'll delete the pix posthaste!)[/QUOTE]

Happy New Year To All!...thanks Monsi!...Hmmm...where is Lili on this pict?? My Guess is the one with the far right...the one with the red sweater!....Am I right?

hey how's Misibis?

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photo by Oliver Gianan

...2007 na!



>Jj, my pleasure... Looks like you need to pull some strings to have the access road to your school paved-- Ask Mond's Mom, she works at City Hall, ei, Mond?

>Mond, Wow! Jerry will be proud of you... an Accounting major dabbling into literature! A profitable use of time... I also am into reading--one good thing about the looong power outage is that I was able to read two novels by Bienvenido Santos, and right now I am into my second novel by Paulino Lim Jr. Electricity was restored at our house just in time for Christmas Eve. Thanks to Meralco et al. which helped Aleco restore power at least in the urban areas of Albay.

Happy new year my compatriots overseas--Miss Lili, Oli, Doc, Matt, Tim, Tigs, Pex, Jj--and fellow Legazpeeps Dex, Yves, Six, SMB, Jerry, Mond, Kevin, Mickey (heard from him?), Bernie, Bonnix... and of course Sinjin.

Ei, Legazpeep! Look at what I've discovered going over the airliners thread...
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k60/ECdoesit2/061_61.jpg
^Guess which one is Miss Lili--aboard a PR Airbus A330-300 flight to Puerto! (Please tell me if I crossed the line and I'll delete the pix posthaste!)

>My mom's office is very much unrelated to roads... She works at the City Vet Office...

>I'm kinda slow in reading books. Within two months, I only managed to read a single book - "The Fifth Mountain" heheh... Try it, Monsi! It was great, very inspiring and very thought-provoking...

>I wish I knew w/c one is Lili... I think I'll like her no matter how she looks...

^^ Thank you @Mond87. I'm the one in red. You guys from Legazpi and Bicol are so sweet. :)

You look great, as usual, Miss Lili. Where were you flying to?

Monsi, I'm guessing from your window view that you live in the hilly part of Legazpi, somewhere near Mayon Imperial. Mayon always looks impressive, no matter what the angle is.

Happy New Year Guys!!!!

Spain donates P39m to Albay
By Mar Arguelles

LEGAZPI CITY—The Spanish government, through the Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional, has turned over to Albay Gov. Fernando Gonzales 600,000 euros (P39 million) worth of water purifiers, medical equipment and food supplies as assistance to communities devastated by super-typhoon Reming.

Gonzales said during a simple turnover rites here, the assistance given by the Spanish government was a “reflection of great affection to the Filipino people for the past 300 years, truly they are our brothers and true friends.”

Gonzales said “Spain had been with us during the most terrible times when tragedy befell the province.”

He said the Spanish aid agency swiftly responded and mobilized their relief and medical teams to assist in disaster operations in villages in the town of Guinobatan and this city which were among the areas hardest hit by the typhoon.

According to Gonzales, the agency mobilized a Hercules C-130 cargo plane that flew two teams straight from Spain and brought a water purifying machine, a mini-hospital, medical equipment and supplies, including doctors, nurses and other medical technicians, to help the victims.

The water purifying machine can cleanse 3,000 liters of water per hour and bottled water were distributed to thousands of families in various evacuation camps and households who were in dire need of potable water.

The mobile water purifying machine was set up in Guinobatan to provide clean water to 10,092 families, or 82,524 people, and 16,000 families in this city.

The agency also allocated 200,000 euros, or P13 million, in food and canned good supplies, including the possible reconstruction of damaged hospitals located in the three districts of the province.

Eugenia Martin-Sanz Martinez, the Spanish agency’s relief department head, told members of the provincial and regional disaster officials that her group “gave all their best to help the people of Albay.”

You guys rock!
Felt so much closer to home.. :cheers:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/dxpsycho/T048749A.jpg

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

Before the already battered network gets congested...

Let me greet our fellow Bikolanos:

Happy New Year

ANNO DOMINI MMVII

Padayon, Bangon Bicolandia!

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Hay. Our house was somewhere down there. We were there this morning, excavating. Masaya kasi puro kami magpipinsan. We got the wall clock. Its time was quarter to 3 in the afternoon--that was when the flood started destroying our abode. We also got the bamboo seats. Lumutang kasi sila. Then some clothes, yung kutson. Haha! Natatawa na lang kami. Yung iba ewan kung kelan. Matubig kasi pag malalim na yung hukay.

Anyway, Happy New Year pa rin sa ating lahat. The best to come in 2007!

Feel bad about your house Jerry. I hope you get some compensation from the authorities. What are those isolated smokes on the hill?

Happy New Year Legazpeans!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!

Happy new year my compatriots overseas--Miss Lili, Oli, Doc, Matt, Tim, Tigs, Pex, Jj--and fellow Legazpeeps Dex, Yves, Six, SMB, Jerry, Mond, Kevin, Mickey (heard from him?), Bernie, Bonnix... and of course Sinjin.



Aww, how touching, kasama rin pala ako sa greeting ni Sir Monsi. Sir Monsi and all the Legazpi forumers, may all of you have a prosperous new year!

Sincerely,

Sinjin

HAPPY NEW YEAR
SSC-Legazpi FORUMERS!!!

You guys rock!
Felt so much closer to home.. :cheers:

Welcome piggy to Legazpi forum!
I don't think anybody noticed you (yet). I don't want you to think we are a bunch of snubs. Post No 1. Are you from Legazpi?

You guys rock!
Felt so much closer to home.. :cheers:

Welcome piggy!!....feel at home!...HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Happy new year Guys!

Sir Gerry, kaya nyo yan! you will overcome :)
hey piggy! welcome to the legazpi city thread. its the year of the pig! hehe

...survived flash flood.
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/CIMG0175-1.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/CIMG0244.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/CIMG0167.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/CIMG0241.jpg
^..."disaster" tourism, anyone?

ABSEC and plaza Rizal seen from Chow King Peñaranda...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/CIMG0132.jpg

...seen from Taguntong (along winding highway to Manito)... Jj's school St. Jude is visible...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/LegazpiCityPhilippines.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/LegazpiCityandStoNioVillage.jpg
^Mansion of former governor Bichara overlooking the City...

...survived flash flood.
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/CIMG0167.jpg


I like this one. It's surreal. Good shots, Sir Monsi!

...seen from Taguntong (along winding highway to Manito)... Jj's school St. Jude is visible...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/LegazpiCityPhilippines.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/LegazpiCityandStoNioVillage.jpg
^Mansion of former governor Bichara overlooking the City...
pwede nang pang banner!

^^ Yeh that would look good as a banner!
A very belated Happy New Year to all the Legazpi forumers!

...seen from Taguntong (along winding highway to Manito)... Jj's school St. Jude is visible...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/LegazpiCityPhilippines.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/LegazpiCityandStoNioVillage.jpg
^Mansion of former governor Bichara overlooking the City...

Wala bang mas malaki? I mean naliliitan ako eh. Hehe. Lalong lumitaw mga buildings kasi konti na lang yung puno. I didn't think Legazpi could lool like this!

Yes, pwede na pang-banner. Inggit naman ako sa dominion mo, Monsi, as in mukhang every day meron kang aerial view ng Legazpi. Post ka naman nung medyo gumagabi na.

Dex, oo naman, kaya namin to. Thanks.

mukhang alam na natin kung saan tatakbo pag binaha ulit legazpi...

^^ Thank you @Mond87. I'm the one in red. You guys from Legazpi and Bicol are so sweet. :)

Thank you as well... I think you're good-looking... and I like how you wear your dress...

...seen from Taguntong (along winding highway to Manito)... Jj's school St. Jude is visible...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/LegazpiCityPhilippines.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/LegazpiCityandStoNioVillage.jpg
^Mansion of former governor Bichara overlooking the City...

The city looks attractive even after the super-typhoon... :)

Nice picture Monsi, but for a banner though, we should always include Mayon. St Jude used to be the only building in that area.

^...I think after the Reming disaster, we should start promoting Legazpi and Albay sans that femme fatale, Mayon...heheh. But for you, Jj, here she is shrouded in thin clouds late this afternoon... taken from a hill in Buraguis...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/bannerwithMayon.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DSC06297.jpg
^Flowers for sale near Lapu-Lapu Street junction with Quezon Avenue. "Nice day," the box says, goes to everyone!

you know what, i dont think ive ever been to st jude school...
wheres is it located now again?

Ei, Matt... never been to Bitano? If you're going to Our Lady's Village, there's an ill-maintained lateral road (left side of the main road) a few meters away from the Legazpi City Water District office (right side of the road).
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/StJudeCatholicSchoolbillboard.jpg

Here, it is ringed in yellow, or is it? I am color blind! You can reckon the location from the Ibalong Centrum for Recreation; in fact, if you're on the Alternate Road, you take the road opposite ICR access road and that's it!
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/StJudeinyellowring.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/StJudeCatholicSchoolGate.jpg
^school façade... below... huts in the Basin...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DSC06260.jpg
^Zaldy Co is taking his time...

I am completely lost with your direction Monsi. It is the the road going Imelda Park, right?





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Aquinas University

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Pacific Mall atrium 1 on New Year's Day

Hello SSC Legazpi! :) Happy New Year to all!!!! :) I can see the spirit of the people of Legazpi... Kayang Kaya....

Monsi... after viewing your name and St Jude, i remembered the famous Monsi Chang of that school.... (im not from there.. just heard his name many times.. hehehe)

ei weewit..:) Welcome sa Legazpi City thread. Half-bikolano, half-bisaya ka ba? (based on your profile)

Hi Dx! yeah... :) I went there last July before the typhoon. :) wala ng direct flight eh.. :(

Monday, January 08, 2007
'Bicol Rising' in I-Witness Monday night

MORE than 600 dead, with hundreds still missing, thousands injured, and millions of pesos worth of damaged properties.

These numbers describe the devastation caused by super typhoon Reming in Bicol but these figures cannot quantify the psychological and emotional trauma inflicted upon the victims.

Documentarist Jay Taruc has traveled many times to Bicol in the past year for his documentaries on whale sharks, teachers and the Mayon Volcano. But his latest trip to the region is not a happy one.

He revisits the shoreline of Barangay. Padang and Bigaa, known for their whale shark sightings, only to find a virtual desert.

Gone are the boats and noises coming from fishermen and children. Everywhere, there are only flattened fields of destruction. Jay also revisits the schools of towns previously featured in his documentary, only to find each filled no longer with students but with displaced residents.

And among the homeless, Jay finds out, are some of his old friends and interviewees.

In the midst of it all, Jay Taruc documents the efforts of these Bicolanos to overcome the tragedy and slowly rebuild their lives. "Pagsibol ng Bicol" airs Monday night on GMA's I-Witness.

Work gives hope to villagers displaced by calamities
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view_article.php?article_id=41900
By Ephraim Aguilar
Inquirer
Last updated 01:49am (Mla time) 01/06/2007

LEGAZPI CITY—Some villagers displaced by Supertyphoon “Reming” in Albay found temporary work building latrines in 19 evacuation shelters in Albay.

At least 84 men and women were able to build 124 hand-washing facilities, 248 toilets, and 49 single-unit bathing cubicles in a ‘cash-for-work’ program implemented by Oxfam, an international humanitarian organization, during the holiday season.

The workers were selected from among the evacuees in the shelters, where the sanitary toilets were built, and were paid P150 to P200 each everyday, depending on their skills and kind of work, said Mel Capistrano, program manager of Oxfam’s Emergency Response in Bicol.

Joselito Millare, 32, father of two and whose family was temporarily housed at the upper Malabog evacuation center in Daraga, Albay was one of those hired by Oxfam for the construction of double-pit latrines in the evacuation site.

“We were given employment and we ourselves were able to benefit from the work we did,” said Millare.

He added he was able to buy noodles and a half-kilogram of meat last Christmas while saving P500 for his family’s house transfer.

Oxfam earlier distributed P1,000 cash grants and non-food items in Barangay Bungalon in Daraga town and Barangays Gapo, Tagaytay, Baligang, Cabangan, and Salugan in Camalig—all in Albay—covering 2,100 families.

In Malilipot, Sto. Domingo, and Bacacay—all in Albay—more than 3,000 families benefited from the cash-for-work program of World Vision, an international Christian relief organization, which was assisted by a $200,000-funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The hired workers, who rebuilt destroyed houses and cleared clogged roads, each received P100 and 5 kg of rice everyday.

Evacuees staying in public schools would have to decamp on Sunday as classes were to resume on Jan. 8 as ordered by the Department of Education here. Tent cities would be built in relocation areas in Albay to temporarily provide shelter for the displaced villagers, said Evelyn Jerusalem, public information officer of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol.

Nongovernment organizations and local government agencies are now involved in the construction of houses for the displaced villagers and providing alternative livelihood for those who have lost their farms to the mudflow, Jerusalem said.

She said the local government units are now submitting their rehabilitation plans, which would be consolidated and submitted to the DSWD central office next week.

A total of 6,980 families, or 33,789 persons, from 128 villages housed in 126 shelters in Albay still rely on government and nongovernment relief assistance for more than a month now after Reming ravaged Bicol, said the provincial disaster coordinating council.

Na mangnu ko nata daw diit ang nagpopost digdig ki bikol..sa ibang forum halos purupirmi ko na babasa ang native language ninda :)

... after viewing your name and St Jude, i remembered the famous Monsi Chang of that school.... (im not from there.. just heard his name many times.. hehehe)[/QUOTE]

Now i cant stop picturing monsi as monsi chang!!! :nuts:

Check this out guys..
http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/satelliteimages/UNOSAT/3932a29cc239fe0362074ece09a618b7.htm

^ wow yves, that was a great photo.
scary to look at hehehe

Check this out guys..
http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/satelliteimages/UNOSAT/3932a29cc239fe0362074ece09a618b7.htm

The map info says it hasn't been validated yet in the field. They better validate it first because it says there was flooding and mudslides within 2.28 square kilometers near our area (San Joaquin). Nothing like that happened in San Joaquin, Thank God. :)

Anyway, thanks for sharing Yves!

^^ I agree with dex. The map may be very relevant but it's completely inaccurate... Pero uragon man giraray...

anyone knows or anyone from imperial court? ;)

A very late Happy New Year to all the Legazpi forumers! :cheers:
Sorry I've been absent for a while, just busy...
And happy weekend too!

what up doc :hi:
hope Monsi comes back with photos :D

anyway, I found some photos online:

Welcome sign
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/macribe2.jpg

Relief operations at Albay Astrodome
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/macribe1.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/macribe3.jpg

Airport
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/macribe4.jpg

all photos by macribe, flickr.com

Hello SSC Legazpi! :) Happy New Year to all!!!! :) I can see the spirit of the people of Legazpi... Kayang Kaya....

Monsi... after viewing your name and St Jude, i remembered the famous Monsi Chang of that school.... (im not from there.. just heard his name many times.. hehehe)


Is he still around? He must be pretty old by now. Tell us what you heard about him. I've got to see him, I hope he is still keeping the toys he confiscated from me.

Uragon talaga ang mga kodak kang Legazpeans

Hey!! where are all the ssc legazpi gone?????

still after the storm photos:

Jollibee, Albay district store
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/2161979710086624893SYqbVA_ph.jpg

Albay Hotel area
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/2917728220086624893TCOsvP_ph.jpg

photos by gigamosh57, webshots.com

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/dxpsycho/Mayon2-vamessedup.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/dxpsycho/Mayon-vamessedup.jpg

In Monsi's words, our 'femme fatale'..

Photos by vamessedup, flickr

...of Tabaco City.

We still have low voltage at home my computer keeps on rebooting...

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/TabacoChurchbellfry.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/dxpsycho/Mayon-vamessedup.jpg
Ei, Dex! ^Your second photo of our femme fatale...
A cow walks down the southern slopes, a polar bear follows.., heheh.

I took these December 2...
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^^ haha. it looks more like a dog sniffing the cow's trail.

hey Monsi.
do you have any interior shots of that Bichara Theatre place?

whats up all! :hi:

hello mga utol,musta na utol Mon? hows Legazpi City now?

As I browse the pics, I really find myself amused by how Legazpi looks beautiful even after the strongest typhoon in the Philippines. Great job, Monsi, Dex, and Matteo!

Bonixx, I'm fine... for an hour, we don't have a prof so I amused myself by browsing internet stuff... Btw, is that you in the avatar?

^^ Ei Mond, bonixx, musta na?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/dxpsycho/Mayon-vamessedup.jpg

In Monsi's words, our 'femme fatale'..

Photos by vamessedup, flickr


galing nito

As I browse the pics, I really find myself amused by how Legazpi looks beautiful even after the strongest typhoon in the Philippines. Great job, Monsi, Dex, and Matteo!

Bonixx, I'm fine... for an hour, we don't have a prof so I amused myself by browsing internet stuff... Btw, is that you in the avatar?

thats good utol, Ofcourse Legazpi establish developements for so many years kaya kahit supertyphoon hindi sya hindi mawawala ang Ganda.

opo ako po.ahehehe nagiisa lang ang ganyang pagmumukha.aheheh

Uy, drop by lang. Busy ang guru. Hehe.

Bonixx, kahit kailan man, maganda tlga ang Legazpi kahit maliit... Heheh...

Guru, we were talking about you posting some news items here... what happened? I guess you were just too busy...

Drest: I wanted to post some pics but the following reasons prohibit me from doing it:

1. Internet connection is too slow in our home...
2. I just don't know how! I tried once but it appeared to be thumbnail (tama ba ang term na ginamit? Ung maliit lang po!) Furthermore, the other sites I've tried ay hindi nag-work... The pic that I posted was the Mayon in a money...

I'm looking for better alternatives and I need help!

What’s up Legazpi – Garong Maluya ang horungan digdi sa forum

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Old Pic of Cagsawa Resort- I presumed buried by lahar?
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a few pics... Lignon hill top now expanded northward...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DaraganorthsideofLignonHill.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/LocaltouristsonLignonHill.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/LignonHilltopexpansion.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/Disastertourism.jpg
disaster tourism...^local tourists make the most of the damaged infra... Bogtong diversion road here.

Mount Bariw seen from Libro Book Store inside A. Bichara... so there, Matt, heheh...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/MountBariw.jpg

a few pics... Lignon hill top now expanded northward...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/DaraganorthsideofLignonHill.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/LocaltouristsonLignonHill.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/LignonHilltopexpansion.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/Disastertourism.jpg
disaster tourism...^local tourists make the most of the damaged infra... Bogtong diversion road here.

Mount Bariw seen from Libro Book Store inside A. Bichara... so there, Matt, heheh...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/MountBariw.jpg

Legazpi City is still nice,nice pics Monsi

Hi po... long time no post... hehe.

Legazpi's doing great and so is this thread...

very belated happy new year! wahehehe...

ummmm.... Bye!

Guru, we were talking about you posting some news items here... what happened? I guess you were just too busy...


Yes, I am so busy. Just arrived from Polangui where the regional press conference was held. I'll be busy again for the nationals in Baguio. Thanks.

Hello to all the people here...

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(sorry for the quality of the pics...)
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mayon volcano still seen from afar
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/viewedincaramoan.jpg

ano tong malaking pink structure? pacific mall ba to?:0
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o99/jjpaul_c/Legazpi.jpg

Gallera de Legazpi
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/PICT0461.jpg

??? (COSAI)
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Hi po... long time no post... hehe.
Legazpi's doing great and so is this thread...
very belated happy new year! wahehehe...
ummmm.... Bye!

Micky, long time no hear. Great to have you back

Hello to all the people here...

oi bulutoy! welcome! gari busyhon ang avatar mo a :hilarious:

ano tong malaking pink structure? pacific mall ba to?:0
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o99/jjpaul_c/Legazpi.jpg

Yup. Yup. You're viewing the rear end of the mall.

Is the hope billboard just added? grabe the heavy equipment, garo papel. ngunian ko pa nakita su damages kan guinobatan. grabe palan. garo nasa cliff na?

do we make a new thread, or we wait till it reaches 550 posts?
sinjin?

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/newpics/normal_IMG_4761.jpg

...know any other city in the country that looks this good???

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/newpics/normal_IMG_4760.jpg

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/newpics/IMG_4763.jpg

Aerial View of Yawa River...makes you wonder, what if Lingnon hill wasn't there?

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/newpics/normal_IMG_4765.jpg

Padang, just to compliment some of the Padang pictures posted..gives you an idea where it is.

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/newpics/normal_IMG_4761.jpg

...know any other city in the country that looks this good???

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/newpics/normal_IMG_4760.jpg

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/newpics/IMG_4763.jpg

Aerial View of Yawa River...makes you wonder, what if Lingnon hill wasn't there?

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/newpics/normal_IMG_4765.jpg

Padang, just to compliment some of the Padang pictures posted..gives you an idea where it is.

absolutely theres no city like Legazpi's Beauty,wow nice Pictures...:spam1:

great shots yves!

yawa river? what does yawa mean in bicol?

^^ Hindi ba nasa Thailand ang Yawa river?

nasa legazpi..nasa post sa taas

Ah oo nga.:D

do we make a new thread, or we wait till it reaches 550 posts?
sinjin?

Relax. We'll come to that. Hehe. Kakatuwa nga kasi despite the onslaught of Reming, parang mas mabilis nating matatapos ang thread na 'to!

Waaaa! May internet na dito sa school--excatly two months after Reming. Hay...

^^ Hindi ba nasa Thailand ang Yawa river?

Hahaha! Natawa ako sa tanong mo. Para mo na ring sinabi ang Naga ay sa Cam sur lang. Did you know that there is a Naga town in Cebu? It's a first class municipality which I thought had already been converted into a city. Hindi pa pala. Hehehe!

makes you wonder, what if Lingnon hill wasn't there?


If the hill weren't there, things would have been worse.

;11546225']yawa river? what does yawa mean in bicol?


The DEVIL yata... :)

Legazpi really has nice topographic features. Aside from majestic Mayon view from the city, you also have the chance to view the city itself from that hill. It is so conveniently situated for everyone's easy access... or is it accesssible to the public?.

Legazpi really has nice topographic features. Aside from majestic Mayon view from the city, you also have the chance to view the city itself from that hill. It is so conveniently situated for everyone's easy access... or is it accesssible to the public?.

Yeah it is..It has become a very popular destination for locals ever since a road up the hill was built a few years back. Prior to that, people would flock to the hill for a good hike every weekend. There used to be a lighthouse there too, pero wala na yata ngayon. My dad says the light can be seen as far away as Rapu-rapu island.

Ei, Dexy! Fully energized na ba ang Legazpi urban area?

Ei, Dexy! Fully energized na ba ang Legazpi urban area?

Urban area, business district, iyo na, haloy na. Pero outlying barangays dai pa.

Urban area, business district, iyo na, haloy na. Pero outlying barangays dai pa.

Iyo? Kami sa nilipatan mi sa Binitayan (Daraga), mayo pang ilaw kaya dai ako nag-uuli. Hihi. Pero naka this week ugwa na. Thanks.

Yeah it is..It has become a very popular destination for locals ever since a road up the hill was built a few years back. Prior to that, people would flock to the hill for a good hike every weekend. There used to be a lighthouse there too, pero wala na yata ngayon. My dad says the light can be seen as far away as Rapu-rapu island.


A very imposing structure built on its peak will be a sight to behold and could serve also as Legazpi's landmark aside from Mayon.

Something like the gigantic Christ the Redeemer at Rio de Janeiro or Dambana ng Kagitingan cross at Mt Samat in Bataan.

yves188's aerial shots seem to also indicate that a major flood control project should be implemented along the Yawa to avoid future disasters...although its river banks look so serene when left natural, the course of the river and its breadth contribute to a deadly formula when the rain and run-off come down as they did during last December's typhoons.

yawa means devil in bisaya too..so why did they name it "yawa" river?

Very interesting name!.....maybe it's name after the Devil's tail....where it snakes around the feature of the land....hehehehehe....or maybe it's named after a chief....from a long time ago....

Maybe because of flooding back then and its devestations. Ano ba ibig sabihin ng: Dios mabalos?

http://www.aq.edu.ph/images/mabalos.jpg

gaganti ang dyos?

^^ haha, roughly yes. That's "thank you" in Bikolano (or rather the more poetic way to say it, 'cause a simple "salamat" will do). I think it means "May God reward you"

Very interesting name!.....maybe it's name after the Devil's tail....where it snakes around the feature of the land....hehehehehe....or maybe it's named after a chief....from a long time ago....

Accdg. to the legend of Mt. Mayon, Daragang Magayon used to bathe in the cool waters of this river. One day, while frolicking in its banks, she almost drowned if not for a stranger named Ulap who saved her. And the rest is history....or rather, myth. It's only a legend anyway, hehehe.

Hahaha! Natawa ako sa tanong mo. Para mo na ring sinabi ang Naga ay sa Cam sur lang. Did you know that there is a Naga town in Cebu? It's a first class municipality which I thought had already been converted into a city. Hindi pa pala. Hehehe!

Hindi naman sa ganun. Hehe. But I know na may Naga rin sa Cebu. Kahit sa Zamboanga meron di. Kaso hindi pa sila cities.:)

Urban area, business district, iyo na, haloy na. Pero outlying barangays dai pa.

Nuarin p daa Dex maiilawan ang buong Legazpi?

Maybe because of flooding back then and its devestations. Ano ba ibig sabihin ng: Dios mabalos?

http://www.aq.edu.ph/images/mabalos.jpg

It means ang Diyos ang magbibigay ng "prize" para sa mabuting nagawa mo. :colgate:

Maybe because of flooding back then and its devestations. Ano ba ibig sabihin ng: Dios mabalos?

http://www.aq.edu.ph/images/mabalos.jpg

Where did you get these? I'm interested... Heheh... Hi to all of you!

A very imposing structure built on its peak will be a sight to behold and could serve also as Legazpi's landmark aside from Mayon.

Something like the gigantic Christ the Redeemer at Rio de Janeiro or Dambana ng Kagitingan cross at Mt Samat in Bataan.

Great idea! But there is a structure there already pero hindi pa tapos. It is supposed to be a PLANET OBSERVATORY... i hope na matapos na yun...

Furthermore, yung dating police station gagawing MUSEUM na raw...

Maybe because of flooding back then and its devestations. Ano ba ibig sabihin ng: Dios mabalos?

http://www.aq.edu.ph/images/mabalos.jpg


It means: Gantimpalaan ka sana ng Dios....or Just plain "thank you".

they renamed Sunwest Wharf. Its now called Embarcadero

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/embarcadero.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/embarcadero2.jpg

http://www.misibis.com/MisibisTodayAug-Dec2006.pdf

absolutely theres no city like Legazpi's Beauty,wow nice Pictures...:spam1:

Wonderful pics Bonix! Despite the recent mudlslides it's still an amazing sight. Btw, has the flightpath of PAL changed? I don't remember seeing such a commanding view of the river and Lignon Hill during my last trip. When were these taken?

Hey Matt, so are they going ahead with the wharf project? I hope so!

As I browse the pics, I really find myself amused by how Legazpi looks beautiful even after the strongest typhoon in the Philippines. Great job, Monsi, Dex, and Matteo!
?

I agree with you Mond - just looking at the aerial pics and not the close up ones you wouldn't suspect anything awful happened.

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(Article/Pictures by: Bjoern L. Ludovice Jr. of http://www.misibis.com/MisibisTodayAug-Dec2006.pdf)

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Stephen Blaxland of BN Group Pty Ltd, an Austracian-based architectural, urban design, masterplanning, graphics and interior design firm integrates with Misibis and Inc for the Marina-inspired “Embarcadero”, formerly
dubbed as the Sunwest Wharf. The Embarcadero is regarded as the jumped off point to Bicol’s eight wonders of eco-tourism – the Mayon Volcano, Sula Channel, underground river of Pototan Cave, giant Manta Rays of Ticao Pass, Whalesharks of Donsol, Sorsogon, Vera Falls in Malinao, Albay, Nag-Asu Boiling Lake in Manito, Albay, and Misibis Resorts, Estates & Spa – and is projected to be the premier commercial, IT and recreational seafront
development in the Bicol Region.
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Mr. Blaxland’s inception to the conceptual masterplan of the Embarcadero causes huge overturn in the entirety of the project. The BN Group is now
on process of reviewing the drawing list according to t h e i r international
standard of quality of documentation and design in order for the project not to suffer if being expedited by pushing the m i d - 2 0 0 7 g r a n d launching of the project. Henceforth, it is expected that the launch would be moved to a later date but worthy of its well-rounded modifications.
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The initial of the two-phase masterplanning of the BN group includes retail, amenities, public space and road layouts up to and including the Celebration Square. Mr. Blaxland’s partaking in the masterplanning of Embarcadero takes
account of (a) masterplanning, (b) architectural design for phases 1 & 2 concept and schematic design standard, (c) design development, (d) structural design, (e) design approaches to building including landscape designs and (f) signage approach.
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Mr. Blaxland visited the Embarcadero (Sunwest Wharf) Site in Legazpi Port Area, Misibis Resorts, Estates and Spa last September 8, 2006 and the remarkable whaleshark-spotting area in Donsol Town in Sorsogon Province. He was accompanied by Sunwest Group Mr. Zaldy Co, President and CEO, Operations Manager Sly Natividad and HSAI Raintree staff during her extensive
one-day trip. It can be noted that the BN Group is one of the most
r e p u t a b l e architectural and urban design firm in the world. BN Group were engaged by Suria KLCC in association with Petronas Bhd to p r e p a r e
s c h e m a t i c designs for a new one acre site directly adjacent to the existing Petronas Twin Towers and Suria KLCC R e t a i l Podium. The new 150,000 sq. ft. retail podium is fully integrated with the existing Suria retail at
all levels and a fifty storey, 750, 000sq ft signature office tower, that functioned independently of the retail podium with street level entry.
BN is also no stranger to wharf project as it heads the master planning of
the East D a r l i n g Harbour in S y d n e y , Australia. BN Group’s submission to the international design competition focuses on the desire to create an
active and vibrant ‘people place’, through the creation of an urban square, new parks and an amphitheatre that link directly to the harbour.
“With the fusion of BN Group in the Embarcadero Project, it is doubly expected that the project would foray the true meaning of world-class” development.”
The design recognizes the original history and geography of the site, by the regeneration of Millers Point as the headland and the reinterpretation of the old wharf buildings into residential and c o m m e r c i a l s p a c e s .
Moreover, the BN Group is also the masterplanner for the Queen Victoria
Lane Cove Market Square also in Sydney.
With the fusion of BN Group in the Embarcadero Project, it is doubly expected that the project would foray the true meaning of “ w o r l d - c l a s s ”
development. The economic booming of the Albay Province and its neighboring cities and provinces is expected to surge in the coming years with establishment and operation of this superlative man-made marvel. Truly, the Embarcadero shall epitomize Bicol at its best, featuring a spectacle of
man-made and natural wonders blended into one. (Bjoern
L. Ludovice Jr.

Article/Pictures from: http://www.misibis.com/MisibisTodayAug-Dec2006.pdf
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Misibis Land Inc recently purchased a semi-submersible vessel called “Yellow Submarine”. The purchase cf the vessel is for tourism purposes – to be able to view aquatic wonders and submarine landscapes especially to that of the whaleshark of Donsol and the Albay Gulf.
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The Yellow Submarine is a 4-passenger vessel composed of 2 crews
and 2 passengers less than 4 meters in length and with a draft of 0.78m.
With a fiberglass hull, it is just appropriate for a deep sea exploration
since it has heavy resistance to ocean current and stream.
Historically, semi-submersible vessel’s invention relates to offshore
structures, and more particularly to offshore structures adapted for
supporting oil and gas exploration/production operations at sea.
Semi-submersible vessels represent one type of an offshore structure that
is used for conducting operations at sea. Now, the same is now used for
simple tourism and leisure activities, with a redefined overall appearance.

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Misibis Land Inc recently purchased a brand new custocized R-44 Raven II Helicopter. Primarily for tourism purposes, the purchase of Raven II Chopper is another addition to the privileges where Club Misibis can avail as the chopper is for rental. The chopper can be used to tour Bicol’s 8 wonders of Eco-Tourism. Tour packages to these wonders and other key tourist spots in the adjacent areas shall be unveiled upon full operations of Misibis Resorts,
Estates & Spa.
Moreover, shares are also for sale for Club Misibis Members at 50 hours per share equivalent to US$20,000 (approx. Php1M) per share limited to only about 20 members/shares. Comparatively, it is merely like purchasing an
expensive car but instead enjoying the luxury of atmosphere cruise thru this precision-engineered chopper.
Dubbed as “Affordable Luxury”, the Raven’s distinctive aerodynamic design allows a high speed cruise. This state-of-the-art chopper delivers the performance of an expensive turbine helicopter at an affordable piston price. Raven II is equipped with a fuel-injected, angle-valve, tune-induction
which produce substantially more power and, literally, gives it a greater altitude performance, more payload and increased speed.
It is planned however, that as subsidiary of the Sunwest Group, a new company Sunwest Air shall be born in the succeeding years.

(Article/Pictures by: Bjoern L. Ludovice Jr. of http://www.misibis.com/MisibisTodayAug-Dec2006.pdf)

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Stephen Blaxland of BN Group Pty Ltd, an Austracian-based architectural, urban design, masterplanning, graphics and interior design firm integrates with Misibis and Inc for the Marina-inspired “Embarcadero”, formerly
dubbed as the Sunwest Wharf. The Embarcadero is regarded as the jumped off point to Bicol’s eight wonders of eco-tourism – the Mayon Volcano, Sula Channel, underground river of Pototan Cave, giant Manta Rays of Ticao Pass, Whalesharks of Donsol, Sorsogon, Vera Falls in Malinao, Albay, Nag-Asu Boiling Lake in Manito, Albay, and Misibis Resorts, Estates & Spa – and is projected to be the premier commercial, IT and recreational seafront
development in the Bicol Region.
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Mr. Blaxland’s inception to the conceptual masterplan of the Embarcadero causes huge overturn in the entirety of the project. The BN Group is now
on process of reviewing the drawing list according to t h e i r international
standard of quality of documentation and design in order for the project not to suffer if being expedited by pushing the m i d - 2 0 0 7 g r a n d launching of the project. Henceforth, it is expected that the launch would be moved to a later date but worthy of its well-rounded modifications.
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The initial of the two-phase masterplanning of the BN group includes retail, amenities, public space and road layouts up to and including the Celebration Square. Mr. Blaxland’s partaking in the masterplanning of Embarcadero takes
account of (a) masterplanning, (b) architectural design for phases 1 & 2 concept and schematic design standard, (c) design development, (d) structural design, (e) design approaches to building including landscape designs and (f) signage approach.
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Mr. Blaxland visited the Embarcadero (Sunwest Wharf) Site in Legazpi Port Area, Misibis Resorts, Estates and Spa last September 8, 2006 and the remarkable whaleshark-spotting area in Donsol Town in Sorsogon Province. He was accompanied by Sunwest Group Mr. Zaldy Co, President and CEO, Operations Manager Sly Natividad and HSAI Raintree staff during her extensive
one-day trip. It can be noted that the BN Group is one of the most
r e p u t a b l e architectural and urban design firm in the world. BN Group were engaged by Suria KLCC in association with Petronas Bhd to p r e p a r e
s c h e m a t i c designs for a new one acre site directly adjacent to the existing Petronas Twin Towers and Suria KLCC R e t a i l Podium. The new 150,000 sq. ft. retail podium is fully integrated with the existing Suria retail at
all levels and a fifty storey, 750, 000sq ft signature office tower, that functioned independently of the retail podium with street level entry.
BN is also no stranger to wharf project as it heads the master planning of
the East D a r l i n g Harbour in S y d n e y , Australia. BN Group’s submission to the international design competition focuses on the desire to create an
active and vibrant ‘people place’, through the creation of an urban square, new parks and an amphitheatre that link directly to the harbour.
“With the fusion of BN Group in the Embarcadero Project, it is doubly expected that the project would foray the true meaning of world-class” development.”
The design recognizes the original history and geography of the site, by the regeneration of Millers Point as the headland and the reinterpretation of the old wharf buildings into residential and c o m m e r c i a l s p a c e s .
Moreover, the BN Group is also the masterplanner for the Queen Victoria
Lane Cove Market Square also in Sydney.
With the fusion of BN Group in the Embarcadero Project, it is doubly expected that the project would foray the true meaning of “ w o r l d - c l a s s ”
development. The economic booming of the Albay Province and its neighboring cities and provinces is expected to surge in the coming years with establishment and operation of this superlative man-made marvel. Truly, the Embarcadero shall epitomize Bicol at its best, featuring a spectacle of
man-made and natural wonders blended into one. (Bjoern
L. Ludovice Jr.

Is this Under Construction? Great for Legazpi City!!! Wow may Dencio's and Pancake house trully Amazing.

those are some of the ugliest renderings ive seen :lol: hehe