Talk about Global Warming
It's forty minutes past one o'clock and I am pleased to inform you that I just reached home. Haha. Really.
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Ngayon ko lang naexperience ma-stranded at ngayon alam ko na ang feeling. Mahirap palang magpigil pag naiihi ka na at baha sa paligid mo. Haha.
Grabe, I left DLSU around 12 noon pa, I reached Monumento probably 12:30 and I had my lunch then. The jeepney I caught left the terminal around 1 and it took about 12 hours before I reached home. That was the longest journey I ever had in my entire life.
At sa sobrang dami kong nakita at naexperience today, I don't know if I should feel glad or sad, if I should regret ever having to leave the house despite the typhoon or to be thankful because I did and at least I got to experience and see the things I did.
I choose to be on the bright side.
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Have you ever wondered kung binabaha din ba ang infamous De La Salle University-Manila?
Haha. The answer is Yes. Susceptible din pala sa baha ang Taft fortress natin. I have photos to prove it. Haha.
I went there today to chance up on the DVD for the yearbook. I didn't consider na baka wala palang tao sa G&W office kasi bumabagyo. So I ended up wandering around the campus. Which was not an easy task, mind you, considering SJ walk was flooded. Haha. The side of LS leading to the exit to Cello's was also flooded. The walkway between the library and SJ was flooded, too. So was the latter part of the first floor SJ building (the half towards William Hall). Discipline Officers in barefoot was a pretty funny sight for me. Haha.
Bad choice of date for me, I guess. Instead of seeing my friends, I ended up seeing Taft River. Haha.
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I stayed in the jeep for hours. My bum hurts from sitting for roughly 11 hours. I swear it's flat already. (Haha. Overshare! Haha.)
Lahat ata ng exits sa NLEX binaha. Humapa na nga yun nang lagay na yun eh (nagkalat ang mga water lily at basura sa kalsada, both sides), but still, mataas pa din ang tubig that only one lane was passable, two if you're a brave soul.
At dahil bumili ako ng bagong libro before I went home (P.S. I love you by Cecelia Ahern na recommended by Fidji), I was able to stay put sa jeep and wait till we get a little closer to home. Pero nung nakalampas na ng Bocaue Exit at natapos ko na yung libro ko (yes, in one forced seating), I decided to walk. And, man, I was not prepared for what I saw.
Whoever put a river in the middle of the freaking expressway? Seriously! The whole road was covered with water! And it transcended to the part going South! (I was going North.) My gosh, I thought I would have had to swim my way across. You realize that it was a little before midnight and the air was so cold, the water was freezing and I was not prepared to die from pneumonia or any sort of disease that the water might carry. Bitchy, I know.
Buti na lang, merong shallow part na hindi ko kailangang languyin but still reached up to my thighs. I suppose it was high considering I am quite tall naman. And I thought to myself, "The world is ending and it's so sad, I'm going to die alone." Haha. Melodramatic, I know, pero kamusta naman ang hallucinations natin, nagugutom na ko! Hahahaha.
But it was really bad. Cause I had to walk about a kilometer or two bago ako marescue ng parents ko. Hahaha. At sa mga nadaanan ko, my goodness, for the life of me, I could not imagine what those poor people did when the water came. Walls were brought down on the road, blocking the main highway. Mud covered the pavement, stones were all over the place. I think I was lucky enough to be stranded all those hours. Imagine, if I was there when the big water came, inside the jeepney, maybe there's no more me. And I would have had to spend my last breath with complete strangers. How sad.
Sabi ko nga sa nanay ko na feeling ko nung naglalakad ako from Bocaue to where they were, para akong nasa isang eksena sa pelikula. The movie that comes to mind was War of the Worlds but I'm not sure if that's the appropriate one. Brown-out kasi sa nadaanan ko. And people were trying to get rid of the road block and others were trying to get past the flooded part of the street. Sabi ko, parang may dumaang bagyo (syempre ang tanga lang ng ginamit kong idea noh?) tapos people were trying to recover, na one by one they're getting out of their houses and look out. Something like that. Yes, my imagination always gets the better of me on this kind of occassion.
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So, like I said, I choose to look on the bright side.
Nung naglalakad ako and I saw all those ruins, nagmadali ako. You want to know why? I wanted to see if my family was okay. Hindi binabaha ang bahay namin, not once in my memory, then again, yung mga nadaanan ko, hindi rin usually binabaha. So I got really afraid and I prayed na sana okay lang sila. At salamat sa Diyos, okay lang naman. Although yung bahay ng tita ko na hindi na binabaha in some years or so, binaha na naman. Well, at least they're okay.
Sabi ko nga sa nanay at tatay ko, if I hadn't left the house this morning (or yesterday's? Whatever.), hindi ko maeexperience ang mga naexperience ko. So even if I didn't get to see my friends (for which I was thankful na hindina sila tumuloy dahil siguradong stranded din sila), I still get to have a great experience albeit a little tiring.
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I believe my bed is calling for me already and my pillow is demanding that I be cuddled by it. So I shall be off. Good night!
***
Ngayon ko lang naexperience ma-stranded at ngayon alam ko na ang feeling. Mahirap palang magpigil pag naiihi ka na at baha sa paligid mo. Haha.
Grabe, I left DLSU around 12 noon pa, I reached Monumento probably 12:30 and I had my lunch then. The jeepney I caught left the terminal around 1 and it took about 12 hours before I reached home. That was the longest journey I ever had in my entire life.
At sa sobrang dami kong nakita at naexperience today, I don't know if I should feel glad or sad, if I should regret ever having to leave the house despite the typhoon or to be thankful because I did and at least I got to experience and see the things I did.
I choose to be on the bright side.
***
Have you ever wondered kung binabaha din ba ang infamous De La Salle University-Manila?
Haha. The answer is Yes. Susceptible din pala sa baha ang Taft fortress natin. I have photos to prove it. Haha.
I went there today to chance up on the DVD for the yearbook. I didn't consider na baka wala palang tao sa G&W office kasi bumabagyo. So I ended up wandering around the campus. Which was not an easy task, mind you, considering SJ walk was flooded. Haha. The side of LS leading to the exit to Cello's was also flooded. The walkway between the library and SJ was flooded, too. So was the latter part of the first floor SJ building (the half towards William Hall). Discipline Officers in barefoot was a pretty funny sight for me. Haha.
Bad choice of date for me, I guess. Instead of seeing my friends, I ended up seeing Taft River. Haha.
***
I stayed in the jeep for hours. My bum hurts from sitting for roughly 11 hours. I swear it's flat already. (Haha. Overshare! Haha.)
Lahat ata ng exits sa NLEX binaha. Humapa na nga yun nang lagay na yun eh (nagkalat ang mga water lily at basura sa kalsada, both sides), but still, mataas pa din ang tubig that only one lane was passable, two if you're a brave soul.
At dahil bumili ako ng bagong libro before I went home (P.S. I love you by Cecelia Ahern na recommended by Fidji), I was able to stay put sa jeep and wait till we get a little closer to home. Pero nung nakalampas na ng Bocaue Exit at natapos ko na yung libro ko (yes, in one forced seating), I decided to walk. And, man, I was not prepared for what I saw.
Whoever put a river in the middle of the freaking expressway? Seriously! The whole road was covered with water! And it transcended to the part going South! (I was going North.) My gosh, I thought I would have had to swim my way across. You realize that it was a little before midnight and the air was so cold, the water was freezing and I was not prepared to die from pneumonia or any sort of disease that the water might carry. Bitchy, I know.
Buti na lang, merong shallow part na hindi ko kailangang languyin but still reached up to my thighs. I suppose it was high considering I am quite tall naman. And I thought to myself, "The world is ending and it's so sad, I'm going to die alone." Haha. Melodramatic, I know, pero kamusta naman ang hallucinations natin, nagugutom na ko! Hahahaha.
But it was really bad. Cause I had to walk about a kilometer or two bago ako marescue ng parents ko. Hahaha. At sa mga nadaanan ko, my goodness, for the life of me, I could not imagine what those poor people did when the water came. Walls were brought down on the road, blocking the main highway. Mud covered the pavement, stones were all over the place. I think I was lucky enough to be stranded all those hours. Imagine, if I was there when the big water came, inside the jeepney, maybe there's no more me. And I would have had to spend my last breath with complete strangers. How sad.
Sabi ko nga sa nanay ko na feeling ko nung naglalakad ako from Bocaue to where they were, para akong nasa isang eksena sa pelikula. The movie that comes to mind was War of the Worlds but I'm not sure if that's the appropriate one. Brown-out kasi sa nadaanan ko. And people were trying to get rid of the road block and others were trying to get past the flooded part of the street. Sabi ko, parang may dumaang bagyo (syempre ang tanga lang ng ginamit kong idea noh?) tapos people were trying to recover, na one by one they're getting out of their houses and look out. Something like that. Yes, my imagination always gets the better of me on this kind of occassion.
***
So, like I said, I choose to look on the bright side.
Nung naglalakad ako and I saw all those ruins, nagmadali ako. You want to know why? I wanted to see if my family was okay. Hindi binabaha ang bahay namin, not once in my memory, then again, yung mga nadaanan ko, hindi rin usually binabaha. So I got really afraid and I prayed na sana okay lang sila. At salamat sa Diyos, okay lang naman. Although yung bahay ng tita ko na hindi na binabaha in some years or so, binaha na naman. Well, at least they're okay.
Sabi ko nga sa nanay at tatay ko, if I hadn't left the house this morning (or yesterday's? Whatever.), hindi ko maeexperience ang mga naexperience ko. So even if I didn't get to see my friends (for which I was thankful na hindina sila tumuloy dahil siguradong stranded din sila), I still get to have a great experience albeit a little tiring.
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I believe my bed is calling for me already and my pillow is demanding that I be cuddled by it. So I shall be off. Good night!