Away from home

Posted by Pink♥ on 10/5/09.1109 words.{9} Comment(s) ♥

Away from home I am. The weather “Ondoy” made oceans of flood stay where I lived so now I had to go away from home and stay somewhere else. I’m enjoying the ambience here, however nothing beats being home.

I know my post is pretty late, but I’ve got one big reason and that’s because I faced the wrath of Ondoy as well but like I said before, I consider myself really lucky because I’m alive and I’m here. Others were unfortunate for they lost lives; love ones, dreams and so many more.

On those days, on those days I was gone everything was full of gloom. We were about homeless for we ran places from places but found no home. Everyone was all in burden, relatives and people who taught who’d be there failed but lied to us instead that we had no place where they were.

Until, we finally gave up. We stayed in little hotels for a day or two and that was when we tried going back home. Like before, nothing changed. Flood was up to waist line and worst the flood was slowly becoming almost toxic. The water was black, brown and every shades of darkness. Garbage was everywhere and everywhere we went there was a stench of dead rats, cockroaches and I don’t know anymore. But that didn’t really matter to me, I wanted to be home. I wanted to stay there for my little pets who are longing for me. I want to be home because home was where I felt safe.

Yet home was still flooded, here and there floating cans, slippers and dead insects. But we went home ahead, after all we were there anyway and the money spent riding the self-made boats some men made would go to waste. It’s really great they found something good out of that destructive flood. Out of simple piece of woods, air beds, bathtub, and bicycles — it’s amazing they thought of those. But I kept hoping the moment I woke up the flood would subside and everything will be clear. However that never would come true for now, for the moment I woke up all I remembered was that I couldn’t breathe because of how it smelled there. It was like being isolated in a place where anyone can get sick. With this I had to go away, no to mention the government didn’t want to suspend school days next week. My dad didn’t want me to go through that everyday, swimming the flood, breathing the smell of the flood. We were also running out of food, and if we stayed there, we’d die of hunger. We’d die of suffocation, and the electricity was nowhere near being back.

Away from home I am. How I wish I can go back now, I miss sleeping in my little bed no matter how it hurts my back because there was no more foam. I miss my messy room, but for now it became a room for our things that I hope will be always safe. I miss home because I can’t play with my pets. I miss home because I can’t stay online 24/7 and make money and look ways to do so. I miss being home because home is home. I wonder, when will I go home?

But for now, all that matters is that we, my family and I are safe. Dad and Grandmother check our house every other day to feed our pets. I feel sad and I feel tears coming out of my eyes whenever I think about home being this way. I feel hurt, and weakened when I see the news of people who died, suffering and still hopeless if ever this will all be over. I remember watching those who died because of the strong current. It brings me to tears, and even my own little situation and fight with the flood I wonder how much more they felt, I know that’s worse and something I don’t want to go through…

I’ll never give up though, everything is a test. And I’m sure; God will never let us fall. So I hope, everyone who were greatly affected I hope things will be alright.

I salute everyone who donated, helped and volunteered. You guys are really great, and for those who just used what happened for publicity and for votes – God bless you still. I’ve been pretty down for days now because of this, but I know there’ll always be hope. HOPE  Now I remember, that was the meaning of my name so I should never lose it. AJA!

Sorry for my crazy post, hehe. I miss you all guys, at this moment I’m typing this whole thing in Microsoft Word for the reason that there’s no router here at where I’m staying. There is, an internet connection, but only one laptop at a time will be able to use it. My cousins are highly addicted to facebook especially my older cousin, Ate Aryeza I don’t butt in much since I think it’s also a way from me to step away from the internet world a bit and use my time doing other things I neglect to do before. I also enjoy being with my close cousins, Aica the Shopping girl, Little Rose the Chocolate Girl, Nadine we have the same name! Hehe, and Ayrah seems quiet. I try to go online still but for a few hours, I kinda feel bad for not being able to do my little work online though, but I’ll be home soon. So I might as well take this opportunity to focus on spending time studying, with my family and my beloved prince which he’s been longing for. There are also loads of project, I don’t know if I can even last. Hehe, but hopefully I last. I need to anyway. Goodluck to everyone, classes has been delayed big time! I don’t even know if there’ll be a sembreak. Sorry for my long long post. It didn’t even actually go the way I wanted it because I kept forgetting the lines I wanted to type in my head before, some had expired. Haha. I miss visiting blogs, typing here and there, talking to you guys on twitter and on plurk, and playing Farmville.

Let’s all pray for the best, and stay strong they say. And that I’d do. Do too, okay! Until my next post, take care everyone!

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