positivity...

To start off... there are a lot of things that I can write about Ondoy or pepeng.. take a pick my sister lives in Cainta at least on the weekends, my moms relatives lives in Calasiao Pangasinan and Cucci's family is in Nueva ecija...

for weeks almost everybody cant function well... what will my siblings do one week no classes... planned vacations ruined... everything was stopped... and it was all so sudden so terrible. 

I read a dozen blogs about their experience and it was horrible and I... I just don't want to add up to all the negativity that envelopes the whole of Luzon. Me I never wanted to make a mark, never wanted to change everything... Past is past but we Filipinos must move on... lets turn things around lets make or create something positive out of the negativity that surrounds us right now... and what better way to start is to be thankful for the BLESSINGS ONDOY or KATSUNA brought us.

Speaking for myself... the day after Ondoy we woke up accessing the damage... after a few hours of depressing moments... No electricity... No food... we decided to throw everything away... our house is situated on high grounds, on our street flood is not a usual sight. On that day the water on the street rose to a level alarming to everyone... the entire neighborhood decided to shut down the main switch and we soon followed. around afternoon water crawled slowly inside and during that time only a few of our neighbors have battery operated radios that time... so you could imagine how clueless everyone is about whats happening in the nearby cities. cellphones are now useless by this time and we don't know when the electricity will resume... Meralco now cuts the power on our street... speaking about turning things positive... knowing my mom... she barely throw away anything... first she was afraid of cockroaches second every little thing has sentimental value to her... going back to the day after tom... as I woke up I checked on my parents who's sleeping safe and sound at their room. My brothers, my nephew, my bro's Gf and my sis and her husband... all ok... I tried to open my phone, and I twitted for a while since my routers non existent I used up my available balance and during this time I was shocked and at the same time THANKFUL that looking at the dark house in front of me... a glimpse of hope soon will rise. 

Oh well... cutting the long story short, we threw everything just keeping what we value most and OMG... it was a relief. viewing our house it looks empty at least the first floor...most of our things were just lying down on the floor old magazines... paper plates (we use that before since no one wants to wash dishes after each and every meal) old lamps... old chairs... even and old table... I even threw a stash of cassette tapes... a whole cabinet to be exact... bottom line we had fun reminiscing the past and this is the first time that the 5 of us me and my 4 siblings cleans the house TOGETHER... sister scrubbing the walls since she had a kid... my little brothers ages 15 and 13 scrubbing floors and another brother moving furniture's... we opened the garden hose and sprayed water at the living room... pure fun... 

so number 1 on my list of positivity... Togetherness... 

It's so sad to admit that Ondoy brought us closer to each other but its a start.

Second... I mentioned that my sister lives in Cainta on weekends... Friday night, they decided to postpone the trip so my sister can attend to her medical check up and rest before the check up. its a good thing since she had a 3 yr old kid and a 7 yr old step daughter that's with her mom during that time. so its a blessing in disguise. I considered it as a blessing even though my brother in-law's parents were stuck on top of their roof... now ask me why? If I am stuck in a situation that I cant do anything... it would certainly be at peace knowing that my love ones is safe. that would be 4 less person to worry about right. 

Number 2 on my list is... It made us THANK GOD for the little things that we have and appreciate LIFE more.

Third, Knowing that a relative is on their roof without food and shelter... it made us PRAY...

Number 3 on my list is... It brings us Closer to GOD.

Fourth, I spent all night on twitter,FB and other social networks to check out news of our missing relatives. victims started twitting about their conditions and its a good thing that they did... a lot of people started responding and Retwitting their twits... Its BAYANIHAN or PEOPLE POWER all over again on a higher level...

Number 4 on my list is... Heroism.

The list would go on and on but one thing is clear... ON A POSITIVE NOTE... THE TYPHOON BROUGHT US TOGETHER TO APPRECIATE LIFE AND REVIVE OUR FAITH... FOR EVERY FILIPINO STAND OUT AND BECOME A HERO ON THAT DAY.