Our hearts go out to Tacloban and everyone hit by Haiyan.

I'm already seeing cynical comments about how it's becoming inane and tiring to repeat over and over again how people failed preparing for disaster, while there was advanced warning of catastrophe from left and right, from local and foreign media, from everywhere. These cynics are stupid. We all make decisions based on the stresses we're under. That's the only home they know, the properties they have, and the family had to be together.

If the local leadership was not forceful enough or did not educate enough or did not know by themselves the meaning of category 5 , then they shouldnt deserve to be in their positions. But these shouldn't be in our minds now. What we need to do now is  to send our sympathy and, more importantly,  we have to help. These are our countrymen.

We must also not forget the still insular nature of our links with the provinces. Initial reports only declare, somewhat 'proudly' only 3 persons dead, but now we're looking at 12000. We need leadership to get us linked from north to south. We have to this now.

Hire someone from Corporate to do this, Pnoy and Mar. Look for those with the sense of ownership and urgency. Those still with integrity and drive. Hire those young senior managers or directors. There are many who are willing to take a break for a year two from our salaries and for-profit work to contribute to the country.

Friends from Tacloban, please do not lose your integrity. There are ways to survive without stealing.

Do you want to be aligned with fuckers like this? 

Just stop whatever bad you know youve started. Help is coming. 

Stay together. This too will pass. We will recover.