Thoughts on Habagat

 This post was written last week, during the merciless reign of that stupid Habagat. I just thought of putting it here.

So You Guys Have heard about the storm here in the Philippines? It’s really terrible. The last time we were in a state of calamity like this was nearly three years ago when a similar(though nothing comparable)storm hit us.

The last time I went out was last Wednesday which had the most devastating rains. Ever. At first, it was sunny so we thought “hey, let’s go out. Let’s buy more supplies and let’s go with my dad to his weekly novena in this church 2 millions miles away from home.” Then it fucking rained. Then it stopped. Then it rained harder. Then the cycle goes on and on. My brother had to call home and my sister told him “Oh yeah the flood inside and outside the house that was thigh-high? It’s like stomach deep already.” Which is kinda low in our area since the others are above man level already.

Going home was a pain. It was hard commuting to Baclaran Church(the church my Dad goes to every Wednesday and despite the rains, he was so adamant to go since it was Baclaran day and shit) but it was somewhat easier to go home though hard in the eyes to see the roads going home so flooded. Like the roads in my school was literally a lake during the storm(until now). I see my friends houses so flooded and all. No one is spared in this storm. Not even my rich friends who lived in the exclusive area(which have, like, 10 foot floods and will literally take a few months to vanish). And especially not my friends who live in the lower parts of the area(their houses are fully submerged because they live near the river).

One week of no classes, though most will be happy about it at the mere mention, was hell. Next week is exams week and we have tons to tackle this week had not the strong Southwest Monsoon made us suffer like this. It gives me time to finish my projects for my clearance, but I still get distracted with the fact that the Pacific Ocean is on the lower level of my house or it’s raining cats and dogs outside.

It’s raining now. It’s been a day. We had better weather yesterday. And the weather forecasters say there’s gonna be another LPA which I hope won’t escalate to another monsoon. Let’s just hope it won’t affect this country. It’s been through much already. Too much.