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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Rain, Rain Go Away, My Plants are Drowning


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Umuulan na naman.

Hindi naman ako nagrereklamo. Maganda na umuulan. Pero huwag naman sana sobrang lakas araw-araw dahil nalulunod mga halaman ko.

Pinagawan ko pa naman ng shelf sila para Hindi sila siksikan sa sahig. Galing sa dating metal gate namin na nasira lang after a few weeks dahil palpak yung gumawa. Ang dami kasing malalakas ang loob tumanggap ng trabaho pero hindi naman marunong pala.

Going back to the rain. Sira kasi yung alulod ng building namin kaya mistulang may waterfall kami dati dahil direct sa amin ang bagsak ng tubig.

Wala namang problema kapag tag-araw. Tuwing tag-ulan lang dahil kapag nababasa ng todo yung pintuang kahit namin ay nag-eexpand dahil hindi siguro kiln dry kaya hindi namin maisara at mabuksan ng maayos. You need to exert extra effort to open and close the door.

To remedy the problem, nagpagawa kami ng fiberglass roofing sa harap ng pintuan namin. Marunong kasi yung kapitbahay namin na gumawa from kemikal na pinatutuyo sa hulmahan. In this case, plywood yung nasa ilalim. Ibinuhos yung tunaw na fiberglass sa ibabaw ng plywood at pinatuyo.

Though wala ng masyadong tumatama sa pintuan namin ngayon, dahil maiksi lang yung bubong na pinagawa namin, meron pa ring naiipong bagsak ng tubig kapag tuloy-tuloy ang ulan. The positive side, makakapag-ipon ako ng tubig ulan sa lumang medyo malaking container namin. Kulang pa nga dahil malakas ang ulan everyday.

Ang inaalala ko ay kapag hindi pa rin kikilos ang munisipyo dahil building nila ito at di pa naman kami nangangalahati sa bayad (rent to own) ay baka bumagsak na yung alulod. Syempre, kanino pa babagsak kundi sa harap namin.

20 years to pay ang lahat ng units dito. Di ba dapat habang binabayaran ay sagot nila ang maintenance? OK lang naman namin gawin kung nasa amin lang yung may dipirensiya, but it's a part of the whole building that is damaged, and it would need special skills and equipment to fix it dahil nasa tuktok ng building yung alulod. Definitely rin ay natutuluan yung nasa baba namin.



There are advantages and disadvantages of being located at the top most and far end of the building. One positive is that we have the firewall that we could use for other purposes like our plant shelf. Hindi rin daanan ng tao dahil nasa dulo nga kami, and may quick access kami sa fire escape, pero malayo naman sa main stairs located in the middle. Since dito nga sa mga dulo nakapwesto yung fire escape, it occupies half of what could have been our front space. Parang mali nga yata pagkakagawa nito dahil it should be separate from the building. Dahil nasa tuktok nga kami, pinakamahirap magakyat panaog from the 5th floor to the ground floor and back. Araw-araw na exercise naman ang advantage.

What was the reason bakit matagal pinatirhan itong building na ito? Parang may problema nga yata ito kaya natagalan bago pinayagang i-award sa mga recipients.

We are grateful for receiving this as a benefit from the government pero sana ay tuloy-tuloy rin ang serbisyo na maiayos ang mga nasisira dito.

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