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It was three in the afternoon, I had nothing to do; Jules was hogging the PlayStation 3 and there was nothing good on TV. I just napped for two hours and I wasn’t about to let the day be a complete waste, so I decided to charge up my camera’s battery and clear my memory [...]

After staying for a little more than three months in Eastwood City because of the floods brought about by Ondoy late last year, we’re finally back in Antipolo. We moved back a week ago, and the first thought I had when I stepped back into this house for the first time in three months was: [...]

The last couple of weeks has been a blur. So many changes, both planned and unplanned, have really pushed a lot of new things into the limelight. I’m beginning to shift my focus on to things I’ve neglected, and I realized that from last year to now, I really haven’t been able to achieve a [...]

It sounds normal. Everything looks a bit more regular now.
But it’s not. I have a friend who’s in Dubai right now who lived with her family in Brookside, Pasig City, and she told me last night that they lost everything to the flood. Her family’s safe, but as to their belongings, none was spared. It [...]

9.52AM. The sounds of helicopters buzzing woke me up. The ground floor of our house was filled with murky brown waters, and so was outside. Neighbors were laughing, joking around, but I am assuming everyone here had to make do with some sacrifices, damages.
Two of our pets died. There was nothing we could do.
I don’t [...]

(This is part of a long journal entry I made over the weekend, being part of the areas critically affected by the storm Ondoy. I couldn’t post it right away because we had to shut the electricity down before the flood got in.)
1.27AM. I woke up with a jolt to the sound of drizzle outside [...]