Typoon Ondoy: The Sudden Disaster...

I haven't blogged in a REALLY LONG TIME but my mom insisted I blogged so I could remember everything that happened.

So I woke up around 9 am because I had a dentist appointment at 10. My brother had woken up earlier than me because he had to go to tutor for he had a Chinese test coming up. He ate instant noodles which he loves so much and left.

My mom went with me to fix our condo in the Fort because my sisters and 3 of their friends were planning to go to a party and crashing out at our flat in Fairways. I arrived at the dentist at around 11 and I got to my condo at 1.

We then found out that my brother did not have chinese tutor anymore so my driver was going back home. My mom specifically told the driver not to pass Aurora Blvd. but "being as smart as he was"... he passed it anyway. -.-

They couldn't move anymore so they drove the car to a Caltex station. It was quite elevated so the water did not reach them. All my brother and driver had to eat were some snacks and juice and milk which our maids packed for him. They decided to stay there until the water went down but it just kept rising. My brother fell asleep in the car and when he woke up, water had entered the BMW. Since our car was low, they evacuated it and stayed in a jeepney. There were other people in that Caltex station as well.

At first, the water was only at knee level and the only thing we were concerned about is that my brother wouldn't get wet. But then it reached waist level. So my mom planned for some of our helpers to bring an inflatable raft with them to put my brother on. It was too late, the water raised even more and the water current became stronger. So we were trying to look for a way to get to him. Even though they wouldn't bring him back, at least there would be other people to make sure he was safe.

I'm too tired to blog about the whole thing but the short cut is my mom and I were imagining the worst and we were so SOOOOO stressed and scared. because the driver's phone died. The water rised even more and the building beside it had water reaching the 3rd floor!



But thankfully the water never reached them and my brother was in the jeepney the whole time.

My brother did not eat for 14 hours!!!

This was a tragedy for many people because lives were lost and so far 134 dead 32 missing

Please donate to philredcross and pray for the people who lost everything.