Habagat + Rain
As I was busily working on a presentation, I somehow overheard the news anchor broadcasting that it was heavily flooded in Quezon City and that people have to take more caution in going home to avoid flooded areas. I looked out my window and saw the rain pouring down on our window as if it were the end of the world.
My mom called me up and told me that it was also pointless to go home since it was flooded in our area so either I wait it out or spend the night elsewhere.
It was a good thing that I had a friend/officemate living in the same as I did - we were both stuck in Makati. You do feel a little better knowing that you have someone with you going through the same thing you're going through.
While we were half afraid for our families, we were also half excited for the impromptu sleepover.
We began scouting for available hotels in Makati. It was raining heavily at that time and I didn't want to venture anywhere farther than De La Rosa which did limit my choices to BSA and Prince Plaza, 30 minutes later, we were booked for Prince Plaza and were on our way to Greenbelt 5 to shop for extra clothes.
We landed in Bayo and I bought myself a pair of bright blue pants to match the black top I had with me.
Needless to say, we ended up having fast food take-out dinner at our condotel and watched movies on HBO.
The following day we were ready to go home and reunite with our families (somehow hearing the news make me miss home more - all it takes is one day and local calamity to trigger the homesickness). - How can I ever fulfill my dream to live outside the country?
The second day passed by like a blur, we just had lunch in Pepper lunch and watched movies on HBO.
The following day I really couldn't take it anymore nd decided to brave the rain and flood. And ended up regretting it the second I hit EDSA. Traffic and flood greeted me! Not a AUV in sight, I am surrounded by SUV's in the flooded P. Tuazon, thankfully, I survived EDSA, unfortunately, due to the sudden rain which resulted to additional flooding, the once passable Valencia is now a sea of water once again.
I hope the drainage system in Quezon City gets fixed big time.
As I was busily working on a presentation, I somehow overheard the news anchor broadcasting that it was heavily flooded in Quezon City and that people have to take more caution in going home to avoid flooded areas. I looked out my window and saw the rain pouring down on our window as if it were the end of the world.
My mom called me up and told me that it was also pointless to go home since it was flooded in our area so either I wait it out or spend the night elsewhere.
It was a good thing that I had a friend/officemate living in the same as I did - we were both stuck in Makati. You do feel a little better knowing that you have someone with you going through the same thing you're going through.
While we were half afraid for our families, we were also half excited for the impromptu sleepover.
We began scouting for available hotels in Makati. It was raining heavily at that time and I didn't want to venture anywhere farther than De La Rosa which did limit my choices to BSA and Prince Plaza, 30 minutes later, we were booked for Prince Plaza and were on our way to Greenbelt 5 to shop for extra clothes.
We landed in Bayo and I bought myself a pair of bright blue pants to match the black top I had with me.
Needless to say, we ended up having fast food take-out dinner at our condotel and watched movies on HBO.
The following day we were ready to go home and reunite with our families (somehow hearing the news make me miss home more - all it takes is one day and local calamity to trigger the homesickness). - How can I ever fulfill my dream to live outside the country?
The second day passed by like a blur, we just had lunch in Pepper lunch and watched movies on HBO.
The following day I really couldn't take it anymore nd decided to brave the rain and flood. And ended up regretting it the second I hit EDSA. Traffic and flood greeted me! Not a AUV in sight, I am surrounded by SUV's in the flooded P. Tuazon, thankfully, I survived EDSA, unfortunately, due to the sudden rain which resulted to additional flooding, the once passable Valencia is now a sea of water once again.
I hope the drainage system in Quezon City gets fixed big time.
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