Ebi, Kevin and I decided to go out of our house to go to the nearest computer shop. We just can’t stand eavesdropping on our neighbors just to get updates. Our FM radio’s are just not enough.

The first thing I checked? TWITTER!

Twitter is mayhem. Loads of tweets are about updates and rescue messages, messages asking for pledges and volunteers. Miriam Q, Bubbles, Maxene, Ruffa, even Demi Moore, Alyssa Milano and Josh Groban are actively seeking help for those in need. The only thing I can do is to RT. Hoping someone could read my tweet and help! :(

Am so glad a lot are helping. Even celebrities are going out of their way to help. They are the ones who have access anyway. Their tweets could reach many and based on the tweets am reading, a lot are actually helping.

Thank God for Twitter. There are a lot of people that was actually rescued because they tweeted for help. Haaaayy!

I also tried to visit my Facebook account and check out for my friends who are online. So far, some seems OK enough to post love quotes on their FB wall. Thank GOD! :)

I also went OL on my YM account and was able to get in touch with a couple of my closest friends. My friend Jerellt already managed to post a blog about the flood on their place caused by Ondoy.

 

Some of my friends got stranded. I just got a word that my bestfriend walked from Nagtahan to Pandacan. She’s safe. Am glad. Thank God again. :)

 

I checked some news site to get myself updated. I was even able to watch a video where cars are being carried away by the heavy flood. Also some pics of the streets last Saturday. I saw a video from FB where the subway in Ayala Ave is overflowing with rain water.

 

But the pic that almost made me cry is a photo of Mikee Arroyo, at the grocery store looking for a brandy!!! Really!!! Heller Mr. President’s son and Congressman! The whole Philippines are suffering. A lot are cold and wet and hungry and is asking for some help. And there you are! Looking for some brandy! Hu-WOW! And the government is saying we don’t have funds for these types of calamities because guess what? 800M was spent for your Mom’s travels that were supposed to be for Emergencies like these! And guess what again? It was actually Richard Gutierrez who rescued Christine Reyes from their rooftop after staying there for 13hours with her kid nephews and nieces. It was also Judy Ann and Ryan Agoncillo who rescued Gladys Reyes and family. It was a lowly Airport Security Guard who donated his used clothes and some groceries to Red Cross via Twitter/Bubbles Paraiso. Heller! Even the security guard helped and was actually worried for his fellow Filipinos! Grrrrr…

 

Celebrities are busy asking for help. Celebrities are re-tweetting help Tweets! They RT messages from fans asking for help! Instead of the government doing all these, it’s the PRIVATE citizens and private organizations that are doing it.

 

There’s actually a very touching Tweet from Ruffa, she said the people from a POSH village was rescued by their neighboring baranggays who bravely swam to help them. And as far as I know, those “neighboring baranggays” are slum areas. Even poor people who basically have NOTHING helped! Risked their lived and tried to save their fellow Filipinos.

 

I’m tired. I don’t wanna think about it anymore. I feel sorry. I felt angry. But above all, I THANK THE LORD OUR GOD for everything. For every single blessing. For making my friends and family safe. We glorify you Lord! Thank You for everything!

Woke up at around 7:30am and was welcomed by a dark Saturday Morning. Aiza just arrived from work, all wet and extremely exhausted. The rain was continuously pouring the previous night. We all prepared for the day. My housemates Ebi and Kevin went to work and school respectively. I cooked our day’s food eventhough am still not feeling well, and Aiza’s about to go to sleep. Reden was all dressed up since he’s about to go to his folk’s home in Cavite. Everything is normal. Everything seems fine even though it’s raining cats and dogs.

 

At around 11am, I’m all dressed up for work. I was even looking forward to coming to the office coz I have mountain high stuffs that needs to be done. Reden decided to wait for me as he ate first before leaving. Then we noticed something peculiar. There’s water outside our house. And not just the typical rain water I tell you. It looks like the river was just transferred on our area! And the water was flowing wild! Tsk! Tsk! So we decided to wait for an hour or two.

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At around 5pm, we have accepted the fact that our area is flooded. Our neighbors are already evacuating. We don’t have appliances and the first level of our house is empty anyway so we just waited for the water to enter our lovely place. And it did. We send an SMS to both Ebi and Kevin and told them to take care on their way home since the Metro is flooded. Both went home fine but wet and so tired! :(

 

So here we are all 5 of us, stranded at home. Without a TV to know what’s happening. Haist! Without internet even. :( No twitter for me for 2 whole days. Huhuhu…

 

But we thank God we’re fine and we’re safe. That I guess is enough. Even better than the others who got stranded. My officemate tried to go to work. He lives in Rizal. And after 2 hours of waiting for any means of transportation that would bring him to our office in Manila to no avail, he decided to go home and walked for 5 whole hours. And guess what? Their place is also flooded and he needed to help his mom fix their stuffs. Whew!

 

I hope tomorrow would be better though. I hope tomorrow when I wake up; our house is all dried up. Puh-lease! Good thing I decided to bring home my laptop last night instead of leaving it in the office like I usually do. Or I’d die of boredom. Tsk! Tsk!

 

BTW, here are some pics of our flooded street. I didn’t even try to step out of the house so I don’t have pics of the “Real” flooded Metro. But am not sorry, I tell you. I’m ok at home. Swear! :)