Nov. 09, 2013 - Yung time na gumising ako sa umaga tapos nakita ko sa mga news(all channels) yung nangyari sa TACLOBAN and other parts of Eastern Visayas(Leyte, Samar). Shocked! Coz I never thought that the devastation would be as bad as it has been. Admittedly, the other day, I never bothered to watch news about those storms, although I could read them in the newspapers, I never worried and educate myself about what a Super storm is, because in my mindset: its just another storm of the year. Were used to it. I never thought of any possibilities like what happened. Everything was ruined. Thousands of people vanished, according to the reports. Bigla akong kinabahan. Nanginig, na parang giniginaw! Parang yung mga laman mo gumagalaw na kinikilabutan ka sa mga nakikita mo sa TV Screen. Bodies hanging and laying everywhere. Reporters are in tears. Everything was like a dream---a nightmare. It was the first time that I heard the word Storm surge, as well. Sa isip ko, hala, yung family ko! Crying inside, I keenly gathered news. Called everyone that would give me some information. My hands were shaking as I hold my phone, and frantically contacting unresponsive numbers. Hoping it will ring, even when I know that the signal there is down. Hours have passed, and my binocular is still nailed on TV. This time Im not shaking anymore, but still stunned by the news. That morning I was impalpable. Until a news arrived: Basey, washed out daw, maraming patay at di pa tiyak kung ilan.(or something to that effect) By hearing that news, napasigaw ako ng: Oh my God!, yung family ko? I felt very nervous. Palakad-lakad na di alam ang gagawin at saan pupunta. Until I found myself in the corner. Napaisip ko: What if namatay yung family ko;silang lahat? what will happen to me? How would I feel? Kakayanin ko ba? Kawawa naman sila; si mama, papa, Boboy, Bing2, at Tonton. Anu kayang nangyari sa kanila? Inabot din kaya sila nung storm surge? Imposible! Malayo kami sa dagat!--baka naman nabagsakan ng puno yung bahay namin---or was hit by flying objects like, yero, plywood, or anu! Sinusuntok-suntok ko yung ulo ko---Ang dami kong naiisip--umalis kayo sa isip ko! That day mismo wala na akong ganang pumasok sa work---nakatutuk lang ako sa TV---late na ko, pero pumasok parin. At work tulala di alam ang gagawin. My relatives were calling me if I have any information sa province, and my answer was very much in the negative. That day mismo, gusto kong umuwi--kahit wala akong pera, sabi ko, mangungutang ako, bahala na! But sad to say, the roads are impassable daw. Baka ma-stranded lang daw ako. So nag-decide nalang akong mag-stay nalang at maghintay ng balita. Every day, kinakabahan ako. Pagkagising ko, sa TV agad ang punta--walang hilamos-hilamos. Dagdag pa yung mga Haka-haka na may mga namatay daw sa Can-abay at ang San Antonio(both neighbor baranggays) daw nilamon ng storm surge, at halos wala daw mga bahay na nakatayo. Lalo akong kinabahan! Come few days, and at last! May na-contact na rin ako samin. Sabi, OK lang daw sila at wala naman daw namatay sa area namin. May ilang houses nga lang daw na nasira at may food shortage pero wala naman daw namatay. Nung marinig ko yun walang pagsidlan ang tuwa ko at napasigaw ako ng Thank God! #RememberingYolanda11.08.13 #STYolanda #Haiyan
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 23:15:40 +0000
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