You know why should I be thankful? Because I may not have everything, but at lease I never had nothing.
Within my eighteen years of living I never experienced to have everything shattered and almost having nothing. Until May 17, 2008, super typhoon Cosme slowly grinded and blended every post , every bamboo, every wood that makes up our only and little “bahay kubo”. I was totally amazed of how the power winds of Cosme turns every mango tree that surrounds our house. While inside my father told we pray the rosary together, hoping that eventually everything will stop. Surprisingly, after the prayer start everything. My brother cannot already push our door because of so much wind, while my father shouted about fixing our t.v. that was already exposed to the rain. Unexpectedly, I thought my brother was joking that our roof was gone, until I looked up and saw nothing but blurred sky showering me with so much water. Adrenalin was so fast. I was so confused, I don’t know what to do, what should I hold and where to go. I left everything, I hugged my little sister that was trembling and already shaking. We moved out of the house and realized that everything outside was gone. We looked for a place down the house to where we could run and we also found nothing. Until the four of us decided to face the strong winds, pouring rain, running water, dancing trees, flying roofs, uprooting trees, falling wires to evacuate to a safer place about more or less five minutes walk to our grandmother’s house. Wet. Shattered. Crying for help. That was I think the only time that everything happened was shrinking on our minds… laughing, told them every detail of what happened, cracking jokes and eventually realizing that in truth our precious “bahay kubo” that we only had was now gone.
As the night ended, I just smiled thinking that yes, throughout my whole lifetime I never experienced something much, something more than I needed. God just only me a simple family and a simple home made of nipa hut and bamboo to share spectacular unforgettable experiences. But I know I should not grief because to start again to block number one, I have my brother, my sister, my father and away from us my mom. Truly, I never had nothing. =)
Within my eighteen years of living I never experienced to have everything shattered and almost having nothing. Until May 17, 2008, super typhoon Cosme slowly grinded and blended every post , every bamboo, every wood that makes up our only and little “bahay kubo”. I was totally amazed of how the power winds of Cosme turns every mango tree that surrounds our house. While inside my father told we pray the rosary together, hoping that eventually everything will stop. Surprisingly, after the prayer start everything. My brother cannot already push our door because of so much wind, while my father shouted about fixing our t.v. that was already exposed to the rain. Unexpectedly, I thought my brother was joking that our roof was gone, until I looked up and saw nothing but blurred sky showering me with so much water. Adrenalin was so fast. I was so confused, I don’t know what to do, what should I hold and where to go. I left everything, I hugged my little sister that was trembling and already shaking. We moved out of the house and realized that everything outside was gone. We looked for a place down the house to where we could run and we also found nothing. Until the four of us decided to face the strong winds, pouring rain, running water, dancing trees, flying roofs, uprooting trees, falling wires to evacuate to a safer place about more or less five minutes walk to our grandmother’s house. Wet. Shattered. Crying for help. That was I think the only time that everything happened was shrinking on our minds… laughing, told them every detail of what happened, cracking jokes and eventually realizing that in truth our precious “bahay kubo” that we only had was now gone.
As the night ended, I just smiled thinking that yes, throughout my whole lifetime I never experienced something much, something more than I needed. God just only me a simple family and a simple home made of nipa hut and bamboo to share spectacular unforgettable experiences. But I know I should not grief because to start again to block number one, I have my brother, my sister, my father and away from us my mom. Truly, I never had nothing. =)
