Public storm signal #3 is up in Metro Manila and neighboring provinces and cities.
Last night, i had a hard time falling asleep because of the strong gust of wind (yup, one can hear the "blowing" sound of it) and the disturbing sound of house's roofs that one would think they will be blown away any moment. I was paranoid that i might wake up in our 2nd floor room sans the roof!
Then i remember this parody of a tagalog Christmas song i used to hear as a kid (and yeah, i'm also guilty of singing this tune):
Tuwing sasapit ang bagyo
Lumilipad ang mga yero...
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I got up by lunchtime and looked outside to see that the street was already flooded. Thank God it didn't reach inside the house as it usually does when a heavy downpour occurs.
But when i read the news today, oh boy! (hehe! Beatles!) hundreds of families were displaced by floods in Metro Manila.
Typhoon Frank (international codename: Fengshen) left a significant portion of Metro Manila flooded, leaving several thoroughfares impassable to traffic and people, and displacing some 850 families from their homes.
I'm more fortunate than them. And yet i sometimes complain about the house being flooded from inside the bathroom! I should be thankful that i'm still in our house.... and blogging about it.... with all the usual homely comforts that an evacuation center cannot provide.
'nuff said.
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