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We were persistent to fly to boracay despite the weather. We didn’t expect that the storm would be too harsh. I thought to myself, that it was still okay to go since they hadn’t cancelled any flights yet. We flew by 7AM.
I usually peek from the window plane to appreciate the earth from a bird’s eye view. But there was none. All you could see was just blindingly white sheet of clouds. And if you look to the East, you could see dark gray clouds confirming that ‘Ondoy’ is coming.
The seat belt light was on all through our roller coaster ride. Hell yeah – talk about turbulence galore!
I was so thankful to Him and to our excellent pilot when we finally made it to land. But our calvary didn’t end there..
After our long, slippery, and winding road trip from airport to seaport, we were stranded and couldn’t reach the Island yet. Coast guard suspended all the ferries. It was already past 1PM when they let us go asea and they made sure that everyone was wearing their life vest even though it was just a 5-minute ferry ride — Yes! it was just 5 minutes! (But I just couldn’t blame ‘em).
As we have arrived to our Haven, we turned on the TV and saw a disturbing and ‘inconvenient’ truth of what was happening in Metro Manila during the times we were complaining on our so-called ‘inconvenient’ trip to Bora.
One word that can describe Ondoy’s wrath — Horrific!
Most of my blogmates had their own experiences with Ondoy:
One fell on a manhole
One had to walk kilometers just to made it through the rain
One got stranded at the office for hours
One almost lost her home.
We can’t complain more when compared to others who have lost almost everything or worse, lost their loved-ones. I can’t bear to see again the pictures and videos posted all over the web about that disastrous typhoon.
As much as we grieve for our loss, we still need to be strong and move forward. It’s amazing how Filipinos were unified during a time like this. We could be everyday heroes.
Cliche as it may seem – “This is not the end, but just the beginning”.
Flight back to Manila – An inspiring view after the storm: Noah’s Covenant.
It may be faint, but it still gives us hopes.
