Archive for October, 2009

Ondoy, Pepeng and the Filipino Heroism

Typhoons and other calamities are not new to us Filipinos, we have been plagued by such in the past, but last weeks blow was something that hit us hard.
Typhoon Ondoy brought so much rain, for less than 12 hours, Ondoy poured the amount of rain equivalent to 30 days, this is according to PAGASA.
After Ondoy’s [...]

The Panic That Typhoon Ondoy Created

After the devastation that typhoon Ondoy brought to the metropolis, everybody seemed to acquire some level of paranoia (or panic attack). Just this afternoon, we were dismissed early from work, news reports have warned about the incoming typhoon Pepeng, according to the reports, Pepeng is much stronger than Ondoy.
I left the office at 4PM, [...]