Living with the thought of Ondoy
It's been almost 4 months. Ondoy damaged almost all of Metro Manila. Pepeng deluded most of Central and Northern Luzon. Why do I have to go back to these sad memories? I think I need to; if only to document in a glimpse our one of a kind experience. I wish it didn't happen. But wishes rarely come true. Marikina, the city where my family lives suffered one of, if not the worst nightmare's a city could ever endure. Why it had to happen, I am definitely sure, was not an act of God. Looking back and bringing myself to that fateful day, I distinctly remember hearing from my transistor radio that Ipo, Angat and Magat, three dams in Central Luzon was about to release or had just released water. I was listening to DZBB. And when I saw from our bedroom window that water was on our street, I kind of grew apprehensive. Is this connected to the water release from the three dams? This has never happened before. It was our 8th year in this subdivision and I have not seen anythin