The day that the Philippines was out of the map. This is the first time I've seen this picture of Ondoy. And this typhoon practically erased and paralyzed Metro Manila. Iwasn't able to experience the floods that were chest-deep but the repurcussions of this typhoon was felt even in the very walls of Ateneo.

It was 9am and everything waas dead lock in Katipunan, waters are rising and the storms raged like a fiesty fairy wanting to destroy everything in its path. Since we were in school, we decided to take refuge in our humble org room and waited for everything to settle. While waiting our connection to the outside world was Facebook, I know there isn't any signal in our orgroom but the Globe connection made it worse.

I was trying to contact home but to no avail. We waited and waited up until there was the announcement that we have to stay for the night. Since our org is catered to the fellow Ateneans, we opted to stay and give charging services at the least.

Also, we shifted early in the morning to help out in responding to people in need. I didn't know we can be productive even if we are stranded. Up until now, I can still feel that urgency to help. I'm putting off some academic work so I can help out not just in school but in other places.

Bayanihan can really be seen now, I just hope it'll forever be there and redirected to other things as well. This country needs changing, all we need is an eye-opener.

Written by startled at 07:21 PM.

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