LIVE, LOVE, LAUGH OFTEN: September 2010

Wednesday, September 29

Tuesday, September 28

Sunday, September 26

REMEMBERING ONDOY

One year after the tragic typhoon Ondoy (September 26, 2009) have we actually learned our lessons?

I can still clearly remember that day, rain starts pouring on the 25th, Friday night and i am truly thankful that the following day i'd be at home (due to crisis that year, we only work on a Mon-Fri sched). I rushed to Divisoria because my buyer paid for an mp3 player and as a responsible seller it is due to my obligation to ship-out the item immediately as she noted it is for her son's birthday. I scheduled it for shipping along with the other bedsheets for the following day (Sept 26), little did i know that the typhoon would be that strong on that day. I am hesitant to actually send the item because i have heard that it's all flooded around the area but considering that somebody needs the item badly so i rushed out to find for open Air21/Mail & More branch. I put on 2 jackets on top of my shirt and i wore shorts aware that it's already too flooded outside. Braving the flooded street...i merely rely on people in front of me, trailing along with them, hoping there's no man-hole somewhere at the street. This is actually not new to me, i am pertaining to walking on flooded streets. I have
experienced it before when i was still studying - trailing with people from PUP campus, passing along Espana heading to Tayuman area by just walking, well that's another story so i'll leave it at that. Going back to Ondoy experience, I head towards the direction of SM Sta. Mesa. Passing along the Nagtahan Bridge, the area near EARIST is already flooded as well. I stopped walking at SaveMore Nagtahan, deciding which direction to go. With no means of transportation, other than the tri-bikes 'padyak' as we call them, SM Sta Mesa is way too far and the area is know for high floods. I headed towards the direction of Mendiola thinking of Mail & More Branch near University of the East. Turns out, i really have nowhere to go because the area is flooded as well and yes, the whole metro is! I continued walking reaching Centro Escolar University, flood is high, vehicles are parked everywhere and some are basically drowning...good heavens, i am making the right decision of coming to this area? And i am beginning to feel a bit scared of what i am doing. Still keeping trails on people meeting along my way i have reached UE and mind you the flood is going deeper and deeper. Though i wanted to congratulate myself for reaching my target area, still the business establishments are mostly closed with floods that may seem like a river and how lucky am i that i actually slipped on my way back. Looking left and right, i actually wish nobody sees me tripping off the slippy aisle..but to my dismay there are actually crowds witnessing my fall. WAPAK! how many frogs did i actually caught???? With that i told myself my little adventure is over, i do not care if my buyer would be mad as hell and leave me a very negative feedback for not sending her items, i can honestly say that i have tried my best to send come high waters & slipping-down to drench with dirty flood waters, but i have to go home.

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