Typhoon Ondoy – The Diary of The Deranged Writer

20-Minute Warning I

Start time: 6:35pm.

So, what can I share in under 20 minutes?

Heavy rain has almost reigned in the metro for the past several days, and that makes me nervous because it reminds me of Typhoon Ondoy and the monstrous flood it brought to our country. The flood control situation improved somewhat when a new, better administration took over the city, but our place is a bit lower than the main street, so the heavy rain still brings foot-level floods at worst. It also doesn’t help that people keep throwing garbage everywhere, especially in the drainage. Come on.

Because of the intense weather, I had to cancel a hangout with a friend I haven’t seen since our high school graduation. While the cancellation hurts a bit, I don’t want my friend and me to get stranded outside our homes. We can just reschedule on any other day this month.

Speaking of schedules, I’m pretty excited about my December plan because the most crucial part of it is about to start, and it’s only August! I just need to clear out one important detail before my cohort on that plan can get the ball rolling.

I’m pretty ominous about December, huh? That’s the point.

And my 20 minutes are almost up. See you in the next post.

End time: 6:54pm.

Header image: Animesh Srivastava.

10-Minute Warning XXIV

Well, what can I type here in under 10 minutes?

Today was productive. I finished a contract I have been working on since last Thursday. It took a long while because I was copying multiple paragraphs and tables and pasting them into 1 document, which sometimes made my Word and Excel slow. Thank goodness I’m done with that.

Speaking of last Thursday, there was a storm and because of that and the clogged drainage, there was almost a feet-level flood outside our home. Take note: the then-upcoming typhoon (named Betty) still has not reached the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR); there was only a localized thunderstorm. The flood only lasted for an hour, but the fact that a flood happened just because of a localized thunderstorm made me worry about Typhoon Betty.

But the person in our home who got more than anxious because of the flood was Father. How? Even if the flood has not reached our home yet, he instructed everyone to bring up upstairs all the things that can be affected and destroyed by the flood. It may be too much, but somehow I understand Father’s anxiety. The last bad flood we experienced, the monstrosity that is Typhoon Ondoy brought a hip-level flood that lasted for a month and killed our pet dog.

Typhoon Betty arrived at the PAR last weekend. There is no rain or flooding in our area yet, and I hope it stays that way. But if the worst happens, my family and I will be ready. And I hope and pray for everyone’s safety.

And time’s up.

Header image: PublicDomainPictures of Pixabay. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2022.