So after three weeks....
Friends have been nagging me to update my blog. A lot of major events have taken place since I made a detailed account of my diving experience but the busy schedule got in the way. In fact, I am multi tasking as I write this entry. My singapore boss is blabbing away the 2007 plan as I recall the memory of the past three weeks.
For one, there was Milenyo. Eveyone has a story to tell about his fury (should have been Milenya, right? Aren't typhoons named after women...?) and as for me, it's enough to say God took care of me and my mom the whole time that Milenyo was venting our his anger that morning . But I just have one very significant story to tell.
Height of the typhoon and I was seated quietly in one corner of my room trying to dispell the fear that was slowly creeping in. I've never heard the sound of the wind that strong that it was giving me goosebumps. I got several text messages from friends asking for prayer intercession as they encounter the typhoon up close & personal -- a friend's son was stranded alone in EDSA, our church's roof was hit hard by a debri and has 3 large holes, an officemate's car was hit by a billboard.. so on & so forth.
As I closed my eyes to pray, I heard a knock on my bedroom's door. My mom, trying to look calm & composed, told me that a mango tree in our parking area got uprooted and crashed on some parked cars. I suddenly felt all too jittery as I tried to recall where I parked mine. Early that morning, my neighbor woke me up bec. my car was blocking hers. I had to park my car then in the area that was far from all the trees & posts. I was relieved to have done that earlier that day.. not at all anticipating the devastation the typhoon will bring, I was just awed to recall that it all happened bec. of God's orchestration. God knew exactly what will happen and protected me from it. Later that day as the weather got better, I went out to check the extent of damage. I wasn't prepared to see what I saw -- the mango tree's large branches were on top of three cars, another huge tree fell and took together with it a large electrical post, causing the transmitters to explode. The whole street leading to the main one was covered with broken branches and glasses, it was completely unpassable. I've never seen such damage so close to home (literally & figuratively), that all I could do was thank God for sparing me and beg God to comfort those affected.
Milenyo seemed to have achieved what it came to do. But we are Pinoys.. experts in handling tragedies. Maybe not in terms of social development but definitely in managing our emotional well being. Milenyo is maybe a strong typhoon... but really.. to us.. it is just another typhoon. And that will not stop us from enjoying life.. even storming the malls for any possible good bargain after the storm..
Simple Abundance: My car was parked 3 cars away from where the mango tree fell. Really... it could have been my car... so really, God knows. I can never thank God enough...
For one, there was Milenyo. Eveyone has a story to tell about his fury (should have been Milenya, right? Aren't typhoons named after women...?) and as for me, it's enough to say God took care of me and my mom the whole time that Milenyo was venting our his anger that morning . But I just have one very significant story to tell.
Height of the typhoon and I was seated quietly in one corner of my room trying to dispell the fear that was slowly creeping in. I've never heard the sound of the wind that strong that it was giving me goosebumps. I got several text messages from friends asking for prayer intercession as they encounter the typhoon up close & personal -- a friend's son was stranded alone in EDSA, our church's roof was hit hard by a debri and has 3 large holes, an officemate's car was hit by a billboard.. so on & so forth.
As I closed my eyes to pray, I heard a knock on my bedroom's door. My mom, trying to look calm & composed, told me that a mango tree in our parking area got uprooted and crashed on some parked cars. I suddenly felt all too jittery as I tried to recall where I parked mine. Early that morning, my neighbor woke me up bec. my car was blocking hers. I had to park my car then in the area that was far from all the trees & posts. I was relieved to have done that earlier that day.. not at all anticipating the devastation the typhoon will bring, I was just awed to recall that it all happened bec. of God's orchestration. God knew exactly what will happen and protected me from it. Later that day as the weather got better, I went out to check the extent of damage. I wasn't prepared to see what I saw -- the mango tree's large branches were on top of three cars, another huge tree fell and took together with it a large electrical post, causing the transmitters to explode. The whole street leading to the main one was covered with broken branches and glasses, it was completely unpassable. I've never seen such damage so close to home (literally & figuratively), that all I could do was thank God for sparing me and beg God to comfort those affected.
Milenyo seemed to have achieved what it came to do. But we are Pinoys.. experts in handling tragedies. Maybe not in terms of social development but definitely in managing our emotional well being. Milenyo is maybe a strong typhoon... but really.. to us.. it is just another typhoon. And that will not stop us from enjoying life.. even storming the malls for any possible good bargain after the storm..
Simple Abundance: My car was parked 3 cars away from where the mango tree fell. Really... it could have been my car... so really, God knows. I can never thank God enough...
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