Typhoon Frank Caught Manila by Surprise!

Grabe yung typhoon Frank noh! I had my shift at that time from 9:30 pm to 6:30 am and when we went down the building to accompany a friend who'll gonna have her yosi break at around 4:00 am, nagulat ako kasi sobra yung hangin pero natawa ako kasi it seems like party mood yung mga tao sa baba na nagyoyosi at parang ang saya saya nila kasi may bagyo. weird. Although we all know that by hook or by crook... kahit bumaha pa ang buong Metropolitan Manila eh never masususpend ang work namin because our clients are in the States. Haay.

Anyways, buti na lang my ever loyal bodyguard Jojo fetched me at around 7:00 am. Kaso di parin kami makauwi that time since sobrang lakas ng hangin. Even my officemates are stranded. So we have no choice but to wait for the perfect time para makatawin sa Holiday Inn where there is more possibility na may makuha kaming taxi. While waiting, nakikita namin kung pano hagupitin ni Frank ang mga billboards, we counted kung ilang payong ang bumaligtad sa harap namin (7 all in all) and ilang employees ng Convergys na pumasok sa office na parang basang sisiw. After 30 long minutes of wait, we've decided to take our chance. We feel na di naman talaga huhupa ang hangin kaya tumakbo na lang kami papuntang kabilang building. Luckily, may taxing dumaan but when Jojo asked if he could take us to Munoz he said we need to add php 30 kasi baha. AMP! Especially pag ganitong bumabagyo, nagsisilabasan talaga ang mga @#z@^@9! Well, we have no choice since I really want to go home na so pumayag na kami. Inisip ko rin na kawawa naman si manong na kailangan pang magtrabaho eventhough its raining really hard. Pag uwi namin sa bahay...no electricity, no dial tone, and worst...no dsl! noooh! I have a deadline today and ok lang yung isa lang but 3 reviews! I am praying really hard na marestore yung dsl that same day but unfortunately, hindi nangyari. Kinabukasan pa ng hapon nagkaroon ng dsl kaya nagkapatong patong na yung tasks ko.

By the way, I saw in the news na there has been a ship of Sulpicio Lines na lumubog. OMG. When I heard the news...wala pang known survivors and grabe pinakita yung picture ng barko na nakabaliktad and yung tip nalang yung barko ang pinakita. Sobrang kinilabutan ako. I thought how could anyone survive in that kind of situation. Well, good thing kanina lang nabalitaan ko from the news na may mga survivors na tumalon from the sinking ship. Sana if not all, most of the passengers sana made it.

We can't control floods, typhoons, natural disasters...but sometimes, things like this happen for a reason. What reason? I myself don't know right now...maybe to provide opportunities for others to help, to show people na things in this world are not permanent, to teach someone a lesson...but one thing is for sure... whatever happens, God is always there when we calls Him and if we put our lives in His hands...kahit ano pa ang mangyari sa atin, alam natin na kagustuhan niya yun and we know that God only wants the best for us. I hope we all learn from this situation we are facing right now. Maybe this is God's way to tap our back and tell us that we need to put back our trust in Him.