Of things irreplaceable and those which are not.

Today I finally heard from Farrah. I've been waiting for news for the whole week about how she is because I heard Greenpark was super affected. I got an email from her today (because yeah Smart Bro is such a bummer and I just got my internet back after 7 days. Tapos wala pang wifi. tsk.) Lo and behold, super affected nga sila.

To quote her tweet to me... "I am alive but we lost almost everything." While reading about her experience on her blog, grabe, I was crying. I cried like a baby and then I prayed. I was endlessly thanking God for keeping her family safe. I was crying thinking what would I do if I lost her? It was a crazy feeling. 

I texted her right after completely reading her entry and she immediately called me up. Grabe I cried again when I heard her voice. I cried...and then we joked and then she updated me with how things are, then we joked a little more. Funny how we find humor in these trying times. I had to stop crying moments after we started talking because she wasn't crying at all! She's really being strong for her family. 

Now I have learned more lessons from this experience we all went through. I need not experience it first hand. Just hearing stories of friends and watching the news are enough to make me realize three things.

One, we really really have to take care of the Earth. THIS NEEDS SERIOUS ACTION. 

Two, everything is temporary so we shouldn't be too materialistic. 

Three, wag mashadong maarte. Mas maraming naghihirap at nahihirapan kesa sa atin.

Oh, on a side note, Dad cancelled our Palawan work trip this October. Money will instead be donated to the victims of Ondoy. At least it was cancelled for a really good reason. yay!