Ondoy Killed'em

Ondoy killed a lot! There was some sort of a news black out. According to the reports, there were only about 300 that perished. It's more than that. For one, everyone I talk to had somebody died in their network. My lawyer's associate's 2 sisters died. My daughter's former classmate's grandmother died. The owner of Red Bull and his bodyguards died. Somebody's maid drowned in the basement at Talayan, that was never in the news. My driver's neighbors, not just one or two perished, they either got burned or grounded with the flood waters. The whole squatters area burned down during the flood. Bodies were lined up at the Nissan Car Show Room along Quezon Blvd. day after.

There's some kind of conspiracy, I think.

It never flooded like that before in our house. It's like they let lose all the dams all at the same time and they're not admitting the miscalculations that caused the disaster. Blame it on Ondoy.

One thing Ondoy taught me is that all the material things we accumulate, they're just material and they become immaterial in times of crisis and disasters. The less you have, the better. The less you have, the less you lose. It's easier to start all over again. And if you really learn something from it, it's better to have less and that's what makes it easier. It also make life easier.

Just enough to get by. That is what I learned. When is enough, enough. Make life simple. Simple enough that it's easy to get through it and weather the storms.