We went to Lolo‘s wake last yesterday. Yes, we traveled again 400+ kilometers in a day. He is going to be interred today but we decided to skip the ceremony.

When we there yesterday, I cornered an aunt and asked her how they were during the Ondoy deluge. She talked about waist-high water in their home which is situated on a high place with ground level at least a meter off the road. My cousin’s car was totally submerged in water and good thing it has auto insurance which covered the damages. Their two other cars had damages too. She even said if was just fortunate one of these cars parked outside their gates didn’t “float and went somewhere else” like their neighbors’.

I know a lot of people went through the same fears like she did, some even worse especially those who lost their love ones and properties. It is good to talk about these fears and recognizing one’s vulnerability to these natural disasters and the preparedness (or lack of it) that we have.

I really hope the new year would usher in new strength and fresh hopes. As the old cliche goes, when we want ourselves (and our conditions) to be better, we start the change with ourselves.

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