Yesterday, my husband was telling me if we can already buy some paints for our mud-stricken walls and ceiling. Although we already cleaned our house, we left the part of the wall and the ceiling beyond our reach. At the same time, we still fear that another typhoon will come that may cause great flooding, talk about trauma… In short, we do not want to completely clean-up and remodel because of the fear and trauma for another flooding.

Let me show you what happened to our house visually through this photos –

Terrible, right? It was very sad that for almost a week, we can’t even glimpse our floor tiles. It was hard for us to simply rise from the mud as what we only have were covered by it. What we saved from our meager salaries, we invest on improving our small abode. When people tell you get over it, it’s all gone, I hope they would understand that it is not that easy as “those things” were the only ones we had. Of course we will rise again, but allow us some time to do that. These are hard times, more so for people who do not have any means of “bouncing back” to life.

With God’s love, everything will fall into place once again. Someday.

Related posts:

1. My Ondoy Stress Report
2. Typhoon Ondoy Chronicle: Realizations from the Water
3. Devastated by Typhoon Ondoy

First, up to this time, I still do not have a broadband connection. For a month now, I’ve been persistent in calling up Globe telecom, almost everyday, and each time I can get through them, to beg them to reinstall my broadband as I need it badly. Up to this time though, nothing has been done, no restoration was made.

Second, there were so many things I needed to attend to. One of the very immediate is cleaning up. the signs of mud flooding our house’ first and second floors, are still visible and tainting the appearance of almost every corner of our small and cramped abode. Since we threw away our cabinets, tables and drawers, our dishes, clothes and other stuff, are scattered on the floor and everywhere else. There’s a big improvement in the physical aspect of our house since the Ondoy tragedy but much is needed to be done to put a little order in our home.

The last reason, I will disclose to you in the next days. Hopefully, Globe will soon restore my broadband connection so I can blog again for this site’s readers. In summary, my days and nights are too full that sleep and relaxation seemed a luxury to me which I was not able to afford. My only hope is that after all these physical and mental stress I’ve been undergoing, the effect would be that of weight loss pills. At least, if that desired effect would be realized, I would feel good that there is something positive about all these stressful events.

This is not a complain though. Don’t get me wrong. I know everything happened for a reason and I’m looking at this Ondoy tragedy in a positive point of view so learning will overcome the losses.

Related posts:

1. Devastated by Typhoon Ondoy
2. Typhoon Ondoy Chronicle: Realizations from the Water
3. Rising from the Mud

Yes, our family was among the thousands of Marikenyos which lives and properties were devastated by the typhoon and are now survivors of the legendary Ondoy. I wanted to write about our experiences, our pleas, our hopes, but technology, during the times of calamities, are worthless, at least in my case. It is only today that I am able to taste again the usefullness of internet so I can share to the whole world what happened to our family, to our community, and to our city. What’s left of it after Ondoy…

Since my laptop was also flooded, I had to use a friend’s PC to write this article on Ondoy. Little by little, I will unfold the horrors of the typhoon in this site. I would like to invite you also to share your Ondoy photos, stories, and messages. You may send them via the contact form or through my email at marikenya@yahoo.com.

Our community needs help — clothes, beddings, foams, kitchen utensils, water pails, basins, towels, blankets… among others. If you wish to help our community, please contact me. I can help organize the relief operations in our area. Please help directly the communities savaged by the typhoon so the support will be given to those who really need it.

Please reach out and help.

Related posts:

1. Typhoon Ondoy Chronicle: Realizations from the Water
2. My Ondoy Stress Report
3. Rising from the Mud