Clueless: My Revelations: after the storm..

Monday, October 02, 2006

after the storm..

MOOD: bored..
MUSIC: Someday - Nina

And with the title, i meant it literally. Hahaha.

I'm still a little hang up over the long weekend that passed. Kinda bitin nga eh. Tipong just when i was beginning to relax, back to work uli ako.

Thursday morning. I woke up coz it was raining hard outside, and i could see the trees outside swaying side to side. I honestly had no idea that there was a typhoon. Actually, i had, but i didn't think much of it. All there was in my mind was ang sarap pang matulog, di na ako papasok. I texted Arjay that i might not go to work. Malakas ang ulan, at baha. Siya na rin mismo nagsabi na wag na kaming pumasok. Little did i know that, it was actually going to happen later that day. 10 am, the power went out. By noon, it was like dusk already, since the skies were dark, and the rain poured hard. News (courtesy of our battery-powered am/fm radio) flashed that typhoon Milenyo *not Manilenyo, as what someone said, hahaha* will hit the area at 2pm. 2pm came, me and my brothers were outside, under the rain, goofing off. Ang saya diba? Hahaha.:D Then an hour later, biglang tapos na. Okay na yung panahon. Mahangin pa rin, pero di na masyadong malakas. May ulan pa, pero ambon-ambon na lang. We strolled around the village, and saw the devastation. Fallen trees. Lamp posts 45-70 degrees from the ground. Yung gate nga nung Bumbay na kapitbahay namin, bumagsak. Pagtingala namin ng bahay, kulang na yung antenna namin *na nilipad pala papuntang bubong ng kapitbahay namin*. And worst, walang kuryente.

Friday came. Exact opposite ng nagdaang araw. Umaaraw at mainit. At wala pa ring kuryente. Wala na rin sana akong balak pumasok sa work, kaso sabi ni Arjay pasok na lang kami, dahil baka pauwiin din kami pag ala pang power. E di kahit, i was cruising the crimson wave, i got ready for work. Only to be met by a non-moving traffic an hour later along EDSA *may mg billboards kasing bumagsak at nagkalat ang iba pang debris sa highway*. Naisip namin, magtext na lang sa IP namin na di kami papasok. At dahil wala ngang kuryente, at lowbatt si Arjay, we went to school *halos makalbo rin yung mga puno sa parking lot sa dami ng dahong nagkalat sa lupa*, headed for the CPO, and asked Miss Eloi kung pwedeng maki-charge ng phone. Moments later, dumating na rin si Miss Jona. At yun, bonding galore kami til lunch. Got home afterwards, and found out, la pa ring electricity. Ang tanging lifeline, ang telepono. Hehehe.

By Saturday, bored to death na ako. Ubos na battery ng mp3 player ko. Natapos ko na lahat ng Tagalog pocketbooks na nahiram ko. Tatlong araw na rin ata akong walang matinong inom ng malamig na tubig. So, what i did was, inaya ko si Ate Joan (teacher/border sa bahay) kung gusto niya manood ng movie. She said yes, since bagot na rin siya. Ton tagged along. We saw Zoom. Pag uwi namin, expected ko na. Wala pa rin kuryente. Haaay! Mahabang, maalinsangang gabi na naman.

Sunday 7 am. I woke up feeling cool air brushing against my legs. I opened my eyes, and saw the fan *which i switched on the night before hoping na bumalik ang power by midnight* na umaandar. Haaay! Sa wakas. Of course, bangon agad ako, bukas ng TV at nood maghapon. Charge na rin ng phone, sabay text kay Irish na may kuryente na kami. Note: Andaya kasi eh, sa kanila, Friday pa lang, may kuryente na sila.

Also, the day provided a family bonding moment for the whole family. Wala pa rin kasing kuryente kina Kuya, kahit na sa kabilang kanto lang namin sila nakatira *may malaki kasing poste ng kuryente na natumba sa malapit sa kanila*. We had lunch and dinner at our place. And things didn't end there. Kuya's family stayed the night. Inayos agad namin ang sleeping arrangements namin. Kuya nd Hipag slept on my bed. Ma and Jazmin *niece* slept on Ton's bed. Pa and CJ *nephew* slept in my parents' room. Me and Ton slept on Lola's.

It was more of a fun than a boring weekend for me. Too bad, i just can't extend it. Haaay!

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Anonymous had this to say

Milenyo *not Manilenyo, as what someone said, hahaha*.. sinong nagsabi nyan?.. nakakatawa naman.. hahahaha.. =)