think.. think.. think..
It was depressing really, just to even thought about it. What more if im in that situation? I guess i'l go crazy--that is if i am lucky enough to survived the storm.
I guess the situation is an eye opener for everybody. I know for a fact that Filipinos are one if not the most resilient people in the world. We are survivors by nature! but in times like these, especially when you are in the middle of all the distraught and distress, how can you tell yourself that everything will be okay??? How do you hold it together when everything else is falling apart???
It's really hard. Hard is an understatement. I mean, it's really difficult to be your own hero. It's not easy to be in the middle of catastrophe.
Well, me too, had my fair share of traumatic experiences caused by disasters.
I am from Hagonoy Bulacan and I swear! nothing is worse than the flood situation here in our town. Flood had became part of our lives. Flood is happening even without typhoons, even in summer, or christmas season. It was crazy! I remember there was this one night, my family and i are sleeping (we used to sleep on floors using mattress in our living room) and we unfortunately woke up to soaked beds and pillows. Little did we know the water had already entered the house like an uninvited guest. It was mortifying! I dont even know what to do first because the water is just so fast and we have to move faster to save our things from getting wet. Flood is worse during typhoons. It was like a nightmare for me and my family. I have also experienced evacuating, leaving our house and our dogs behind because there is no place for us to sleep. Our house was always a mess. We dont bother to really restore it because we know the flood will keep on coming back and it will just ruined everything! It was really sickening. Sometimes you would want to relocate to another place just because you are fed up of all the flood.
What's worse than going to work and you have no choice but to ride on a trash truck coz that's the only vehicle available? or riding a small boat crossing into the dark river at 4 o'clock in the morning just because that's the only way to travel since the water will not subside, and you still have to go to work.
I thought nothing was worse that that!
Until Yolanda came..
Until i saw Tacloban and what was left of it.
What i realized is we are still blessed. You, me and every single one of us who is spared in the damage were really blessed. I'd use the word BLESSED. It's more appropriate i guess. We are not just lucky but blessed! :)
I realized that what we have experienced here in Bulacan are nothing compared to those who are in Tacloban right now. Yes. we do have our struggles but not as much as what they had to bear right now.
I still have my family with me. I can hug and talk to my parents anytime, i can still call my siblings and friends, i dont have problems as to where will i sleep, we still are eating 3 meals a day (sometimes more than 3) i have access to electricity, internet, water and all the basic needs. Yet i still got the nerve to say that we have the worst situation ever! *sigh* now i know how pointless that was.
Nahiya ako bigla..
Anyway, i am just so grateful that help from the inside and the outside of the Philippines are outpouring. It's really nice to see people from other places and from different races really go out of their way to help our people. My friend in Norway message me on FB twice and she is so worried because she'd seen the news. It did make me smile! And i guess the best thing that this tragedy brought us is it makes us closer as a nation, as a world, as a family. It doesnt matter what race, what skin color, what language. Everybody is just so willing to take part in helping the Philippines.
With that, we say THANK YOU.....
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts :)
It got me to believing again that there are still a lot of goodness in this world. That there are still a lot of reasons to smile, that there will always be countless reasons to smile :-) :-) :-)
I'll leave you with this inspiring song. Goodnight guys! GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES :-)
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