agua, por favor!

this was supposed to be tuesday's post. but the howling winds and the sound of creaking roof unsettled me. then, the lights flickered a couple of times and the hubby kept looking at the surrounding trees. he was worried, and i thought about jackjack, sleeping alone in the room.

so, i shut off the computer before i was able to post this entry and went inside our bedroom. a couple of minutes later, the lights went off. so did the fan. and the streetlights. it was a blackout.

by this time, the wind kept getting louder and jackjack clutched on to me for dear life. hugsee, mommy!, he kept repeating. the rain kept pounding on our window and the wind wont let up. we fell asleep once the wind died down, just a gentle breeze to lull us.

i woke up yesterday with a big surprise. there was no water on the tap! i can deal with no electricity, but no water?! it will drive me crazy! all day long, we suffered. all the water refilling stations were closed because they had no emergency power generator to use to pump and filter water. thank goodness the neighbors offered to fetch 10 gallons of water for us when they went to get some from their relatives (see? networking works!).

power resumed 1030pm, manila time. hubby was so thankful he was almost doing the dance of joy. jackjack was fast asleep already, and i felt so sorry for my boy. he wasnt able to enjoy bathtime as he normally does, because we were conserving water. water supply resumed this morning.

such is life. i'm still thankful because that's all we got. until now, there are still people missing and some houses were destroyed by the fallen trees. funny thing is, it never gets old. every monsoon season in this country, these things still happen. people blame the weather bureau for giving the wrong forecast, weather bureau insists that this is the best that they can do considering their archaic equipment (they need Php 1.8B to update their equipment). people still go missing, houses still get destroyed.

yep, it never gets old.