On September 26, 2009, our country was hit by the tropical storm Ketsana (locally known as Bagyong Ondoy). We were not expecting an epic flash flood, in fact, we weren't expecting anything extreme that could have driven us to this condition. Yet, it happened. The Philippine Government has declared a STATE OF CALAMITY in over 20 places in Luzon. More than 70 people are now dead, 20+ are missing and an estimate of a hundred thousand are homeless. ^{Those missing people... some of those are people who my friends and I know.}

This is the first time I have ever experienced such a calamity in our country. Although, Bagyong Milenyo was a disaster itself, the impact of Ketsana has far exceeded four decades of any flooding calamities. Water reaching until one-storey houses' rooftops. Although my experience inside my house is nothing compared to those who were/are still waiting for rescuers at the top of their houses, it still added to my desire to let people see that this is what we reap with the things we have done. We have to prevent this rather than thinking of what we can do after the danger has passed.

I'm not able to personally offer any help to the people who are suffering from Ketsana or in general, so all I do is just pray and try my best to let other people realize that there are those who really need our help. May it be little or not. So please, if you can (and I know you have the ability to) please pray for our fellow countrymen.


I wish to see people happy, and I'm sure that whoever is reading this wishes for that too... even if it's a bit of happiness, I wish I can offer that to the people around me. So, pray with me and let's do something about it.


Thank you to all my friends, watchers, acquaintances, teachers and everybody out there who I met...

--Diana


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