She landed 2 days early! She is sweet but a little spooked out. When the old owner said she was neglected I didn’t expected to be at this level. But we will push through and have her be beautiful again! Thankfully she’s eating even for a little. Main focus now is for her to gain some weight and for her fur to grow back.
This mama is coming on Tuesday! So excited!
Her old family had to let go as they are moving out of the country.
Meet crinkles!
As title suggests, I was informed that my ID verification expired and needed to be resubmitted. Was about to do so but when I click upload ID i get rerouted to maribank. Is this required now?
As the title suggests, whenever your cat needs to be bathed and groomed, hire someone and don’t be like me who had a razor and scissors and thought “I can do this”
This is Dizzie and deep down I know he still hates me 😅
Photo 1 before I “groomed” him
Photo 2 2 months ago when I had a razor and used it without guard huhu
Photo 3 him now
I need to vent because the sheer cynicism of international media just hit me like a brick wall.
After the massive 7.8 earthquake hit us here in GenSan last week, I ended up accompanying a fixer and an international journalist around the city for three days. They flew in expecting absolute, apocalyptic chaos. They wanted bleeding-heart imagery, rows of body bags, and widespread panic to feed to their global audience.
Instead, what did they find? A city that immediately picked itself up.
Yes, we took a heavy hit. A lot of homes in Lagao were destroyed, the airport was shut down, and we lost lives. It’s heartbreaking. But statistically and logistically, our local responders, the LGU, and the community managed to control things quickly. It wasn't the completely chaotic, total systemic failure they envisioned.
When the journalist started looking at the data, comparing it to past disasters like the Cebu Bohol earthquake, they actually looked disappointed. To them, GenSan wasn't a "big enough scoop." I literally heard them complaining that the narrative was too "uneventful" compared to what they promised their editors back home.
I tried pushing the resilience angle. I told them, "Write about how fast the community reacted. Look at how people are helping each other rebuild right now."
You know what they told me? “Resilience doesn’t sell to an international audience. Tragedy does.”
They flat-out refused to paint GenSan as strong or resilient because if it’s not a complete tragedy, people back home won't click on it. They just wanted to exploit our pain for a headline, and when our body toll wasn't high enough for their breaking news banner, they checked out mentally.
Safe to say, after we discussed it, we got into a massive, heated fight. I couldn't stand the vulture-like behavior anymore, and we parted ways on terrible terms.
It’s just disgusting how the outside media looks at Mindanao. They only care when we are bleeding, and if we aren’t bleeding enough for their taste, we’re just a waste of a flight ticket to them. Shoutout to every local volunteer and responder out here, actually doing the work, while these people look for a show. Stay safe, Gensun.