God, Happiness and Life

It was September 26, 2009, Saturday. My partner Guy went to his office, early, carrying a borrowed notebook to work on a presentation. His office was just outside Provident Village. My son Jerome just arrived from work and my other son, Jigs was on his way out to join his father in the office. I haven't even eaten my breakfast yet. It was a Saturday, and it was a luxury to not be too in a hurry. I went up with my small transistor radio which I carried every time I went upstairs and heard the radio announcer at DZBB that water was just released from Ipo Dam, Magat Dam and one other dam I now can't recall. I found that weird. I looked out the window. Fear gripped my being. Brown water which looked like muddy water was beginning to rise. Manhattan Street where some men were walking with water at the their midcalf level, had questioning looks on their faces. I called my son. By this time I am trying to control my panicking feeling. I asked Jigs to stay home, saying it would be u

Something no one ever imagine would happen to the residents of Provident Village in Marikina City. Ondoy damaged all the houses in our village, one way or another. Other pics from the internet attests to that. Pics taken along St Mary Street. These are 2 of the photos my son took on Monday, September 28, 2009, two days after the great flood. This day was the first time  he tried to get out of our house to go to our office at A. Bonifacio Street. Unfortunately, almost everything was destroyed as well.