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This is the continuation of my Typhoon Ondoy Story…. click on this link to read part 1 of this story:  We Survived the Flood! (My Typhoon Ondoy Story Part 1)

Sep 26 (Saturday). Sometime early afternoon.

By this time the water inside our house was already above our ankles. We locked up our rooms so if things inside would get displaced they would at least stay inside our rooms. The screen door of the house was very heavy when we opened it to get out, as there was water inside and outside. It felt surreal as my mom locked up and we all walked towards our gates. My mom was able to grab our dog, who had fallen off the tabletop and was wading around in our garden. We were able to attach a collar and leash on him. When we left our house the water outside was already mid-calf high, and the current outside was strong.

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I haven’t been able to add a new post in two weeks. The past couple of weeks have passed like a blur. Our house got flooded last September 26 due to Typhoon Ondoy. The extent of the devastation caused by this typhoon, and the one after it (Pepeng), is such that almost everyone I’ve spoken with since then has either been directly affected, or knows somebody (friend or relative) who was affected too. Much has been written about the typhoons and their devastating effects in the news and on the internet. I thought I would share my family’s Typhoon Ondoy story here as well.

The Flood

Sep 26 (Saturday). 
09:30AM  

My family (mom, sister, and myself) were at home. The day had started quite rainy, but the rain just kept   pouring down non-stop. We were glad we were all together at home and thinking how nice it would be to take a long nap with the cool weather. Unknown to us, it had already started to flood in our subdivision. It was already so bad that it was impossible for cars to get in and out of our village.

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I remember reading somewhere, I think it must be from Andrew’s book entitled ”Being Happy”, that once you decide to pursue a goal, the universe will conspire to test your commitment and resolve. I call these ”roadbumps”.  For instance, on the week you decide to go on a healthy diet, you find yourself invited to several birthday parties in a row where there’s lots of cake and ice cream. Or you decide to sleep early, and your friends out of the blue, call you up and invite you to a night out…  or you find out that movie you’ve been wanting to see for the longest time, is being shown on HBO that same night.

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I’m a person who loves to make lists. It might be as sign of my slightly obsessive compulsive (OC) nature  or a reflection of my short memory span, but I have been making and keeping lists for every aspect of my life, as far back as I can remember.

I have lists for mundane, practical things, like grocery shopping lists, weekly list of errands, lists of things to pack/bring on out of town trips, and more recently, a wedding planning list. At work I keep a continously running list of things I need to accomplish for each day, ranked by priority, and adjusted as priorities shift and change. I actually have a  record of all my daily work activities dating back to January 1999. I think I make these lists to lessen the stress of having to remember things. It’s so much easier to write them down and refer to them every so often, rather than have to worry about forgetting important details. At work it also helps me to put some structure into my day, and allows me to clearly define the goals I need to accomplish. It helps reduce my stress level and gets me back on track when I sometimes feel lost. As shallow as it may seem, I love checking off the items on my lists. It gives me a sense of progress and accomplishment

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So the main reason I haven’t been actively posting any articles for the past 3 months is because I’ve been under a lot of stress lately. I consider myself no stranger to work-related stress. I’ve always thought of myself as someone who can handle stress quite well, but the past few months have caused me to seriously re-evaluate my previous self-assessment. I have honestly never felt so down and frustrated in my entire life. Even now I’m still in the process of dealing with my stress and trying to overcome it, so I can make the most out of my life.

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