this typhoon's been so.. surprising and crazy and terrible! and scary how fast all this devastation happened!
just the other day, friday night ,i was at my friend's birthday party in marikina, we were all happy and having fun. sunday morning when the electricity came back i saw how her area was one of those that were flooded til the roofs of the houses. when i finally got to contact her, i found out "only" the first floor of their house was flooded. but even then the water was up to the ceiling. thank god she was safe. but when you think about all the others... D: and then so much people we know are really really affected and still stuck and everything. and this time its not about people in a distant province or whatever, its about people we grew up with and people who we see everyday who are still missing and unreachable and in need of help. and to top that we hear news about GMA spending 800m of emergency funds on useless spending on foreign visits. makes you think we're really on a downward spiral.
and then we hear about everyone helping everyone, and so quickly, and donations pouring in, so many acts of kindess and then it makes you have some hope in humanity again. just got home from going to the cov courts ateneo this evening with my neighbors to help out, and it was tiring and hectic, but ive never felt so hopeful and optimistic about the future. everyone was working together and so energetic and even as we left donations were still coming in. sounds so corny in this entry but basta, cant express how depressing and hopeful it is at the same time!! there IS hope.
just the other day, friday night ,i was at my friend's birthday party in marikina, we were all happy and having fun. sunday morning when the electricity came back i saw how her area was one of those that were flooded til the roofs of the houses. when i finally got to contact her, i found out "only" the first floor of their house was flooded. but even then the water was up to the ceiling. thank god she was safe. but when you think about all the others... D: and then so much people we know are really really affected and still stuck and everything. and this time its not about people in a distant province or whatever, its about people we grew up with and people who we see everyday who are still missing and unreachable and in need of help. and to top that we hear news about GMA spending 800m of emergency funds on useless spending on foreign visits. makes you think we're really on a downward spiral.
and then we hear about everyone helping everyone, and so quickly, and donations pouring in, so many acts of kindess and then it makes you have some hope in humanity again. just got home from going to the cov courts ateneo this evening with my neighbors to help out, and it was tiring and hectic, but ive never felt so hopeful and optimistic about the future. everyone was working together and so energetic and even as we left donations were still coming in. sounds so corny in this entry but basta, cant express how depressing and hopeful it is at the same time!! there IS hope.
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