Downcast sky/SWF

It's not always sunny...monsoon rain and thunderstorms have potentially vacation-ruining effect but we pushed with our road trip anyway.  We braced ourselves when we laid eyes on the downcast sky along SCTex.  Scattered rain accompanied us the rest of the trip, we even stopped a few times in Zambales due to the road's zero visibility.  We were cocooned inside the car for 4 hours, eating potato chips, drinking beer and playing word games.:p

"Sometimes I wish that I was the weather, you'd bring me up in conversation forever.  And when it rained, I'd be the talk of the day."  ~ John Mayer

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Here comes the rain again... (SWF)

I wasn't sure if this was a fog or a wisp of cloud floating across the mountain along the  Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx).

 

This pointed mountain caught my eye.  This is part of the mountain range dividing Pampanga and Zambales.  

I thought we were blessed with good weather on our way home from Subic...but before reaching Clark, I was singing, "Here comes the rain again..."

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Clean [linis] living - Litratong Pinoy

  

Matapos natin masaksihan ang delubyo noong nakaraang Sabado, alam ko, pare-pareho tayong nangangarap ng malinis na kalsada at kapaligiran.  Walang tubig baha, walang putik at basura.  Mapuno at berde ang kapaligiran, malinis ang hangin.

After we have witnessed the catastrophe over the weekend, I know we all dream of clean roads and surroundings.  An environment without flood, mud and garbage.  With  verdant trees and breathable air.

Kung magtutulungan lang sana tayo, hindi naman impossible ang mga ito.  Kailangan lang ng can-do attitude at taos-pusong paniniwala sa ating sariling kakayanan.  H'wag na magturuan, h'wag na umasa sa iba o sa gobierno.  Tayo rin naman ang makikinabang kapag clean living tayo.

All these are possible if we all make a stand and take responsibility.  We need a can-do attitude and sincere belief in ourselves that we can do it.  There is no need to point fingers, let's not rely on other people or the government to do it for us.  After all, it's us  and the young who will reap the benefits of a clean living.

Kailangan pa ba natin ang premyo para itapon ng maayos ang ating mga basura?

Do we need a prize to properly dispose our trash?

Ah, linis din ang kailangan nito!


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Arrows and Curves - TWTW

Arrows and curves along the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx).  SCTEx is, currently,  the Philippines' longest toll expressway at 94 kilometers (58.4 miles).  This expressway opened in early 2008, and shortened the travel time from Manila to Subic to almost 2 hours.

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