"I wanna break the world record every year until we clean the river."
-ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. Managing Director Gina Lopez
ABS-CBN is proving that they are serious in rehabilitating our river. Last Sunday, 10.10.10, the media network made history when they have organized Run for the Pasig River which Filipinos of different walks of life come together for one goal - to help save our dying river.
The event hopes to break the record of San Francisco Bay for the most participants in a footrace in Guinness. And I believe we have done it. 116 thousand out of 160 thousand participants coming from 4 different starting points finished the race. Monumental. We will have the record.
Photo Credit: Philip Sison
Oo, na-late na naman ako, but I really tried to be on-time. I'm sorry.
We leave Boni MRT station at around 4:45AM and arrived at Taft station 5:10AM. Since the road heading to Mall of Asia is closed for the event, there is no choice of getting to the starting point but to walk. Ok. No problem. Walk from Taft Avenue to MOA. So easy. (yabang!, hehe) It serves as our warm-up for the run. Hehe. The race is about to start when we arrived at the starting point. We were just on-time baby!
It's fun to be part of that event. Heartwarming to see that enormous crowd willing to help. Running side-by-side with these people and with my friends is such a wonderful experience. Thanks to Epher for helping us to be part of it. And not to mention the legendary singlet outfit, and when I say outfit, fit na fit talaga. Haha.
I know we can revive this river of ours, and it's never too late to achieve this. And maybe 2 to 3 or 4 years from now, we can bring back Pasig river to its old glory.
“Let us clean up the mess that was made before us. Pasig River is a symbol of hope and what the future holds for the country. If we manage to clean it, then we have done our jobs as citizens.”
-Ballsy Aquino-Cruz
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