ondoy has almost left us but all aids are just coming in. relief goods were being asked and volunteers being sought. as an office person, i had an obligation to go to work. when i got there, there were only two of us in the department, plus the boss. all others in the department were affected by the rains and the flood. three of them lived in areas most affected by the flooding. one had to carry her baby in waist-deep floodwater one kilometer along to reach higher grounds where her other relatives live. they left everything in their house. my other elder had half his car flooded. the other one, we had no news. yet yesterday, his sms said they were okay.
other stories from our building circulated as well. one officemate below our floor is losing his van. it was carried away by the water. the three cars of one of our managers, who lived in this subdivision where the flood reached the second story level, is totally ruined. one of the aunts of another officemate died in the flood.
everyone has a sad story to tell.
but there was a funny story as well. one of my officemates went to the market to see that the bangus was cheap. apparently, the risen water level of the lake caused the fish to flow and easy to catch. there was no electricity to preserve the fish so he was able to buy 1o kilos for 20 php/kilo. talk about hunger!
then yesterday, one of my friends confirmed that their apartment, which was just a block away from us, was flooded. as she was the only adult in the house with her two kids, she had to do everything. she recalled that when she saw the water coming in, she was so panicked that she was able to lift their refrigerator all by herself! it was just adrenaline pumping through her system. according to her, it was only today that she had finished washing all their dirty wet clothes! but what amazed her more was that the barangay officials came in to see them for a while and when they returned, there was already a bag of relief goods for them. the children, who didn't have any idea how scary it was last saturday, were just too excited to receive their gifts and just wanted to eat everything at once. talk about the resilience of kids. i'm just glad that they weren't traumatized. thank God.
tonight, i am writing this so i could remember the pains and joys that ondoy has brought. i just wish that the filipino could keep the spirit of bayanihan going and to find relief and joy amongst the difficulty and pain ondoy has brought us.
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