Wednesday, April 28, 2010

4x4 Vehicle Swimming

April 25, 2010 - As we headed back to our rented resort from island hopping, I noticed that a small crowd was in the shoreline and was up to something. When I looked harder, I saw a Mitsubishi Xtreme 4x4 taking a dip in the sea… (as a frustrated journalist way back in elementary & high school, I immediately grab my Digicam and took a shot…)



I went to the scene itself and continuously clicking.. At first people were just staring, maybe because of astonishment and questions like What the F-ck Happened? And How it can be pulled?

According to some bystanders the SUV was driven near the shoreline and the sand acted like a quicksand because of the seawater.









Several tries were made but unfortunately did not work out… Time was running out because it’s a high tide morning and the engine might get wet… Even a foreigner commented that it can be only pulled by a bulldozer (where the He - - can we get a bulldozer?, I thought)










Having no option and because its natural for Filipinos to lend a helping hand, they’ve decided to make a Bayanihan (The whole term bayanihan refers to a spirit of communal unity or effort to achieve a particular objective. According to wikipedia)









finally, the vehicle was victoriously pulled up…



The story doesn’t end there because after that, the driver drove for several meters first before saying thank you… (im not that near to him but to my judgement he did not even said thank you, he just got out of his vehicle and waved)…

Kudos to the kind & good Samaritan Filipino people and the foreigner who helped…

12 comments:

  1. This what we call Bayanihan...May this blog inspire all races black or white to help anytime and anywhere..

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  2. nice one! "as a frustrated journalist way back in elementary & high school," - pwede na as a starter...

    sana bawat out of town mo may ganyan pag practisan mo, bili ka na rin ng DSLR :D - cezl

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  3. medjo kulang lang pala ng details, nandun ka na rin nman sana nilubos mo na pag usisa, hal. ilang oras na dun yung car, anong mga sinubukan nilang gawin, bakit shonga ng driver at doon nag park.. tas yung winning moment nila ng natangal na sa lubog, hehe sige next time ha ayusin mo! ^_^
    -cEzL

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  4. @cezl: tenx sa comment, anjan yung winning moment yung last pic, the fifth to eighth pix shows the tries & way they did to pull the vehicle...
    3rd Paragraph also stated how it landed there... i was not able lng to ask how many hours... anyway comment appreciated hehehe wla pa me pambili ng dslr... kung bibigyan moko, i'll take it wholeheartedly hahaha

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  5. @ anonymous: thanks sa comment sana nga ndi mwala yung ganyang trait natin coz it makes us exceptional from other races...

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  6. tumulong ka o nang usisa ka lang? heheheheh malamang isa ka sa usisero heheheh kc habang naghihila sila kumukuha ka ng pics :-p - ritchie

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  7. pwede na yan noh...nag usisa ka man o hndi atleast my na-share ka....like ung bayanihan ng mga pilipino andun prin....tpos ung nag comment syo n kulang sa details....kaya nga "frustrated journalist" eh..meaning hndi siya professional..anyway, thumbs ako jan jess sa ginawa mo...YOUSCOOP mo yan sa GMA...at sa driver nman ng sasakyan...kung bkt nman kc sa lawak ng lugar why doon pa pinarada ang sasakyan nia....what if hndi yon nahatak? what if wlang nag bayanihan...cry cry nlng sya kc OMG! ang car ko ganun..nakakalokah...he he he...sa mga tumulong....ang galing namn nila...wla man lng pa-burger ung driver...pasaway..he he he....gusto ko itong blog mo ha...panu ba gumawa..he he...ate ching

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  8. @ritchie: tenx sa comment hehehe i wanted to help but sbe ko nga duty calls hahaha (prang reporter lng)

    @ateching: madali lng nmn gumawa nito bsta may email acct ka, punta ka sa blogspot.com yko ilagay sa youscoop bka masyadong masensationalize/maexagge ok na ung ganyan hehehe watch out for the next post

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  9. hehehe.frustrated journalist?prang d nman..hehehe.auz nga ung ginawa mu..pero sna ngpapic k din n kunwari nkikitulak k ng sasakyan..hahaha.parang c KABAYAN (taga-PAG-IBIG k nga tlga)..hehehe.ung s may-ari ng car, hay nku d mn lng ngtenk-u!banatan ko un e!!hahaha.ineet ng ulo?hahaha.s gumawa nito (jess), ipagpatuloy mu lng. malay mu pgdating ng panahon mging journalist k n.(hmmmm.ilang taon kn kaya nun?hahaha,joke!)-ely

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  10. @ely: actually i considered having a shot pushing the vehicle pro prang napaplastikan kc ako... not my types ska ciempre i sympathize din dun sa may ari ng sasakyan...

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  11. haha jess mukahang may mga fans ka na at, at mukhang nagalit pa s akin yung isa ng sinabi kong kulang details ng news mo, hehehe "peace"
    oh cge na nga magaling na!! wahahaha
    (alam mo nman na friend mo ko di ba) (^_-)
    -cEzL

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