Month Three in Haiku

Disaster Response
Working on the proposal
Some iterations

Soup kitchen – helping
Evacuation center
Toilet build as well

USAID
Sending the proposal out
EU, UN too

Mr. Jugo passed
HFHP President
May he rest in peace

Any way I can…
I made my own donation
To help people here

Building target lists
Time-consuming but fun
With baseball playoffs

Brownout – it happens
Pepeng right after Ondoy
Life without A/C

My World-Wise Schools class
Got extra letters this month
They asked good questions

Packing relief bags
Rice, sardines, canned beef, noodles
Trucked up to the north

At the halfway point
Got lots done, lots more to do
Still glad that I’m here

Eggplant-pumpkin sauce
Sometimes instead of mall food
Princeton meeting too

Consolidation!
To the pension right away
It was just a drill

Weekend excursions
Again lots done, more to do
See the Philippines!

Greenhills pearl buying
The Chinese cemetery
And Old Manila

Samar – boat ride, cave
Leyte (MacArthur returned)
Imelda showcase

Bata-an – a march
Monument to World War II
Many people died

Embassy Bazaar
Pagsanjan canoe to falls
Mindoro, spa next!

NOVEMBER 1 POSTSCRIPT:

Typhoon Santi - wind
No boats from Batangas
Mindoro next month...

Worked on resume;
Hotel pool in Makati
To sit, read and swim