It has been quite a while since Ondoy has passed but it seems that the umpleasant memories I had with Ondoy will never go away. I have tried so many times to make a blog about this but I failed... until this day when I was able to muster all the courage I have to retell the story...
Sept 26, 2009
7:30 am
I just got at the tricycle area of St Joseph, needless to say I have to take a trike because i was anticipating the flooded part at the subdivision entrance. The drainage was bad so a little rain gets the area flooded. When I got to our house, I was a little bit surprised because there was water on the street adjacent to Leo. It never happened before. That day I was rushing home because I was supposed to join some colleagues and friends for a team bonding in Angono along with my son Bobet. Due to the weather though I cancelled my plans to join them. I couldn't risk taking Bobet out at such a feisty weather.
8:00 am Jae and I had breakfast and chatted along. We couldn't help but notice the abnormal condition of the water on the road. We decided to haul those important things upstairs. We took those kids things first. Then jae brough the TV set upstairs, the computer and we decided to haul the ref into an elevated place.
9:30 am Jae started cleaning the bottles of the kids assuming that the water might get into our house and we wont be able to come down. Ayn, our shobe is still playing at the matress on our floor. The water then got into our house. I readily snatched Ayn and brought them up along with Tyke and bobet. It was then that we decided to turn off the main switch of our electricity. We also decided to bring the fridge to the second floor. How we did it? we had no idea, but yup we were able to bring the ref into safety.
10:00am the water is already knee deep inside the house and it is still rising. We forgot to bring the computer table upstairs as well as the oven toaster... and my clothes that are on the laundry basket... grrrr...
11:00 The water inside our house was already on the 6th step of the stairs. We had 11 steps and that 6th step means Jae's chest. He is 6 ft tall, so that means the kids are completely locked upstairs for their safety.
11:30 am I peered out of our terrace on the second floor to check out the condition outside... our neighbors ask for help if they could get refuge from our house. Take note, we barely know them... wrong... I don't even know them well except from Ate Glo who owned that sari sari store across our house. But as for the rest of them I do not know them. Nonetheless we let them in. We housed 4 different families with lots of kids. We had 13 kids in the house apart from my own 3 kids.
12 noon The water continued to rise and outside, the water is at 6 ft deep. Those strong men outside tied ropes so they wont be crashed by rushing waves. Water turns even more brownish and its really yucky with all those garbages floating in the water. The first floor of our house looks like a pool of contaminated water with empty cans of milk floating all over as well as the washing machine.
We were prompted to stay at the second floor for the rest of the day. Apart from the fact that the water is dirty, you will not be able to get out of the house because the water is at 6 ft deep, unless you’re trying to commit suicide.
Sept 26, 2009
7:30 am
I just got at the tricycle area of St Joseph, needless to say I have to take a trike because i was anticipating the flooded part at the subdivision entrance. The drainage was bad so a little rain gets the area flooded. When I got to our house, I was a little bit surprised because there was water on the street adjacent to Leo. It never happened before. That day I was rushing home because I was supposed to join some colleagues and friends for a team bonding in Angono along with my son Bobet. Due to the weather though I cancelled my plans to join them. I couldn't risk taking Bobet out at such a feisty weather.
8:00 am Jae and I had breakfast and chatted along. We couldn't help but notice the abnormal condition of the water on the road. We decided to haul those important things upstairs. We took those kids things first. Then jae brough the TV set upstairs, the computer and we decided to haul the ref into an elevated place.
9:30 am Jae started cleaning the bottles of the kids assuming that the water might get into our house and we wont be able to come down. Ayn, our shobe is still playing at the matress on our floor. The water then got into our house. I readily snatched Ayn and brought them up along with Tyke and bobet. It was then that we decided to turn off the main switch of our electricity. We also decided to bring the fridge to the second floor. How we did it? we had no idea, but yup we were able to bring the ref into safety.
10:00am the water is already knee deep inside the house and it is still rising. We forgot to bring the computer table upstairs as well as the oven toaster... and my clothes that are on the laundry basket... grrrr...
11:00 The water inside our house was already on the 6th step of the stairs. We had 11 steps and that 6th step means Jae's chest. He is 6 ft tall, so that means the kids are completely locked upstairs for their safety.
11:30 am I peered out of our terrace on the second floor to check out the condition outside... our neighbors ask for help if they could get refuge from our house. Take note, we barely know them... wrong... I don't even know them well except from Ate Glo who owned that sari sari store across our house. But as for the rest of them I do not know them. Nonetheless we let them in. We housed 4 different families with lots of kids. We had 13 kids in the house apart from my own 3 kids.
12 noon The water continued to rise and outside, the water is at 6 ft deep. Those strong men outside tied ropes so they wont be crashed by rushing waves. Water turns even more brownish and its really yucky with all those garbages floating in the water. The first floor of our house looks like a pool of contaminated water with empty cans of milk floating all over as well as the washing machine.
We were prompted to stay at the second floor for the rest of the day. Apart from the fact that the water is dirty, you will not be able to get out of the house because the water is at 6 ft deep, unless you’re trying to commit suicide.
As of the moment I am tired.. so watch out for my next posts for the succeeding events after the first day of Typhoon Ondoy….
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