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The first time I felt very vague of what tomorrow would bring was in 1984 when the economy was so down and the prospects were so bleak for new graduates like me. Yesterday, while we read of doomsday warnings through text messages (some of them were actually irresponsible gossip), I could feel the heaviness in my heart because I was imagining that worse could befall my family after we were luckily spared from the cruelty of Ondoy (despite the fact that we are from flood-prone Malabon). I do not know but I had the feeling that it is the Reaper’s season what with Indonesia and Samoa adding considerably to the number of souls called upon by the Creator. I only had myself to worry about in 1984, but now I have a brood of three extremely promising young Filipinos (sorry, the stage mother in me made me say this) and I wondered if life is about to end for them as well. I was already imagining us on the roof although if this scenario ever happens, that would mean the whole of Malabon disappearing into the sea. Ours is the last to get flooded in the present state of affairs. I could just shudder at the thought that finding my family on the roof of our house would mean the end for my relatives and friends who live in the low-lying areas of our sinking city.

What got me through the night of course was prayer; which I think was the common weapon wielded by millions of Filipinos who were equally threatened by Pepeng. Prayers seemed to have worked once again for our country as Pepeng, this morning, was reported to have weakened and slightly changed course, sparing NCR from a direct hit. I hope our kababayans in the other regions would not suffer much from this typhoon’s wrath.

Pepeng weakens and changes course

Prayer Power