whapakk.

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: [...]

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 [...]

(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.)
My morning started casually, with me rolling out of bed to go online [...]