u/brewski_md

Last flash flood like this was last July 2024, habagat din nangyari last time.

From my observation because I was driving the same route today and 2 years ago, nag-improve ang drainage PERO hindi kinakaya kapag flash flood na as seen today and last July 2024.

July 2024 - 7-8 hours of moderate rainfall, no stopping. Only then bumaha nang tuluyan.

Today, Aug 17, 2026 - Less than 2.5 hours of continous HEAVY rainfall. Almost the same level of flooding.

I'm not an expert, but from this observation may limited gallons of rainfall lang talaga kaya ang ating drainage system despite improvments in declogging and waterways.

Nanakawan na nga ng pera pang flood control, geographically and climactically fucked pa.

As early as now people need to realize that leaving is the only way to go. Dahil in a little over a few decades from now, talagang lulubog na ang Manila below sea-level.

Hirap mo mahalin, Pilipinas.

Akala ko noon di ako makakapag senior high school because of family issues and financial constraints. Ngayon, nakagraduate ako sa isang magadang university and nasa magandang med school na rin ako.

Sobrang hirap at nakakapagod sa totoo lang. Constant self-doubting and impostor syndrome, pero hindi napapagod yung nagpapaaral kaya lalaban ako para sa pangarap na ito.

Para sayo 'to, Mom!

Thoughts on the device in 2026: When doing research, I thought it was a little exaggerated when they said that the M2 chip will still be good despite knowing Apple when it comes to old models. Surprisingly it's true.

I have been using it for 1 month now and how I'm so glad I took this over the iPad A16. Aside from the 120hz screen (which is absolutely amazing btw since it's my first 120hz device), I haven't experienced any bottlenecks when opening a 3000 page pdf on goodnotes or editing videos on capcut (light-med). I tried Minecraft and it can do max render distance on max settings where I really felt it heat up. Was surprised since I never experienced heating from my 9th gen iPad cuz it would crash even before it reached room temp lol.

Context: I'm a med student who's always been eyeing to upgrade my struggling iPad (base) 9th gen 64gb to a brand new one. I'm broke lol, so I only had funds for a iPad 256gb A16 of ~$550.00 (converted) which is still expensive from where I'm from.

I was a step closer from buying it in the store when I remember how awful my base iPad aged. So this time, I decided to look into used models of Air and Pro models with the M chip. Perks of being broke is spending a godawful amount of time making sure you could get the best deal and boy was it worth it.

Deal: Saw a listing near me of the said model. 256gb, comes with an apple pencil gen 2, literally looks like brand new, and the best part...<250 battery cycle count. All for $530.00 (converted). I was skeptical until I saw it myself.

Funnily enough I almost bought a used M1 Pro for around $500 that was nowhere near and it didn't have a pen. Though even if I settled for an M1 I'd still be happy.

Verdict: Should you get it if you're on a budget? Yes. If you can get a deal near to mine, absolutely.